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Elina Vuorimaa-Laukkanen is a University Lecturer at Tampere University's Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Materials Science and Environmental Engineering, and a Docent in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Pharmacy. She leads the research team Supramolecular Chemistry of Bio- and Nanomaterials, focusing on light-driven studies of biological processes, solid-phase behavior, and drug release activation. Her work spans multidisciplinary collaboration with chemists, pharmacists, biologists, and physicists.
Education:
- Doctor of Philosophy (Technology), Tampere University, 1994
- Licentiate of Philosophy (Chemistry), University of Helsinki, 1993
Research Interests: Her expertise includes Photochemistry and Nanotechnology of self-assembling materials (phospholipids, polymers, proteins, oligo/polynucleotides), Time-resolved Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Lifetime Microscopy, and Langmuir-Blodgett Films. She develops methods to track drug nanocarriers interacting with living cells and investigates Extracellular Vesicles for theranostic platforms.
Recent Publications highlight advancements in Chitosan-hyaluronate polyplexes for oligonucleotide delivery, Fluorescence Anisotropy for nanocarrier analysis, and Self-assembly of copoly(2-oxazoline)s for drug encapsulation.
Collaborations: She works within Tampere University's Chemistry & Advanced Materials Research Cluster, PREIN Photonics Flagship, GeneCellNano, and the EVE Extracellular Vesicle Ecosystem projects.
Teaching: Responsible for Physical Chemistry and Lab Safety courses in the chemistry curriculum.
