Rieke Lo Madsen (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)) will defend her PhD thesis "Long-term effects of clear-cutting on soil carbon dynamics in boreal Norway spruce forests" Wednesday 11 June, 2025.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
"Long-term effects of clear-cutting on soil carbon dynamics in boreal Norway spruce forests"
Norwegian title of thesis
"Langsiktige effekter av flatehogst på jordkarbondynamikk i boreale granskoger"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
“Abiotic and biotic controls of soil carbon stocks in boreal forests”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence
Wednesday June 11, 2025 at 12:15, at Gullvepsen, Bikuben
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom:
https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/63458706910
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 Lars Vesterdal, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Second opponent: Associate professor Karina Engelbrecht Clemmensen, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Committee coordinator: Professor Kari Klanderud, NMBU
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Line Nybakken (NMBU)
Co-supervisors: Professor Johan Asplund (NMBU) and Dr. O. Janne Kjønaas (NIBIO - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway)
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.