Fakultet for miljøvitenskap og naturforvaltning (MINA)
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)

PhD seminars

Environmental Sciences / Jordfag:
   Fill out the form https://nettskjema.no/a/282538 for time reservation. The preferred weekday is Wednesdays in even numbered weeks from 12:15.
Natural Resource Management / Sørhellinga:
   Fill out the formhttps://nettskjema.no/a/282538 for time reservation. The preferred weekday is Wednesdays in odd numbered weeks, from 12:15.

Spring 2024:

WhenWhereWhoWhatMain supervisor
10.01.202412.15S257Andrea Fernanda Vallejo VargasFinal seminar: Activity patterns in tropical forest mammals: a pantropical assessment using camera-trap data
Co-supervisor: Douglas Sheil
Opponent: TBA
Chair: Richard Bischof
Richard Bischof
12.15J301Tonje StorholtStart seminar: Mechanisms of carbon transfer and stabilization in agricultural soils
Co supervisors: Daniel Rasse and Alice Budai
Opponent: TBA
Chair: Peter Dörsch
Peter Dörsch
13.15J301Magnus NyvoldMid seminar: Nitrogen enriched organic fertiliser
Co-supervisor: Lars Bakken
Opponent: Jan Vermaat
Chair: Jan Vermaat
Peter Dörsch
17.01.202412.15J301Saheed Opeyemi AdebunmiStart seminar: Characterization of old landfills using multiple geophysical methods
Co-supervisor: Esther Bloem
Opponent: TBA
Chair: Helen French
Helen French
24.01.202413.15J301Natalia VylegzhaninaStart seminar: Major ion geochemistry of South African rivers: the effect of natural and anthropogenic factors on river water quality
Co-supervisor: Åsgeir R. Almås
Opponent: TBA
Chair: Jan Marten Huizenga
Jan Marten Huizenga
31.01.202412.15S257Pawel SuligaFinal seminar: Establishing new methods for PSE-like pork defects detection and diagnostics
Co supervisors: Bjørg Egelandsdal & Ole A. Alvseike
Opponent: Marko Ocepek
Chair: Daniel Münch
Daniel Münch
12.15J301Anna Maria HatlandStart seminar: Leachate treatment and assessment from landfills
Main Supervisor: Trond Mæhlum
Co-supervisors: Elin Lovise Folven Gjengedal, Knut Erik Tollefsen
Opponent: TBA
Chair: Trond Mæhlum
 
07.02.202412.15 No PhD seminar February 7th due to seMINAr 
14.02.202413.15S257Helle Ross GobakkenStart seminar: Forest road attributes and network demands characterized by changing climatic conditions and silvicultural regimes in Norway.
Main supervisor: Stephan Hoffman
Co-supervisor: Jan Bjerketvedt
Opponent: Ole Martin Bollandsås
Chair: Stephan Hoffman
 
15.02.202412.15S257Håkon Næss SandumStart seminar: Use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in forest inventories
Co-supervisor: Hans Ole Ørka
Opponent: Erik Næsset
Chair: Terje Gobakken
Terje Gobakken
13.15S257Julius WoldStart seminar: Mapping near-natural forest with deep learning
Co-supervisor: Terje Gobakken & Oliver Tomic
Opponent:Erik Næsset
Chair: Hans Ole Ørka
Hans Ole Ørka
21.02.202412.15J301Cathrine EckboMid Seminar: Sustainable re-use of crushed waste concrete as construction material, aggregates and pH stabilizer for acid rock drainage
Co-supervisor: Gudny Okkenhaug
Opponent: Thomas Pabst
Chair: Jan Vermaat
Helen French
13.15J301Milda NorkuteMid seminar: Forestry effects on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Co-supervisor: Anne Sverderup-Thygeson, Johan Asplund, Jenni Norden
Opponent: Rannveig Margrete Jacobsen
Chair: Jan Vermaat
Tone Birkemoe
28.02.202412.15 No PhD seminar February 28th due to seMINAr 
13.03.202412.15S257
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Yosra ZouharStart seminar: Social acceptance of protected areas
Co-supervisor: Odd Inge Vistad
Opponent: Simon Schowanek
Chair: Øystein Aas
Øystein Aas
13.15S257Joyce Machado Nunes RomeiroFinal seminar: Climate change impacts on natural forest disturbances: Bark beetle damage potential and management adaptations.
Co-supervisors: Annika Kangas (Luke, Finland), Clara Anton-Fernandez (NIBIO), Erik Trømborg
Opponent: Ole Martin Bollandsås
Chair: Tron Eid
Tron Eid
20.03.202411.00S257Reed McKayFinal seminar: Drivers of bat community composition and activity in Fennoscandain boreal forests
Co-supervisor: Richard Bischof and Fiona Mathews (University of Sussex)
Opponent: Leif Egil Loe
Chair: Katrine Eldegard
Katrine Eldegard
13:15J301Olha NahornaMid seminar: Assessing the importance of accurate forest data in forest planning and decision-making processes
Co-supervisor: Terje Gobakken
Opponent: Per Kr. Rørstad
Chair: Jan Vermaat
Kyle Eyvindson
15.15S257Juliette Hunault-FontbonneMid seminar: Exploring the impact forest planning objectives have on spatio-temporal connectivity in managed forests.
Co-supervisor: Line Nybakken
Opponent: Meley Mekonen Rannestad
Chair Jan Vermaat
Kyle Eyvindson
11.04.202413.15S375Magda KarloStart seminar: Solutions for pollinator friendly agricultural landscapes
Co-supervisor: Marie Vestergaard Henriksen
Opponent: Tone Birkemoe
Chair: Erik Aschehoug
Erik Aschehoug
24.04.202412.15 No PhD seminar April 24th due to seMINAr 
25.04.202412.15J301Jaime Candelas BielzaMid seminar: Enhanced forest inventory information for operational planning with remotely sensed data
Co-supervisors: Lennart Noordermeer and Erik Næsset
Opponent: Ole Martin Bollandsås
Chair: Jan Vermaat
Hans Ole Ørka
08.05.202413.15S257Mohammad Jaber HossainStart seminar: Integrating Advanced Computational Techniques for Advancing Wood Quality Analysis using CT Scans
Co-supervisors: Oliver Tomic, Linus Olofsson (LTU, Sweden)
Opponent: Olav Albert Høibø
Chair: Geir Isak Vestøl
Geir Isak Vestøl
15.05.202412.15S257Junhui HuFinal seminar: The Role of Forest and Forest Industries in Carbon-Neutral Target -A Nordic Case
Co-supervisors: Eirik Ogner Jåstad, Torjus Folsland Bolkesjø and Erik Trømborg
Opponent: Hans Fredrik Hoen
Chair: Per Kr. Rørstad
Per Kr. Rørstad
21.05.202412.15J301Nora Hua Ly KokStart seminar: Saltlick-sites in Norwegian mountains - hotspots for soil carbon dynamics, organo-mineral interactions, and transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD)
Co-supervisors: Vegards Martinsen, Bjørnar Ytrehus, Stein R. Moe
Opponent: Jan Mulder
Chair: Line Tau Strand
Line Tau Strand
22.05.202412.15S257Lisa ÅsgårdStart seminar: Belowground drivers of forest ecosystem production, health, and resilience
Co-supervisors: Attila Nemes, Line Nybakken, Isabella Børja
Opponent: Mikael Ohlson
Chair: Johan Asplund
Johan Asplund
24.05.202412.15J301Mila PelkonenFinal seminar: Biogeochemistry of contaminants at a legacy site affected by acid-forming alum shale
Co-supervisors: Ole-Christian Lind, MINA; Gareth Law, Uni. Helsinki
Opponent: Hans Christian Teien
Chair: Lindis Skipperud
Lindis Skipperud
05.06.202412.15S257Hanna SørheimMid-seminar: Offshore wind energy- making decision under uncertainty
Co-supervisors: Knut Einar Rosendahl
Opponent: Eirik Ogner Jåstad
Chair: Jan Vermaat
Kristin Linnerud