Rate My Professor Mauri Kostiainen

His research specializes in designing biohybrid materials by integrating biological components such as DNA nanostructures, virus capsids, protein cages, and lignin with synthetic materials for advanced applications in biomedicine, catalysis, purification, and sustainable materials production. With over 12,256 citations on Google Scholar, his influential publications include "Properties and chemical modifications of lignin: Towards lignin-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications" (Progress in Materials Science, 2018), "A simple process for lignin nanoparticle preparation" (Green Chemistry, 2016), "Electrostatic assembly of binary nanoparticle superlattices using protein cages" (Nature Nanotechnology, 2013), "Virus Encapsulated DNA Origami Nanostructures for Cellular Delivery" (Nano Letters, 2014), and "DNA nanostructures as smart drug-delivery vehicles and molecular devices" (Trends in Biotechnology, 2015). Kostiainen has secured prestigious funding, including a €2 million European Research Council Consolidator Grant for the ProCrystal project (2021–2026), aimed at developing multicomponent protein cage co-crystals. He has been honored with the Young Investigator Award from the Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion in 2015 and the World Cultural Council Special Recognition in 2014. Additionally, he participates in leading research consortia such as the Research Council of Finland Centre of Excellence in Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials (LIBER) and the GeneCellNano competence cluster.