Biography
Ville-Valtteri Visuri
Associate Professor
Process Metallurgy Research Unit
University of Oulu
Finland
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Ville-Valtteri Visuri is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Primary Metallurgy of Steelmaking and leader of the Primary Metallurgy Research Group at the University of Oulu. He also serves as Deputy Head of the Process Metallurgy Research Unit and as Chair of the Executive Board of the Centre for Advanced Steels Research (CASR). He is an Academy Research Fellow of the Research Council of Finland (2023–2027) and Director of the Doctoral Degree Programme in Technology, Chemistry, and Geosciences at the University of Oulu Graduate School (2026–2029).
He previously served as R&D Manager at Outokumpu Stainless Oy, held academic positions at the University of Oulu, and undertook two research visits to RWTH Aachen University. He holds the title of Docent in Process Metallurgy and a D.Sc. (Tech.) in Process Engineering from the University of Oulu.
His research focuses on the chemical and physical fundamentals of steelmaking processes — particularly electric arc furnaces, converters, and ladles — using mathematical modelling, computational thermodynamics, and high-temperature experiments. He has worked extensively on argon-oxygen decarburisation, electric arc furnace steelmaking, and hot metal desulphurisation. Recently, he has initiated research on hydrogen plasma smelting reduction, with emphasis on process modelling, process monitoring, slag practice, and pre-reduction. He has contributed actively to several large projects focusing on process development and sustainability in the steel industry, most recently to HELIOS (EU MSCA), H2PlasmaRed (EU Horizon Europe), and TOCANEM 2 (Business Finland). He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers.
Visuri’s teaching focuses on master’s-level courses and doctoral education at the University of Oulu. He lectures on the primary metallurgy of steelmaking as well as on the modelling and simulation of metallurgical processes, and delivers guest lectures at universities in Finland and abroad. He has supervised 15 ongoing or completed doctoral theses and has examined doctoral theses in several countries. He is an Editorial Scholar for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B.
His academic and professional service includes board and council work in the Finnish metallurgical and university communities, including the Finnish Association of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, University of Oulu Chapter of the Finnish Union of University Professors, and the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Technology. He has acted as an expert witness for voestalpine BÖHLER Edelstahl GmbH & Co. KG. His working languages are Finnish, English, and German, with additional proficiency in intermediate Swedish and elementary Russian.