Mika Sillanpää

Mika Sillanpää’s research work centers on chemical treatment in environmental engineering and environmental monitoring and analysis. More specifically, Mika Sillanpää has worked extensively with adsorption, photocatalysis, electrochemical treatment, membrane biological processes and advanced oxidation processes in waste water treatment as well as electrochemical sensor development and real-time monitoring.

Mika Sillanpää received his M.Sc. (Eng.) and D. Sc. (Eng.) degrees from the Aalto University, where he also completed an MBA degree in 2013. He has published more than 1600 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, including Chemical Society Reviews, Advanced Materials, Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Green Chemistry, Journal of Catalysis, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Journal and Coordination Chemistry Reviews. Having an h-index of 157, his publications have been cited over 120 000 times (Google Scholar).

Mika Sillanpää has received numerous awards for research and innovation. For example, he is the first Laureate of Scientific Committee on the Problems of the Environment (SCOPE)’s Young Investigator Award, which was delivered at the UNESCO Conference in Shanghai 2010 for his “significant contributions, outstanding achievements and research leadership in Environmental Technological Innovations to address present water pollution problems worldwide, especially with regard to wastewater treatment and reuse”. In 2011, he was invited to act as a Principal Scientific Reviewer in the GEO-5 report of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). In 2012, he received Tapani Järvinen Environmental Technology Award and Publication Award of the University. In 2014, he received the Science Award of the LUT University and Pro Mikkeli Award. In 2018, he was invited as a Member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters and Academy of Technical Sciences. He also received Literature award from the Water Association of Finland in 2018. In 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, he was listed as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters. He has received several international research awards.

Find his complete academic output on ResearchGate [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mika-Sillanpaeae-2] and track my publications via ORCID [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3247-5337] or Google Scholar [https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=fi&hl=fi&user=leRBmRoAAAAJ&pagesize=80].