People

This is the list of people currently working in our team at Aalto University. Click on the pictures to expand on the person’s profile.

Our team

Principal investigator

Prof. Miguel Caro
Assistant Professor

Project leaders

Dr. Rina Ibragimova
Academy Fellow
Dr. Ondřej Krejčí
Academy Fellow
Dr. Ransell D’Souza
Academy Fellow (starting 1 September 2026)

Postdocs

Dr. Tigany Zarrouk
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Alexis Front
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Yuto Iwasaki
Visitor
(Fujitsu Ltd.)

PhD students

Patricia Hernández-León
PhD Student
Henrik Stenbrink
PhD Student
(with Prof. José Lado)
Reece Brooking
PhD Student
Matias Vartiainen
PhD Student
Yucheng Zhang
PhD Student
Aapo Haavisto
PhD Student

Undergraduate students & project workers

Dana Alshaer
Research Assistant/MSc Student (with Dr. Rina Ibragimova)
Veera Mäkimartti
Research Assistant/MSc Student (with Dr. Rina Ibragimova)
Milona Weck
Research Assistant/MSc Student
Sampsa Mäenpää
Research Assistant/MSc Student
Gianmarco Midena
Project Employee (with Ondrej Krejci)

Former group members

Karri Järvinen
Was a Research assistant (BSc Student) with us
Dr. Richard Jana
Was a Postdoctoral Researcher with us
Devon Vanaenrode
Was a PhD student
with us (with Dr. Rina Ibragimova)
Daniel Galán Morales
Was a Research Assistant with us.
Heikki Muhli
Was a PhD Student and later a Postdoctoral Researcher with us.
Dr. Max Veit
Was a Postdoctoral Researcher with us.
Dr. Jan Kloppenburg
Was a Postdoctoral Researcher with us.
Dr. Paulina Pršlja
Was a Postdoctoral Researcher with us.
Hanwen Zhang
Was a visiting PhD Student with us.
Anni Heinolainen
Was a research assistant with us (MSc Student).
Yanzhou Wang
Was a Visiting PhD student with us
(hosted by Tapio Ala-Nissila @ Aalto).
Dr. Mikhail Kuklin
Was a Postdoc with us.
Dr. Suresh Kondati Natarajan
Was a Postdoc with us.
Eelis Mielonen
Was a Summer Intern with us.
Dr. Jouko Lehtomäki
Was a Postdoc with us.