2 October - Nikolai Bøgseth Aunbakk (KBM)

English title of thesis:
Metabolism in Motion: Functional Data Analysis of Sparse Longitudinal and Postprandial Data

Norwegian title of the thesis:
Metabolisme i bevegelse: Funksjonell dataanalyse av longitudinelle og postprandiale data

Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
How can functional data analysis (FDA) be used in food science research and by the food industry?
The trial lecture was held on August 28, 2026.

Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Professor Siv Skeie, KBM, NMBU
Professor Geir Aamodt, LANDSAM, NMBU
Professor Harald Carlsen, KBM, NMBU (Administrator)

Time and place for the public defence:
Friday October 2nd 2026, at 12.15.
The defence will be held at NMBU in U215 Festsalen, Urbygningen, NMBU.

Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Assistant Professor Shauna D. O’Donovan, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

Second opponent: Department director, PhD Anja Schou Lindman, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Committee coordinator: Professor Harald Carlsen, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Associate Professor Kathrine Frey Frøslie, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås

Co-supervisors:
Professor Siv Kjølsrud Bøhn, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås

Professor Simon E. Nitter Dankel, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Science and Department for Clinical medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

The doctoral thesis is available for public review.
For those of you who wants access to this please send an email to:
phd-kbm@nmbu.no

Thesis number 2026:77; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2395-4