Doctoral student representatives for 2025 appointed
The Board of Aalto University Student Union has appointed the representatives for the Aalto University's Doctoral Education Working Group (DEWG) and made the proposal for the representatives for the Doctoral programme committees (DPC). The members of the Doctoral programme committees have been appointed by the Academic committee of each School. More information on the application process: Call for doctoral student representatives 2025.
We thank the representatives for the year 2024 for their valuable work!
Doctoral student representatives 2025
DEWG
member: Marius Anger
deputy member: Vera Luostarinen
ARTS DPC
member: Rebecca Jeong
deputy member: Johanna Wartio
BIZ DPC
member: Anastasia Koptsyukh
deputy member: Canan Keles
CHEM DCP
member: Minerva Vierunketo
deputy member: Nametso Moumakwa
ELEC DPC
member: Maksim Sitnikov
deputy member: Boxuan Xie
ENG DPC
member: Alice Petry
deputy member: TBA
SCI DPC
member: Saija Simola
deputy member: Fereshteh Sohrabi
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