PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence.
Shitaye Desta Gebrewold, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend her PhD thesis “Growth, Physiological and Floral Gene Expression Responses of Jatropha curcas L. under Field and Controlled Growth Conditions in interaction with Genetic Diversity " on June 5th, 2025.
Norwegian title of the thesis:
"Vekst, fysiologiske responser og genuttrykk for blomstring hos Jatropha curcas L. i feltforsøk og under klimakontrollerte vekstrom, i samspill med genetisk mangfold"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
“Potential and problems in domesticating new crop species”
Time and place: Thursday June 5th, Zoom Webinar: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/69873886590, NMBU
Trial Lecture: 12:15
Public defense: 13.15
Evaluation committee:
Professor Dame Caroline Dean, John Innes Centre
Associate Professor Micael Wendell, University of Inland Norway
Professor Jorunn Olsen, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Trine Hvoslef-Eide, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Meseret Tessema Terfa, Hawassa University
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Amsalu Gobena Roro, Hawassa University
The doctoral thesis is available for public review. For those who would like to have access to the thesis please download here: https://filesender.sikt.no/?s=download&token=453870cc-6891-426b-aa76-6ea94e8cf4a1
Or send an e-mail to: phd-biovit@nmbu.no
Name of PhD candidate: Shitaye Desta Gebrewold