Maarit Karppinen

Maarit Karpinnen received her doctoral degree in inorganic chemistry from the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, in 1993. After a few teaching and research fellow positions in Finland, she accepted firstly a visiting professorship (1995) and later a regular professor chair (2001) in Japan at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where she built a multidisciplinary research group focusing on new material research. In 2006 she returned to her alma mater (named Aalto University since 2010) to head the inorganic chemistry laboratory with long traditions in atomic layer deposition thin-film research. She acted as the Head of the Chemistry Department for from 2008 to 2014, and between 2009 and 2013 she also held the prestigious Academy Professor position. Currently, she is renowned for her pioneering research on atomic/molecular layer deposition fabricated inorganic-organic thin films for various applications in (opto)electronics and energy conversion and storage.  

It is in this research field that she has received two ERC Advanced Grants. 

She has had several visiting professorships in Asia, USA and Europe, including Visiting International Professorship at Ruhr-University Bochum since 2016. Since 2017, she has been Aalto Distinguished Professor.

​​​​​​​Mandate ERC Scientific Council: 1 Jan 2025  - 31 December 2029 (1st term)