Johanne Østereng Halvorsen (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)) will defend her PhD thesis forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling "Occupational exposure and characterization of dust and respirable crystalline silica from indoor demolition and renovation" Thursday 12 June, 2025.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
"Occupational exposure and characterization of dust and respirable crystalline silica from indoor demolition and renovation”
Norwegian title of thesis
Eksponering og karakterisering av støv og respirabelt krystallinsk silika fra innendørs rivning og renovering
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
“Principles of measurement technology for determining occupational exposures in workplaces”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence
Thursday June 12, 2025 at 12:15, at Gullvepsen, Bikuben
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom:
https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/61765510766
All are welcome to attend, either physically or digitally, but please read the guidelines below before you open the link. This is to make sure that the disputation can be held without interruptions and noise.
Evaluation committee
First opponent: Associate Professor Lena Andersson, Örebro University, Sweden
Second opponent: Dr. Markus Mattenklott, Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (IFA) of the German Social Accident Insurance, Germany
Committee coordinator: Dr. Estela Reinoso Maset, MINA/NMBU
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Pål Graff (MINA/NMBU)
Co-supervisors: Dr. Torunn Kringlen Ervik (STAMI – The National Institute of Occupational Health, Norway) and Professor Elin Lovise Folven Gjengedal (MINA/NMBU)
Guidelines for digital attendance:
- Do not use the camera.
- Mute your microphone.
- In Zoom you will first be placed in the waiting room. Please introduce yourself with your name, rather than with your IP address or computer name.
- If anyone has a question and wants to oppose ‘ex auditorio’, please write in the chat window of Zoom (1) “XY (your name) has a question" and (2) the question in brief. The chair of the defense will evaluate whether your question is opportune, and you will be given the word after the two opponents have concluded.
- When you are being given the word, you switch on your microphone and camera. Ensure briefly whether you are being heard.
- We advise you to test your own equipment before attending.
- The chat is not to be used for general discussions.
The doctoral thesis is available for public review. For those of you who want access to the thesis in pdf-form, please send an email to Brage Monsen – brage.monsen@nmbu.no. NB! This offer is before the defense only. After, the thesis will be available via NMBU's library.