Peter Zubkov (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)) will defend his PhD thesis “Wind and snow damage in Nordic boreal forests: predicting and mapping the damage during extreme weather events” Friday 31 October, 2025.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis:
“Wind and snow damage in Nordic boreal forests: predicting and mapping the damage during extreme weather events”
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Vind- og snøskader i boreal skog: prediksjon av skaderisiko og skadekartlegging under ekstremværhendelser"
Prescribed subject of trial lecture:
"The role of satellite imagery in forest management planning"
Time and place for trial lecture and public defence:
Friday 31 October 2025, at 12.15 at Gullvepsen, Bikuben.
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom:
https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/64308140199
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: Professor Johan Fransson (Linnaeus University, Sweden)
Second opponent: Dr. Jana Dlouha (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France)
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Hans Ole Ørka (MINA/NMBU)
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Tron Eid (MINA/NMBU).
Co-supervisors: Dr. Svein Solberg (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway), Dr. Barry Gardiner (European Institute of Planted Forest (IEFC), France), Professor Kristina Blennow (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden)
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.