PhD degree - Public Defence: Morten Rese, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend his PhD thesis «Detailed insights into microbial lignin conversion and lignin-active metalloenzymes» Friday September 11, 2026.
English title of thesis:
Detailed insights into microbial lignin conversion and lignin-active metalloenzymes
Norwegian title of the thesis:
Detaljert innsikt i mikrobiell ligninomdanning og ligninaktive metalloenzymer
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
Valorization of agricultural and forestry byproducts for bioactive aromatic compounds with high market value: Challenges and opportunities.
The trial lecture was held on June 26, 2026.
Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Professor Bjørge Westereng, KBM, NMBU
Associate Professor Sabina Leanti La Rosa, KBM, NMBU
Researcher Anikó Várnai, KBM, NMBU (Administrator)
Time and place for the public defence:
Friday September 11th 2026, at 12.15.
The defence will be held at NMBU in U215 Festsalen, Urbygningen, NMBU.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Research Director PhD, Bastien Bisarro, INRAE - Fungal Biotechnology and Biodiversity (BBF) Lab, Polytech Marseille, Marseille, France
Second opponent: Professor Peter J. Deuss, Engineering and Technology Institute, Rijksunversiteit Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Committee coordinator: Researcher Anikó Várnai, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Researcher Tina Rise Tuveng, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
Co-supervisors:
Professor Vincent G.H. Eijsink, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
Post Doctor Anton Stepnov, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
Researcher Gijs Van Erven, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
The doctoral thesis is available for public review.
For access to this thesis please send an email to: phd-kbm@nmbu.no
Thesis number 2026:50; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2369-5