Rate My Professor Ilkka Tittonen

Ilkka Tittonen is a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering at Aalto University’s School of Electrical Engineering. He leads the Micro and Quantum Systems (MQS) research group, which focuses on nanoscale transport phenomena, quantum technologies, nanotechnology-based green energy production, quantum computing and algorithms, plasmonic nanoparticles, nanoscale thermal engineering, thermoelectrics, and applications of single-photon counting. Tittonen earned his Master’s degree in Engineering and Technology in 1988, Licentiate degree in 1990, and Doctoral degree in 1992, all from Helsinki University of Technology. He has received teaching awards in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007. As a full tenured physics professor, his research has been cited over 4,095 times on Google Scholar.

Tittonen’s academic interests encompass quantum optics including applications in quantum communication, semiconductor quantum theory, optics, nanosciences, nanofabrication, thermoelectrics, and organic molecules. He is Principal Investigator on projects such as HaQuPra: Harnessing Quantum for Practical Applications (2026–2028), BLimPQC (2025–2028), and CICAQU: Computational interfaces between classical data and quantum computing units for practical near-term applications of quantum machine learning (2023–2025). His group is part of the Flagship on Photonics Research and Innovation (PREIN) programme and InstituteQ. Tittonen has 274 research outputs, including 125 journal articles, 86 conference articles, and 54 working papers. Key publications include “Temperature dependent thermoelectric properties of CuI nanostructures/microplates and their rGO supported composites” (2026, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids), “Thermoelectric and electronic transport properties of thermal and plasma-enhanced ALD grown titanium nitride thin films” (2026, Nanoscale Advances), “A versatile electrochemical, colorimetric, and visible light excitable turn-on fluorescent probe for stress-induced H2S detection” (2025, Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences), “Hierarchical magnetic self-assembly of few-nanometer rutile TiO2 particles via magnetron sputtering” (2025, Materials Advances), and “Noisy quantum simulation: Performance and resource considerations for the Tavis-Cummings and Heisenberg models” (2025, Physical Review Research). He contributes to UN SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, has acted as pre-examiner or opponent for doctoral theses, and hosted 32 academic visitors.