Olga Bogusława Odrzygóźdź (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)) will defend her PhD thesis “Waste rocks and mine tailings in reconstructed soil profiles: mineralogical characterisation, lability of plant nutrients and unwanted trace elements” Wednesday 21 October, 2026.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
“Waste rocks and mine tailings in reconstructed soil profiles: mineralogical characterisation, lability of plant nutrients and unwanted trace elements”
Norwegian title of thesis
"Avgangsmasser og gråberg i rekonstruerte jordprofil: mineralogisk karakterisering, mobilitet av plantenæring og uønskede sporstoffer.
Prescribed subject of trial lecture
"Reconstructed soils - assessment of soil health and long-term soil functions"
Time and place for trial lecture and public defence
Wednesday 21 October 2026, 12.30 at Festsalen, Clock Building
Evaluation committee
First opponent: Associate Professor Christian Maurice (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)
Second opponent: Dr. Manon Bajard (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway)
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Erlend Grenager Sørmo, (MINA, NMBU)
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Trine Sogn (MINA, NMBU)
Co-supervisors: Associate Professor Kurt Aasly (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway) and Professor Åsgeir Almås (MINA, NMBU)
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.