People

Staff

• Alvo Aabloo, professor, head of the lab (polymer materials)
• Urmas Johanson, researcher (electrochemistry)
• Heiki Kasemägi, reseacher (ion-conducting polymer, computer simulations)
• Maarja Kruusmaa, senior researcher/professor (electroactive polymer artificial muscles, biorobotics, robot learning)
• Roman Leinus, engineer (mechanics)
• Anti Liivat, researcher (cathode materials, ion-conducting polymers, computer simulations)
• Jaan Noolandi, professor (polymer physics, biochemistry, biotechnology)
• Andres Punning, researcher (electroactive polymer artificial muscles)
• Tarmo Tamm, senior researcher(conducting polymers)
• Kairi Villemson, assistant

Ph.D. students

• Artur Abels, Ph.D. student (nonlinear control)
• Jaanus Karo, Ph.D. student(Ion-conducting polymer, computer simulations)
• Imre Mäger, Ph.D. student (cell-penetrating peptides)
• Roland Pihlakas, Ph.D. student (safe artificial intelligence, modelling of natural thinking)
• Terje Raudsepp, Ph.D. student (conducting polymers)
• Endel Soolo, Ph.D. student (Molecular dynamics simulations)
• Heilo Altin, Ph.D. student (educational robotics)
• Karl Kruusamäe, Ph.D. student (EAP research)
• Indrek Must, Ph.D. student (EAP research)
• Viljar Palmre, Ph.D. student (EAP materials)
• David Pugal, Ph.D. student (Finite Element Modelling of polymeric materials)
• Jaas Ježov, Ph.D. student (Fluid dynamics and robotics)
• Janno Torop, Ph.D. student (EAP materials)

Students

• Andres Hunt, bachelor student (EAP actuator control)
• Arko Kesküla, bachelor student (EAP materials)
• Alo Peets, bachelor student (popular robotics)
• Talis Raak, bachelor student (EAP materials)
• Mirko Adari, bachelor student (pattern matching and video recognition)

Friends

• Daniel Brandell, ex-postdoctoral fellow (ion-conducting polymers)
• Alar Ainla, Ph.D. student (Nanoengineer in Sweden)
• Urmo Visk, Ph.D. student in leave (spectroscopy)
• Mart Anton, postdoctoral fellow, currently Michigan(EAP actuator control)