Dr. Mikko Karttunen
Selected Awards:
- Canada Research Chair Tier 1
- Ontario Early Reseacher Award
- NSERC Discovery Accelerator
- EU DEISA Extreme Computing
- Distinguished Research Professor
- Academy of Finland Fellowship
Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Computational Materials and Biomaterials Research Dept. of Chemistry & Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- Adjunct Professor
- Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
- Physics, Tampere University, Finland
- Affiliate of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo
- Postdoctoral Fellow: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
- PhD (1999): Condensed Matter Physics, McGill University, Montreal
- MSc (1993): Physics (minors: Math, Medical Eng.), Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Research in a nutshell
My main focus is on biological & soft matter, in particular the interface between materials science, biology & biomedical sciences. I am interested in problems such as lipid diffusion, sterols, bacterial toxins, membrane proteins, antibiotics, translocation of DNA, peptides and sugars. I am also working on magentic materials, pattern formation and non-equilibrium dynamics. Typically, I employ theory and large scale computer simulations combined with analytical studies, the development and use of Machine Learning and AI methods, and their applications.
Collaborate?
Many of the projects are done in collaboration with both experimental and theory groups or/and industry and national research labs. If you are interested in a collaboration, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Studentships, postdoctoral fellowships, visitors:
Check my group’s web page first. If nothing is announced, contact me. If interested in applying for a scholarship (Marie Curie, Banting, HFSP etc), please contact me early. Visitors: My group has hosted extended stays by visitors from ~17 countries over the years. If interested, please contact me early