PhD public defence and trial lecture. On 27 June, Marina Bakhtina, School of Landscape Architecture, will defend her thesis: 'Plant tolerance, traits, and responses to the environment of vegetated infiltration systems in cold climates'.
Norsk tittel på avhandlingen: Plantetoleranse, egenskaper og responser på miljøet i vegetasjonsbaserte infiltrasjonssystemer i kalde klima.
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
Selection of perennial plants for nature-based solutions: What can we learn from mesocosm trials, physiological adaptations, and ecological niche theory to achieve real-world implementation?
Time and place:
27 June 2025 (CET Oslo-tid) from 12:15 PM
Festsalen (U215), Clock Building, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Høgskoleveien 12, 1433 Ås and via Zoom.
12:15 Welcome by Chair of Defence, Trial lecture
13:05 Break
13:20 Presentation of the research by the candidate
14:00 Discussion with the two opponents
15:45 Closing of the event
16:15 Presentation of the evaluation by the committee and reception - Old Board Room, Cirkus building.
All are welcome to attend to the event and the reception afterwards. No prior registration is required.
Evaluation Committee:
- First opponent: Professor Tobias Emilsson, Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning & Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
- Second opponent: Postdoctoral fellow Mona Chor Bjørn, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Forest and Landscape Ecology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Coordinator of the Evaluation Committee: Professor Annegreth Dietze-Schirdewahn, Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU, Norway.
Supervisors:
- Main supervisor: Professor Line Rosef, Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU
- Co-supervisor: Professor emeritus Eva Vike, Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU
- Co-supervisor: Professor Sissel Torre, Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Bioscience, NMBU
- Co-supervisor: Research Scientist Hans Martin Hanslin, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Aas, Norway
The thesis is available by contacting josie.teurlings@nmbu.no.
After 27 June, the thesis will be available to the public in NMBU Brage.