University of Eastern Finland LAEC

     
  Mika Sillanpää, Dr. Tech.

Tel +358 40 020 5215

E-mail  firstname.lastname(at)uef.fi

 
 

Academic Qualification
1997 Dr.Tech. Helsinki University of Technology (Finland)
1996 Lic. Sc. (Eng.) Helsinki University of Technology (Finland)
1992 M.Sc Helsinki University of Technology (Finland)

 

Research Interests

My scope of research encompasses various novel applications of environmental technologies for water treatment and investigation of the process fundamentals involved. The research interests and expertise are reflected in the following list
  • Complexing agents in the pulp and paper industry
  • On-line analysis of metals
  • Optimization of the performance of bleaching processes
  • Ecotoxicological evaluation of xenobiotic compounds
  • Homogenous and heterogenous catalysis in water treatment technology
  • Advanced oxidation in the break-down of organic load
  • Corrosion in pulp and paper industrial cooking liquids
  • Electrokinetic soil remediation
  • Flocculation as a unit operation in water treatment
  • Chemical nitrogen removal from industrial and municipal waste waters
  • Closure of water circulation processes
  • Ion exchange in cation removal from industrial waters
  • Nanoscale adsorbents in water treatment
  • UV LED technology in water treatment
  • Development of compact chemical-biological waste water treatment processes
  • Transportation of organic compounds in receiving aquatic environment
  • Development of analytical techniques for the determination of organics and inorganics
  • Electrochemical methods in water treatment
  • Environmental fate of chemicals
  • Nanoparticles in water treatment

Various emerging environmental problems require fresh approaches to mitigate them. To facilitate an effective environmental remediation in an aquatic environment, our research group have applied various novel environmental technologies including the application of nanomaterials for water treatment. Our research not only directly addresses the need of our global society today for ‘clean water’, but also further stimulates relevant development in the identified niche areas in the body of knowledge to meet ever-changing needs of global research landscape in the area of water pollution control. Therefore, in recent years, our laboratory have actively promoted cutting edge research made in Finland, where it may establish itself at the forefront of international research race as a global hub of environmental technology by providing novel, low-cost, beneficial, and practical solutions to the world.

Selected Publications

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Selected Awards/Honors

   
1992 The most rapid M.Sc (Eng.) graduate in the history of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology (Finland)
   
1997 The youngest  Ph.D. (Eng.) holder at Department of Chemical Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology (Finland)
   
1999 The Academy of Finland’s Postdoctoral Scholarship at Helsinki University of Technology
   
2000 The Winner of the Professorship Competence in Chemical Water Treatment organized by the Laboratory of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering at the University of Oulu (Finland)
   
2003 The Best Poster Presentation in the 6th Finnish Conference on Environmental Sciences in Joensuu (Finland)
   
2003 The Winner of the Professorship Competence Test organized in Environmental Analytics organized by Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kuopio
   
2005 The Winner of Venture Cup Business Idea
   
2007 The 3rd runner up of Venture Business Idea Competition
   
2007 One of the finalists for The Outstanding Young Person in Finland
   
2009 Award from Finnish Cultural Foundation
   

 
University of Eastern Finland, Department of  Environmental Sciences, Laboratory of Applied Environmental Chemistry
Patteristonkatu  1, FI-50100 Mikkeli, FINLAND, Tel. +358 40 020 5215, Fax  +358 15 336 013,  E-mail  firstname.lastname@uef.fi