CV

Curriculum Vitae

Touko Pertti Nousiainen

(born 1947, Tervo, Finland) is a distinguished figure in the fields of fiber and textile technology. He currently serves as a Private Consultant and Professor Emeritus Dr. at Nousfiber Consulting, where he leverages decades of expertise to support innovation and research. He is also the Director of R&D and a Co-founder of Silvergreen Ltd, a company he helped establish in 2009, focusing on sustainable material solutions. Previously, he held the position of Emeritus Professor of Fiber and Textile Technology at Tampere University of Technology, Department of Materials Science, where he contributed significantly to academic research and the development of next-generation textile technologies. Throughout his career, Dr. Nousiainen has been deeply committed to advancing both scientific understanding and practical applications in his field.

Curriculum Vitae

Touko Pertti Nousiainen

(born 1947, Tervo, Finland) is a distinguished figure in the fields of fiber and textile technology. He currently serves as a Private Consultant and Professor Emeritus Dr. at Nousfiber Consulting, where he leverages decades of expertise to support innovation and research. He is also the Director of R&D and a Co-founder of Silvergreen Ltd, a company he helped establish in 2009, focusing on sustainable material solutions. Previously, he held the position of Emeritus Professor of Fiber and Textile Technology at Tampere University of Technology, Department of Materials Science, where he contributed significantly to academic research and the development of next-generation textile technologies. Throughout his career, Dr. Nousiainen has been deeply committed to advancing both scientific understanding and practical applications in his field.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
1972 BSc Chemistry University of Jyväskylä
1974 MSc Organic Chemistry University of Jyväskylä
1979 Lic.Phil Organic Chemistry University of Jyväskylä
1988 Dr.Sci., PhD Organic Chemistry University of Jyväskylä

Industrial Activities / Expert in society and business

  • 1970 Kemira Ltd (Typpi Ltd) Chemical trainee, Oulu
  • 1971-1972 Kemira Ltd Vihtavuori, Chemical industry research assistant, Vihtavuori
  • 1973 University Hospital of Oulu, R&D ass. and Deputy Chemist, Oulu
  • 1975-1978Technical Research Centre of Finland, Textile Laboratory, Helsinki and Tampere Research scientist
  • 1978-1986Technical Research Centre of Finland, Textile Laboratory, Helsinki and Tampere, Senior scientist, Team Leader
  • 1987-1992, Kemira Fibres Säteri Ltd, Valkeakoski
    • senior scientist, division manager R&D , 1987-1988
    • director, member of the board, 1988-1992
    • member Kemira Group R&D board, 1989-1992
  • 1997-2002, Tamfibres Ltd R&D Director, Tampere
  • 2005 – 2009, Finnesd Ltd R&D Director, Tampere
  • 2008-2013 Chairman, Finnish National Board of Defence, (MATINE) Textiles/Clothing Division, Helsinki (member 2001-).
  • 2010-2014 Chairman, Finnish Textile Technical Association (STTL), Tampere,
  • 2002 – Biomeeri Ltd Chairman, Tampere
  • 2009- Silvergreen Ltd, Cofounder, Director R&D, Vantaa-Helsinki

Most Important Academic positions

  • 1972-1975 University of Oulu, Department of Chemistry, Research and Education Assistant, Oulu 1983 Tampere University of Technology, Textile Department, Deputy professor
  • 1992- Professor, Tampere University of Technology (1991 appointed)
  • 1993-2008 Head of Institute of Tampere University of Technology, Institute of Fiber, Textile and Clothing Science
  • 2001-2008 Tampere University of Technology, Department of Materials Engineering, Vice Dean,
  • 2008-2015 Department of Materials Science, Head of Laboratory

Professional Academic Activities

  • The Textile Institute Council Member, Manchester, 1995-
  • Chairman, The textile Institute Finland Section, Tampere, 1996-
  • Local coordinator of Autex Erasmus-funded European Textile Engineering Advanced Master (ETEAM) joint educational program, 1998-
  • Chair of 7th Autex Conference Organizing Committee Tampere, 1997
  • 7th Autex Conference Session Chair, Tampere, 1997
  • The chair of Organizing Committees of other Conferences:
  • 1993 Making it happen in the new Europe. The Textile Institute, Tampere University of Technology.
  • 1996 The Textile Institute World Conference, Tampere
  • 1998 Nordflax Conference, Tampere
  • 2000 Fibermed Conference, Tampere
  • 2001 90th Anniversary conference on academic textile education and research in Finland, Tampere
  • 2011 Fibermed Conference, Tampere
  • The ministry of education and culture, National Board of education, Committee member 1998-2000
  • Annual session chairs in 7 Annual Autex Conferences 2001-2007, 2009, 2010

Academic Activities Abroad

  • Visiting Scientist in Chemical Industry Research laboratories, Hoechst AG Frankfurt-Offenbach, Ciba-Geigy AG Basel, Sandoz AG, Basel, 1980
  • Founder team of Autex, Association of Universities for Textiles, Ghent Belgium, 1994
  • Chairman, Autex, Association of Universities for Textiles, 1997-2001
  • Annual session chairs in 9 Autex Conferences 2001-2007, 2009, 2010
  • Annual Autex Conferences (European and US/North Carolina State University rotation) 2001-2010
  • Autex Conference Scientific program committees, 10 annual memberships 2001-2010
  • The member of organizing committee, Medtex , Medical Textiles Conference, University of Bolton, UK, 2003
  • 2008 Nousiainen, P..Expert statement: Statement regarding the professorial appointment at Centre for Materials Research and Innovation at University of Bolton. University of Huddersfield.
  • Nousiainen, P., member EU FP 5 Growth Programme Monitoring team, November 1999-January 2000, Brussels.
  • Nousiainen, P., member EU Craft projects evaluation panel October 2000, Brussels.
  • Tallinn Technical University evaluation of study program Woodworking 2001, Estonian Ministry of Education, Tallinn.
  • Opponent, PhD Dissertation, University of Twente 2007, Netherlands.
  • Evaluation of the project: “FAFEX – Inline Fiber Finishing at Fiber Extrusion”, Instituut voor de Aanmoediging van Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie in Vlaanderen (IWT-Cornet), Brussels
  • Tallinn Technical University, Faculty of Chemical and Materials Technology, evaluation of 3 study programs, 2009, Estonian Ministry of Education, Tallinn.
  • Nousiainen, P. Expert statement: Evaluation of curricula in materials technology. Estonian Higher Education Quality Agency, 2009.
  • Nousiainen, P., Expert statement: Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering Science in Biomaterials. National University of Ireland,Galway, 2009.
  • Nousiainen, P. 2010. Session chair. NATO Advanced Study Institute. Defense related intelligent textiles and clothing for ballistic and NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) protection. 6-16 April 2010, Split, Croatia.
  • Presented more than 80 papers in international conferences and seminars.
  • Delivered lectures at different Universities (Annual since 1998 in Ghent, Belgium and three annual lectures in Borås, Sweden 1998-2000)

Honors

  • The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Northern Savo, Scientific Grant, 1983
  • The Textile Institute Fellowship, Manchester 1994
  • Finnish Textile Technical Association, Award of Golden Weave, 2002
  • Finnish Scientific Board of Defence, MATINE, Activity Pennant, 2006
  • AUTEX Lifetime Award Ghent/Bucharest June 2015

Doctoral Students Supervised

  • Heidari, Shahram, Hybrid Fibres by Viscose Technology, Commentationes Physico Mathematicae et Chemico-Medicae 150/1993, University of Helsinki, 1993 (co-superviser).
  • Kalliala, Eija, The Ecology of Textiles and Textile Sevices – A Life Cycle Assessment Study of Best Available Applications and Technologies for Hotel Textile Production and Services. Tampere 1997.
  • Priha, Eero, Exposure to Gaseous and Material-Bound Formaldehyde in the Wood and Textile Industries, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Kuopio, 1996 (co-superviser).
  • Heikinheimo, Lea, Trichoderma reesei cellulases in processing of cotton. VTT 2002
  • Räisänen, Riikka, Anthraquinones from the Fungus Dermocybe sanguinea as Textile Dyes, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 2008, (co-superviser).
  • Klemola, Kaisa, Textile toxicity: cytotoxicity and spermatozoa motility inhibition resulting from reactive dyes and dyed fabrics (Tekstiilien toksisuus; reaktiiviväreistä ja värjätyistä kankaista aiheutuva sytotoksisuus ja siittiöiden heikko liikkuvuus) University of Kuopio, 2009 (co-superviser).
  • Rissanen, Marja, Wet Spinning of Polycactide Stereo Copolymer, Multifilaments. TUT, Tampere 2010.
  • Vehviläinen, Marianna, Wet-spinning of cellulosic fibres from water-based solution prepared from enzyme-treated pulp, Doctoral Thesis, TUT Tampere, 2015

Active Doctoral Students under Supervision

  • N. Jahangir (sabatical leave)

Total Publications > 350

  • 43 refereed journal articles
  • 99 papers in conference proceedings and books
  • 79 papers in technology journals and project reports
  • 107 other publications
  • 22 patents
  • More than 10 media interviews as an expert

Latest main research activities

  • Chitosan and natural biopolymers
  • Cellulose fibers
  • Specialty polypropylene and polylactide fibers
  • Medical textile applications
  • Fibrous tissue engineering structures
  • Cellulose derivatives
  • Silica fibers
  • Conductive fibers
  • Textile and surface chemistry
  • Bioprocessing fibers and textiles

Recent Scientific Publications

  1. Tomi Hakala, Arja Puolakka, Pertti Nousiainen, Timo Vuorela and Jukka Vanhala,Application of air bladders for medical compression stockings. Textile Research Journal 2017, 42 pp (in print)
  2. Vehviläinen, Marianna, Wet-spinning of cellulosic fibres from water-based solution prepared from enzyme-treated pulp, Doctoral Thesis, TUT Tampere, 2015, 135 pp.
  3. Vehviläinen M, Kamppuri T, Setälä H, Grönqvist S, Rissanen M, Honkanen M and Nousiainen P (2015) Regeneration of fibres from alkaline solution containing enzyme-treated 3-allyloxy-2-hydroxypropyl substituted cellulose. Cellulose doi: 10.1007/s10570-015-0647-6
  4. Vehviläinen M, Kamppuri T, Grönqvisti S, Rissanen M, Maloney T, Honkanen M and Nousiainen P (2015) Dissolution of enzyme-treated cellulose using freezing-thawing method and the properties of fibres regenerated from the solution. Cellulose 22(3), 1653-1674, doi:10.1007/s10570-015-0632-0
  5. Rissanen, M., Puolakka, A., Hukka, T., Ellä, V., Kellomäki, M. & Nousiainen, P. 2009. Effect of hot drawing on properties of wet-spunpoly(LD-lactide) copolymer multifilament fibers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 115 pp. 608-615.
  6. Rissanen, M., Puolakka, A., Hukka, T., Ellä, V., Nousiainen, P. &Kellomäki, M. 2009. Effect of process parameters on properties of wet-spun Poly(LD-lactide) copolymer multifilament fibers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 113 4, pp. 2683-2692.
  7. Rissanen, M., Puolakka, A., Nousiainen, P., Kellomäki, M. & Ellä, V. 2008. Solubility and phase separation of poly-L,D-lactide copolymers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 110 4, pp. 2399-2404.
  8. Vehviläinen, M., Kamppuri, T., Rom, M., Janicki, J., Ciechanska, D, Grönqvist, S., Siika-aho, M., Elg Christoffersson, K. & Nousiainen, P. 2008. Effect of wet spinning parameters on the properties of novel cellulosic fibres. Cellulose 10 p.
  9. Rissanen, M., Puolakka, A., Ahola, N., Tonry, A., Rochev, Y., Kellomäki, M. & Nousiainen, P. 2010. Effect of protein-loading on properties of wet-spun poly(LD-lactide) multifilament fibers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 116 4, pp. 2174-2180.
  10. Rissanen, M., Puolakka, A., Hukka, T., Ellä, V., Kellomäki, M. & Nousiainen, P. 2010. Effect of hot drawing on properties of wet-spun poly(L,D-lactide) copolymer multifilament fibers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 115 1, pp. 608-615.
  11. Rissanen, M., Puolakka, A., Hukka, T., Ellä, V., Kellomäki, M. & Nousiainen, P. 2009. Effect of hot drawing on properties of wet-spun poly(L,D-lactide) copolymer multifilament fibers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 115 pp. 608-615.
  12. Rissanen, M., Puolakka, A., Hukka, T., Ellä, V., Nousiainen, P. & Kellomäki, M. 2009. Effect of process parameters on properties of wet-spun Poly(L,D-lactide) copolymer multifilament fibers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 113 4, pp. 2683-2692.
  13. Rissanen, M., Puolakka, A., Nousiainen, P., Kellomäki, M. & Ellä, V. 2008. Solubility and phase separation of poly-L,D-lactide copolymers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 110 4, pp. 2399-2404.
  14. Vehviläinen, M., Kamppuri, T., Rom, M., Janicki, J., Ciechanska, D., Grönqvist, S., Siika-aho, M., Elg Christoffersson, K. & Nousiainen, P. 2008 . Effect of wet spinning parameters on the properties of novel cellulosic fibres. Cellulose 10 p.
  15. Ciechanska, D. & Nousiainen, P. 2005. Cellulosic fibres and fabric processing. In:Blackburn, R.S. (ed.). Biodegradable and sustainable fibres pp. 111-156.

Patents and applications

  1. Marianna Vehviläinen, Taina Kamppuri, Maarit Peltola, Ali Harlin, Pertti Nousiainen Process for producing microfibrillated cellulose, US Pat nr: 8778134, July 15, 2014 Stora Enso OYJ
  2. Pyykkö, Ilpo, Nousiainen Pertti ja Toivonen, Sami, Antimikrobinen haavaside ja menetelmä sen valmistamiseksi. FI Pat 123878, 29.11.2013.
  3. Ilpo Pyykkö and Pertti Nousiainen, Anti-microbial wound dressing and a method of producing the same,USPTO, Publ. nr: 201602067711, 9.2.2012, Silvergreen Oy
  4. Ilpo Pyykkö and Pertti Nousiainen, Anti-microbial wound dressing and a method of producing the same,USPTO, Publ. nr: 201602067711 9.2.2012, Silvergreen Oy
  5. Isto Heiskanen, Kaj Backfolk, Marianna Vehviläinen, Taina Kamppuri, Pertti Nousiainen Process for producing microfibrillated cellulose, US Pat: 8647468, July 2 2010
  6. Rochev, Y., Smith, T., Barron, V., Tonry, A., Nousiainen, P., Puolakka, A. & Rissanen, M. 2010. A method in spinning. US Pat. Appl. 2010/0007059 A1 5 p.
  7. Vehviläinen, T., Nousiainen, P., Kamppuri, T., Järventausta, M. & Hakola, U. 2009. A method for dissolving cellulose and a cellulosic product obtained from a solution comprising dissolved cellulose. Pat. Appl. WO 2009/135875 A1 11 p.
  8. Lasenko, I. & Nousiainen, P. 2006. A curative compressive article. Pat. Appl. LV13278
  9. Nousiainen, P., Pyykkö, I. & Ivanova, L. 2006. Textile article for therapeutic use. WO 2006/088342 A1 36 p.
  10. Lasenko, I. & Nousiainen, P. 2005. Izgudrojuma Formula. LV 13278 B 3 p.
  11. WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/004301, process for treating cellulosic fibres
  12. WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/004300, process for treating cellulosic fibres
  13. WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/004284, process for producing microfibrillated cellulose
  14. European Patent Application EP2116557 method for dissolving cellulose
  15. WO/2006/088342A1 The textile products are used in surgery, dermatology and hygiene
  16. United States Patent 6738265, A fiber mesh net is insert molded into an interior cavity of a cover structure of a portable electronic device such as a cellular or radio telephone to provide EMI shielding.
  17. Japanese Patent JP2002057482, A fiber mesh net is insert molded into an interior cavity of a cover structure of a portable electronic device such as a cellular or radio telephone to provide EMI shielding.
  18. EP1148774A1 Emi shielding for portable electronic devices
  19. European Patent EP0591202, Method for manufacturing activated carbon from cellulosic material, Kemira Fibres
  20. United States Patent 5622666, Modified viscose fibres comprise regenerated cellulose and contain in their structure microcrystalline chitosan, Kemira Fibres
  21. WIPO Patent Application WO/1988/001316 The modified fibrous products, especially fabrics, nonwovens, knitwears, leathers and the like, comprise chitosan after treatment by chitosan, Novasso Ltd
  22. WO/1982/004059A1, A blend of chemical compounds, Novasso Ltd

Articles and presentations for common publicity of science

  1. Nousiainen, P. 2009. Kuitu- ja tekstiililtekniikan tutkimus TTY:ssä. Tekstiililehti 5, s.8-9.
  2. Nousiainen, P., Puolakka, A., Rissanen, M. & Mariani, C. 2009. P(L/DL) LA 70/30nanokuitujen sähkökehruu sydänläpän kudosten valmistamiseen. Tekstiililehti 6/09, s. 16.
  3. Nousiainen, P. 2008. Hajut välittävät viestejä ja ratkaisevat rikoksia. Heureka28.9.2008 Hajujen kemiaa – tapahtuma.
  4. Nousiainen, P. 2008. Kuitu- ja tekstiiliteknologian opetus ja tutkimus TTY:ssä.Tekstiililehti 6/08, s. 8-10.
  5. Nousiainen, P., Pyykkö, I. 2007. Tuoksutko vai haisetko? Hajut välittävät viestejäKemian Päivät – Kemidagarna, Finnish Chemical Congress, 27-29.3.2007,Helsinki. Abstraktit s. 40-41.
  6. Rissanen, M., Puolakka, A., Mariani, C. & Nousiainen, P. 2007. PLA-kuidustaverisuonia ja sydänläppiä. Tekstiililehti 2, s. 14.
  7. Nousiainen, P. 2006. Selluloosasta arvokkaampia tuotteita. Tekstiililehti 1 , s. 19.
  8. Nousiainen, P. & Heinola, J. 2006. Tekstiilitekniikan ylemmän koulutuksen    tehostaminen Suomessa. Tekstiililehti 4, s. 22-24.

More than 20 TV, radio and newspaper interviews 1988-2015

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