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Tahnée Engelen 

Postdoctoral Researcher, PhD Tahnée Engelen received a 242,000 euro grant for her project in neuropsychology, INTRESTATE. Engelen, who has been working in Ģ��ֱ�� since the beginning of 2024 will be supervised by Associate Professor Tiina Parviainen.

“This funding will allow me to dive into the fascinating question of what drives brain-body coupling and during which states such coupling increases or decreases,” says Engelen. “To study this question, I will use both neuroimaging techniques and physiological recordings.”

During the project, Engelen defines how strongly the brain is tuned in to the signals from the heart, lungs, and stomach, and investigates whether these couplings change when participants prepare to make a movement, experience strong emotions, or reflect on themselves or others. 

The findings will be linked to individual anxiety and depression levels, exploring brain-body coupling’s impact on well-being. This opens up possibilities for future research where interventions can target specific brain-body connections to mitigate mental health problems.

Alberto Hijano 

Postdoctoral Researcher Alberto Hijano received a 226,000 euro grant for his project in physics, QPIDControl. Hijano is currently working at the Nanoscience Center, and his project will be supervised by Professor Tero Heikkilä.

After obtaining his PhD in hybrid superconducting structures in San Sebastian, Spain, Hijano shifted his research focus to open quantum systems.

“During the QPIDControl project, I will theoretically investigate the use of control schemes known from classical theory, namely proportional-integral-derivative controllers, to control the state of quantum systems,” says Hijano. “The results of the project will be useful, for instance, for enhancing the design of optomechanical gravitational wave detectors, and in quantum computing, where qubits need to be initialized in specific states."

“I am thrilled to embark on this research, the MSCA Fellowship provides an invaluable opportunity to delve into the fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics.”

Talip Gülle 

Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant Professor, PhD Talip Gülle received a 226,000 euro grant in the field of applied language studies for his MultiAp-EMI project. Gülle, who has been working at Bartin University, Turkey, will be supervised by Professor Tarja Nikula and will conduct his research at the Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS).

MultiAp-EMI focuses on English-medium university teaching, exploring how instructors across disciplines use multilingual and multimodal resources to support student learning of subject-specific knowledge. The project also examines how these strategies help students engage with subject-specific content and enhance their understanding of disciplinary knowledge.

“This project will allow me to study how instructors use language, visuals, gestures, and other semiotic resources to support student learning and how students, in turn, engage with these resources to construct knowledge,” says Gülle. “I am particularly eager to collaborate with EMI instructors and students from various faculties.”

Gülle is already familiar with the Ģ��ֱ��, as he spent a month as part of the JYU Visiting Fellow Programme in June 2024.

“I am looking forward to further cooperation with the academic community at JYU.”

Amlan Banaji

PhD Amlan Banaji is finishing a postdoc at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom and has received 226,000 euros in funding to start a MSCA fellowship under the supervision of Associate Professor Tuomas Orponen at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of the Ģ��ֱ��.

The project aims to gain a deeper understanding of measures of the fractal dimensions which exist in high-dimensional spaces, by studying an important quantity called the Fourier transform.

“The rate at which the Fourier transform decays has many applications and is connected to a wide range of mathematical topics, such as harmonic analysis, Diophantine approximation, additive combinatorics, and quantum chaos,” says Banaji. “I’m thrilled to have the chance to collaborate with experts in geometric measure theory and analysis at Jyväskylä and can’t wait to get started on the mathematical problems!”

Mari-Ann Lind

The MIMIFLEX project by PhD Mari-Ann Lind, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tartu, Estonia, studies the interactions between the gut microbiome and the cellular energy factories, the mitochondria, and how these affect cold tolerance in birds. Lind received 226 000 euros in funding for her project. The project is supervised by Associate Professor Suvi Ruuskanen from the Department of Biological and Environmental Science. 

The study will for the first time experimentally investigate the causal effects of microbiome and mitochondrial variation on thermoregulation in birds. The project will contribute to our understanding of biological adaptation in response to climate change and will help shape future policy and conservation decisions.

“Receiving MSCA fellowship is an honour and a great opportunity. It allows me to develop new skills and establish myself as an independent scientist. This funding enables me to explore an exciting new field and foster collaboration and knowledge exchange”, Lind concludes.