Juha Heiskanen

Senior Research Fellow Juha P. Heiskanen is the leader of Organic Functional Materials (OFM) team at the Research Unit of Sustainable Chemistry. The research of OFM team focuses on the development of novel biomass-based chemicals and materials such as furfural-based monomers, resins, and thermoplastic polymers. Especially, the furan-based renewable polyesters developed by OFM team have shown highly interesting properties such as intrinsic UV-blocking and high gas barrier functionalities. Moreover, the team has developed furan-based thermosets with high mechanical performance. The team has strong synthetic organic chemistry skills and solid experience in material characterizations.