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 & Academy Fellow
miguel.caro@aalto.fi

Project leaders

Dr. Rina Ibragimova
Academy Fellow (starting 01.09.2025)

Postdocs

Dr. Richard Jana
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Tigany Zarrouk
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Alexis Front
Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD students

Patricia Hernández-León
PhD Student

Undergraduate students

Karri Järvinen
Research assistant (BSc Student)
Dana Alshaer
Research assistant (MSc Student)
Veera Mäkimartti
Research assistant (MSc student)
Milona Weck
Research assistant (MSc student)

Former group members

Heikki Muhli
Was a PhD Student 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.