Innovative Bio-Based Technologies for Environmental Remediation (PDF)

Mika Sillanpää received his MSc (Eng.) and DSc (Eng.) from Helsinki University of Technology, Finland (now known as Aalto University), where he also completed an MBA in 2013. He completed his master's studies at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Helsinki University of Technology Since 2000, he has been a full Professor at the University of Oulu, University of Kuopio (currently University of Eastern Finland), LUT University and Aarhus University. He has peer-reviewed articles for over 250 academic journals, many of which are ranked top in their fields as well as serving on a number of editorial boards for several publications. Having an h-index of 92, his publications have been cited over 43,000 times (Google Scholar).

Mika Sillanpää has received numerous awards for research and innovation. Among these, 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).