People

Group members.

Postdoc:

Dr. Shweta Mishra, Postdoctoral Fellowships – Marie Skłodowska-Curie, since 2025. Postdoc since 2024.

2023, PhD in Physics, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS Pilani). Liquid crystals, display, LCE oscillators.

shweta.mishra@tuni.fi

Dr. Suvendu Panda, Postdoctoral Researcher, since 2025.

2025, PhD in Physics, IIT Bhilai, India. Stimuli-responsive micro motors, cilia.

suvendu.panda@tuni.fi

Dr. Rahul Chand, Postdoctoral Researcher, since 2025.

2025, PhD in Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India. Colloids, collective behaviours.

rahul.chand@tuni.fi

PhD students:

Jianfeng Yang

PhD student since 2021. 2021, Master, Southeast University. Flying robots, feedback LCEs.

jianfeng.yang@tuni.fi

Leilei Song, Doctoral Researcher since 2023. In-charge of 2pp microfabrication equipment (UpNano, $$$$).

2022 Master in material sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

leilei.song@tuni.fi

Bingnan Zhou

Doctoral Researcher since 2023. 2023 Master in Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China.

aerodynamics, glider, CFD. bingnan.zhou@tuni.fi

Fan Liu, I-DEEP Pilot Programme, Doctoral Researcher since 2024. 2023 Master in Polymer Science, University of Science and Technology of China.

rheology, self-oscillator, flying robots. fan.liu@tuni.fi

Bachelor/Master students:

Fahad Korai Baloch, Master student. Soon-to-be PhD student.

Machine learning, electronics, big wind tunnel builder.

fahad.koraibaloch@tuni.fi

Duy Huynh, Bachelor student. Flying robots, Lab Chef.

duy.huynh@tuni.fi

Alumni

Dr. Dengfeng Li (City University of Hong Kong, postdoc, 2024-2025, now associate professor in Shanghai Jiaotong Univ.); Dr. Hongshuang Guo (Tianjin Univ., postdoc co-supervised with Arri, 2020-2025); Zixuan Deng (South China Normal University, MSCA PhD student co-supervised with Arri 2020-2024); Yasaman Nemati (University of Tehran, MSCA PhD student co-supervised with Arri 2021-2024); Manar Soliman (TAU, research assistant, 2025); Valtteri Savonen (TAU, project researcher 2024-2025); Shou-Chung Lu (National Taipei University of Technology, master visitor, 2024); Dr. Qi Yang (Qingdao Uni. Sci. & Tech., visitor, 2024); Nina Qian (Southeast, PhD visitor, 2024); Niklas Vuorenmaa (Tampere, summer student, 2024); Wei-Ting Hsu (National Taipei University of Technology, PhD visitor, 2024); Ming Chen (Southern University of Science and Technology, PhD visitor, 2023); Zhenming Wang (Southern University of Science and Technology, PhD visitor, 2023); Yonglei Lyu (Turku, project researcher, 2023); Zhenyu Xu (Aalto, project researcher, 2022); Xuan Lee (National Taipei University of Technology, master visitor).