PhD seminars

Environmental Sciences / Jordfag:
   Contact Mirian Wangen for time reservation.
Natural Resource Management / Sørhellinga:
   Contact Kari Thue for time reservation. The preferred weekday is Wednesday, from 12:15.

Spring 2022:

When		Where	Who	What	Main supervisor
12.01.2022	12.15	S257 Zoom	Tabish Parray	Start seminar: Balancing grid load with electric vehicles parked at Gardermoen airport – energy and economic modelling. Opponent: Sam Adaramola, Chair: Thomas Martinsen	Thomas Martinsen
26.01.2022	12.00	Zoom	Simon Weldon	Final seminar: Towards improving N cycling in soil with biochar. Co-supervisors: Daniel Rasse (NIBIO), Arne Grønlund (NIBIO) & Leif Klemedtsson (University of Gothenburg, Sweden).	Peter Dörsch
	12.15	Aasen Zoom	Bilal Tariq	Start seminar: Characterization of fractured rock and flow modelling to determine the natural geological barrier for new landfill sites. Co-supervisor: Stéphane Polteau (Institutt for energiteknikk), Opponent: Clara Sena (UiO).	Helen French
02.02.2022	14.15	S257 Zoom	Yi-kuang Chen	Final seminar: Emerging Challenges in Energy Transition in Northern Europe: Potentials and Impacts. Co-supervisor: Jon Gustav Kirkerud, Opponent: Ian Trotter, Chair: Torjus Folsland Bolkesjø.	Torjus Bolkesjø
07.02.2022	10.15	S257 Zoom	Vilde Leipart	Final seminar: Understanding the structure-function relationship of honey bee Vitellogenin. Co-supervisors: Øyvind Halskau (UiB) & Jane Ludvigsen, Opponent: Paal Krokene, Chair: Jane Ludvigsen.	Gro Vang Amdam
09.02.2022	12.15	S257 Zoom	Marie-Claude Jutras-Perreault	Mid seminar: Assessment of remotely sensed data for mapping and estimating indicators of forest ecosystem services. Co-supervisors: Terje Gobakken & Erik Næsset, Opponent: Tron Eid, Chair: Jan Vermaat	Hans Ole Ørka
15.02.2022	12.15	Zoom	Saeed Abdul-Ganiyu	Final seminar: Performance of a photovoltaic-thermal system in a tropical environment of central Ghana. Co-supervisors: Razak Seidu (NTNU), Emmanuel W Ramde (KNUST, Ghana) & David A Quansah (KNUST, Ghana), Opponent: Erling Holden, Chair: Sam Adaramola.	Muyiwa Samuel Adaramola
16.02.2022	12.15	Zoom	Elisabeth Støhle Rødland	Final seminar: Occurrence and fate of microplastics from roads and traffic (MicroROAD). Co-supervisors: Ole-Christian Lind, Malcolm Reid (NIVA) & Lene Sørlie Heier (Statens vegvesen).	Sondre Meland
	14.15	Zoom	Emelie Skogsberg	Mid seminar: Ecological Risk Assessment of Particle Discharge to Waterbodies during Road Construction. Co-supervisors: Hans-Christian Teien & Lene Sørlie Heier (Statens vegvesen), Opponent: Morten Jartun (NIVA).	Sondre Meland
17.02.2022	09.00	Zoom	Mirriam Phiri	Mid seminar: Effect of Biochar and Crop Rotation with Pigeon Pea on Plant Available Phosphorus under Conservation Agriculture. Co-supervisors: Jan Mulder & Benson Chishala (University of Zambia), Opponent: Susanne Eich-Greatorex, Chair: Jan Vermaat.	Vegard Martinsen
02.03.2022	12.15	S257 Zoom	Linn Vassvik	Start seminar: Pollinators and pollination in Norwegian apple orchards. Co-supervisors: Anders Nielsen (NIBIO), Bjørn Arild Hatteland (NIBIO), Joseph Chipperfield (NINA) & Michael Garratt (University of Reading, UK), Opponent: Katrine Eldegard, Chair: Erik Aschehoug.	Erik Aschehoug
22.03.2022	10.30	J301 Zoom	Yuuki Silveira Miura	Mid seminar: Ecological rehabilitation of bauxite residue disposal areas. Co-supervisors: Jan Mulder, Ronan Cortney (University of Limerick, Ireland) & Romulo Angelica (Federal University of Para, Brasil), Opponent: Åsgeir Almås, Chair: Jan Vermaat	Gudny Okkenhaug
23.03.2022	12.15	S257 Zoom	April McKay	Mid seminar: Bat, Birds and Insects in Boreal Forests. Co-supervisors: Richad Bischof & Fiona Matthews (University of Sussex, UK), Opponent: Tone Birkemoe, Chair: Jan Vermaat	Katrine Eldegard
	13.15	S257 Zoom	Yngvild Ransedokken	Final seminar: Tree species effects on litter decomposition and soil carbon. Co-supervisors: Johan Asplund, Mikael Ohlson & O. Janne Kjønaas (NIBIO), Opponent: Tone Birkemoe, Chair: Line Nybakken	Line Nybakken
30.03.2022	12.15	S257 Zoom	Ingrid Bakke	Start seminar: Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from Wood Products in Indoor Environments. Co-supervisors: Elin Lovise Folven Gjengedal & Roland Kallenborn (KBM), Opponent: Olav Høibø, Chair: Anders Qvale Nyrud.	Anders Qvale Nyrud
	12.15	Aasen, J228 Zoom	Joshua Fenton Cabell	Start seminar: The fate of humic substances derived from residual raw materials from the blue value chain utilized as fertilizer and biostimulant in organic agriculture. Co-supervisor: Anne-Kristin Løes (NORSØK), Chair: Susanne Eich-Greatorex.	Susanne Eich-Greatorex
05.04.2022	14.00	J301 Teams	Erlend Sørmo	Mid seminar: Can we make valuable sorbents from lightly contaminated organic waste? Co-supervisors: Åsgeir Almås, Hans Peter Arp (NTNU/NGI) & Thomas Hartnik (Lindum AS), Chair: Jan Vermaat	Gerard Cornelissen
06.04.2022	12.15	J301 Teams	Johanne Østereng Halvorsen	Start seminar: Kartlegging og karakterisering av støveksponering ved riving og renovasjon av byggmasse. Co-supervisors: Stine Eriksen Hammer (STAMI), Torunn Kringlen Ervik (STAMI) & Elin Lovise Folven Gjengedal, Opponent: Nils Petter Skaugset, Chair: Pål Graff	Pål Graff
	12.15	S257 Zoom	Ana Maria de Lera Garrido	Final seminar: Combining historical and present field- and remotely sensed information for forest inventory. Co-supervisors: Hans Ole Ørka, Terje Gobakken & Erik Næsset, Opponent: Tron Eid, Chair: Ole Martin Bollandsås	Ole Martin Bollandsås
27.04.2022	12.15	Aasen, J228 Zoom	Nina Tuscano Buenaventura	Start seminar: The behaviour and transport of micro- and nanoplastics in agricultural soils. Co-supervisors: Luca Nizzetto (NIVA), Susanne Schneider (NIVA/NMBU), Rachel Hurley (NIVA), Chair: Susanne Eich-Greatorex.	Susanne Eich-Greatorex
	12.15	S257 Zoom	Eirik Næsset Ramtvedt	Final seminar: Fine-spatial radiation measurements for heterogeneous boreal-alpine and sub-alpine vegetation. Co-supervisor: Ole Martin Bollandsås, Opponent: Per Kristian Rørstad, Chair: Jan Vermaat.	Terje Gobakken
	13.15	S257 Teams	Eivind Handegard	Start seminar: Old trees as biodiversity hotspots in boreal forests. Co-supervisors: Siri Lie Olsen, Ivar Gjerne (NIBIO) & Magne Sætersdal (NIBIO), Opponent: Johan Asplund, Chair: Mikael Ohlson.	Mikael Ohlson
	14.15	Curie, Jmt106 Zoom	Simon Schmid	Mid seminar: Linking chemical perturbations of chitin synthesis to developmental disorders in crustaceans. Co-supervisors: You Song (NIVA), Torgeir R. Hvidsten (KBM, NMBU) & Bert van Bavel (NIVA), Opponent: Dag Anders Brede.	Knut-Erik Tollefsen
11.05.2022	12.15	S257 Zoom	Ida Marielle Mienna	Final seminar: Disentangling the relative role of climate, herbivory, vegetation, and topography on treeline dynamics. Co-supervisor: Kari Klanderud, Opponent: Richard Bishof, Chair: Ole Martin Bollandsås	Ole Martin Bollandsås
	13.15	S257 Zoom	Thomas Luypaert	Mid seminar: Advancing technologies for biodiversity monitoring in tropical rainforest ecosystems. Co-supervisor: Carlos Peres (University of East Anglia, UK), Opponent: Asuncion Semper Pascual, Chair: Jan Vermaat	Torbjørn Haugaasen
27.05.2022	12.15	Curie, Jmt106 Zoom	Aleksander Sverdrup Aarsand	Start seminar: Risk of radon and NORM in drinking water. Co-supervisors: Hans-Christian Teien & Jelena Mrdakovic Popic (DSA), Chair: Lindis Skipperud.	Lindis Skipperud
08.06.2022	12.15	S257 Zoom	Lisa Fagerli Lunde	Final seminar: The importance of invertebrates on fungi in dead wood. Co-supervisors: Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, Rannveig Margrethe Jacobsen & Håvard Kauserud (UiO), Opponent: Johan Asplund, Chair: Tone Birkemoe	Tone Birkemoe
15.06.2022	13.15	S257 Zoom	Kirstine Thiemer	Final seminar: Mass development of aquatic macrophytes – causes and consequences of macrophyte removal for ecosystem structure, function and services. Co-supervisors: Benoît Demars (NIVA), Thrond O. Haugen & Jan Vermaat, Opponent: Jonathan Colman, Chair: Susanne Schneider	Susanne Schneider
30.06.2022	09.00	Curie, Jmt106 Zoom	Emil Jarosz	Final seminar: Single and metal mixture exposure to marine copepod T. battagliai – metal speciation, uptake and toxicity. Co-supervisors: Lindis Skipperud & Knut-Erik Tollefsen (NIVA), Chair: Hans-Christian Teien	Hans-Christian Teien