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Welcome to ENS Faculty Regina Gumenyuk, Associate Professor, Photonics! Dr. Regina Gumenyuk received her PhD from Tampere University of Technology in 2014, where her research focused on nonlinear pulse dynamics in fiber-based cavities. Shortly thereafter, she was awarded a prestigious…

New Photonics in Finland brochure available! New statistics, news, interviews and more! Read online here

Freshly launched, the new freeware site for OpenAR2.0 glasses provides free guidance on how to build AR glasses at home, from start to finish, for just over 30 euros. The site also delves into the principles behind how AR glasses…

The 2025 award of the Pirkanmaa Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation has been granted to Professor of Chemistry Arri Priimägi for his work on the interaction of light and material, and for boundary-crossing research leaps. The award is valued…

The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters can have at most 333 members under the age of 65 at any one time. The Academy has invited five top researchers from Tampere as new full members. A total of 33 researchers…

Robert Fickler was appointed as Professor of Photonics at Tampere University in January 2025. Fickler is driven by a deep-seated curiosity to understand the fundamentals of the quantum world. He describes himself as an experimental physicist, striving to observe phenomena…

Paola Vivo, a researcher and teacher in solar-driven chemistry at Tampere University, was appointed as Professor of Materials Chemistry in October 2024. Vivo believes that next-generation solar cells hold significant potential to address some of the greatest challenges of our…

The call for the EOS Early Career Women in Photonics Award is now open, with a deadline of 4 April for applications. The EOS Early Career Women in Photonics Award is presented to honor a young female scientist who has…