Professor Tanja Kallio, Aalto University. Professor Tanja Kallio (b. 1974) earned her Ph.D. in 2003 from the Helsinki University of Technology, majoring in physical and electrochemistry. After completing her dissertation, she worked as a researcher at the Helsinki University of Technology until she was appointed professor of physical chemistry in 2015, with a specific focus on electrochemical energy conversion. Kallio is an adjunct professor at the Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Oulu. She has conducted research visits to the University of Alicante in Spain (2013) and the University of Tartu (2014), and served as visiting professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Moscow from 2015 to 2019.
Kallio has published over 200 high-quality scientific papers in the field of electrochemistry. In line with her professorship, her research has focused on various areas of energy technology, such as electrocatalysis for the decomposition of water into hydrogen and oxygen, the application of electrochemistry in synthesis, fuel cells, and various types of batteries. She is best known as an expert on lithium-ion batteries. Kallio has built a research group and network that enables comprehensive research into battery materials and battery chemistry. She is Finland’s most sought-after expert in the field of batteries.
Tanja Kallio’s field of research is highly topical, important, and an essential part of the green transition—the shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy and electricity in societal functions. Numerous domestic and international research programs have been established in this field, in which Kallio is very actively involved; she has successfully secured project funding through the Academy of Finland, Business Finland, the EU’s Horizon Europe program, the Impact Foundation, and the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation. Kallio has supervised 13 doctoral students and currently has 15 doctoral students under his supervision.