Advisor at The Research Council of Norway, Department of Biology and Biomedicine, 2003-2009; coordinator for national programs and National Contact Point (NCP) for the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
Doctoral fellow at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Feb. 2001- Aug. 2002 (degree not completed)
Substitute for Bioengineer II at Trondheim Regional Hospital, 2000-2001; diagnostics and method development.
Cand.scient. in biotechnology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 1997-2000. Main thesis: Polymorphism in UGT genes and their effect on morphine glucuronidation.