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4.36 Åbo Akademi University, Analytical Chemistry
Overview
The Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry belongs to the ÅA Department of Chemical 
Engineering. It is one of the four units that constitute the Process Chemistry Centre 
(PCC) of ÅA, a Centre of Excellence of the Academy of Finland in 2000–2005 and 
2006–2011 (in the second period within the framework of “Sustainable Chemistry in 
Production of Pulp and Paper, Fuels and Energy, and Functional Materials”).
In the evaluation period the unit has had an average staff of 2–4 professors, two 
senior researchers and about three postdoctoral researchers, as well as ten PhD 
students. The unit is supported by a part-time (75%) administrative staff member and 
two technicians.
Of the unit’s annual budget, less than one-third comes from core funding. The 
main portion of external funding is split fairly evenly between the Academy of 
Finland/graduate schools and Tekes funding. In recent years, there has been a 
substantial increase in funding from industry.
Research
The research in the unit is concerned with basic studies of chemical sensors applied in 
process analytical chemistry and environmental, online and healthcare applications. 
One of the aims is to develop methods that allow for in situ spectroelectrochemical 
measurements.

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