Oxford Instruments today announces that Dr Jere Mäkinen, Research Fellow at Aalto University, Finland, has been awarded the 2025 Nicholas Kurti Science Prize.
Dr Mäkinen began his scientific career at Aalto University in 2010, progressing through BSc, MSc, and PhD studies with distinction, receiving Aalto University’s dissertation prize in 2020. He was granted a Yale Quantum Institute postdoctoral fellowship in 2019, working with Prof. Nir Navon for two years at Yale University before returning to Finland in 2021. In October 2024, he commenced his position as Research Fellow at Aalto University, where he works as part of the international SuperC collaboration aiming to discover room-temperature superconductivity by 2033.
The Award recognises Dr Mäkinen’s discoveries of novel topological structures and their dynamics in topological superfluids at ultra-cold temperatures. His research has advanced our understanding of half-quantum vortices, walls bounded by strings, dissipation by the Kelvin-wave cascade in quantum turbulence, and control of defect formation in non-adiabatic phase transitions.
More details about Jere and the Oxford Instruments can be found here.