Speaker details

Mika Paajanen

Mika Paajanen was born on August 22nd 1969, in Jyväskylä, Finland. He studied physics and electrical engineering in Tampere University of Technology from 1989 to 1995. He received his masters and doctoral degrees in technology in 1995 and 2001, respectively, both at the Tampere University of Technology. He has worked with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland as a research scientist from 1996 to 2003 and as a senior research scientist from 2003. He has also been leading a research group related to functional polymer materials since 2004. His present research topics include electroactive polymer dielectrics and novel thermally more stable cellular ferroelectrets.