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Research groups at the University of Jyväskylä offer students of all university education levels (BSc, MSc, PhD) opportunities to conduct thesis work or internships in various research fields.
The university’s research portfolio includes areas such as:
- superconducting electronics
- quantum materials
- radiation sensors
- quantum algorithms and software
- quantum information theory
- quantum optomechanics
- silicon spin qubits
- hybrid quantum systems
These areas provide opportunities for both thesis projects and internships.
See the full list of research groups at the University of Jyväskylä below.
Please do not hesitate to contact the contact persons of the groups if you are interested in available opportunities.
If you wish help in finding a quantum-related thesis topic, please get in touch with the EduQ contacts at the University of Jyväskylä.
Field of operations: Theoretical, computational, and physical chemistry; electrochemistry
Specific topics of interest: Theoretical and computational chemistry; electron transfer; nuclear quantum effects; electrochemistry; spectroscopy
Group leader: Marko Melander
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: nanostructures, nanoscience
Specific topics of interest: cluster-based materials, light-matter interaction
Group leader: Hannu Häkkinen
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Quantum materials and devices
Specific topics of interest: Superconductivity, magnetism, hybrid quantum materials, transport theory, nonequilibrium effects, fluctuations, open quantum systems, topological matter, flat-band physics, disordered systems
Group leader: Tero Heikkilä
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Ecosystem and impact of quantum technologies
Specific topics of interest: Strategy formulation of the Finnish quantum ecosystem
Group leader: Joel Mero
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Laser spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, technology for ion and atom manipulation
Specific topics of interest: Nuclear structure, astrophysics, fundamental physics
Group leader: Iain Moore
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Quantum devices
Specific topics of interest: Spin qubits in silicon, optomechanics, hybrid quantum systems, photonics
Group leader: Juha Muhonen
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Inverse problems, pure and applied mathematics
Specific topics of interest: Mathematical modelling, differential geometry, partial differential equations, algebraic geometry
Group leader: Joonas Ilmavirta
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Computational materials discovery
Specific topics of interest: Two-dimensional materials
Group leader: Pekka Koskinen
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Physics, photonics, chemistry, biomolecules
Specific topics of interest: Light-matter interaction & DNA-nanotechnology
Group leader: Jussi Toppari
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Nanophysics
Specific topics of interest: Carbon nanotubes, Microfluidics
Group leader: Markus Ahlskog
- University of Jyväskylä / Nanoscience Center
Field of operations: Nanoscience
Specific topics of interest: Nanomaterial synthesis, area-selective functionalisation, low-dimensional fabrication
Group leader: Andreas Johansson
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Theoretical/computational
Specific topics of interest: Molecular and nanojunctions, light-matter interaction
Group leader: Riku Tuovinen
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Quantum Programming and Algorithms, Quantum Circuit Optimization, Quantum Error Correction, Quantum Communication and Security, Multi-physics Simulations, Distributed Quantum Computing
Specific topics of interest: Quantum Programming and Algorithms, Quantum Circuit Optimization, Quantum Error Correction, Quantum Communication and Security, Multi-physics Simulations, Distributed Quantum Computing
Group leader: Majid Haghparast
- Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Quantum Information and Computation
Specific topics of interest: Quantum Information and Computation
Group leader: Teiko Heinosaari
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Quantum simulation and modeling of many-body systems
Specific topics of interest: Quantum simulation; quantum sensing; open quantum systems; quantum engineering
Group leader: Paolo Molignini
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Software engineering methods and tools for assisting quantum developers
Specific topics of interest: Classical-quantum hybrid infrastructures, software tools
Group leader: Vlad Stirbu
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Biomolecules and laser spectroscopy
Specific topics of interest: biological phenomena
Group leader: Janne Ihalainen
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Fabrication and atomic-scale characterization of quantum materials
Specific topics of interest: 2D quantum materials, multiferroic heterostructures, STM-based spectroscopy, light–matter interaction, topological states
Group leader: Kezilebieke Shawulienu
- University of Jyväskylä
Field of operations: Nanoscale thermal transport, superconducting materials and devices, novel nanofabrication and imaging techniques
Specific topics of interest: ultrasensitive superconducting radiation detectors and superconducting tunnel junctions for quantum technology, phononic crystals and near-field phonon tunneling
Group leader: Ilari Maasilta
- University of Jyväskylä
