PhD degree - Public Defence: Martin Menestreau, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will deeend his PhD thesis «Unraveling Denitrification in Stutzerimonas and Other Related Bacteria: Phenotypic Diversity, Control Mechanisms, Genetic Tools, and Stress Responses» Friday April 17, 2026.
English title of thesis:
Unraveling Denitrification in Stutzerimonas and Other Related Bacteria: Phenotypic Diversity, Control Mechanisms, Genetic Tools, and Stress Responses
Norwegian title of the thesis:
Denitrifikasjon hos Stutzerimonas og nært beslektede bakterier: fenotypisk diversitet, regulatoriske mekanismer, genetiske verktøy og stressresponser
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
Understanding microbes in aquatic environments: Tools and approaches
The trial lecture was held on March 27th, 2025.
Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Associate Professor Sabina Leanti La Rosa, KBM, NMBU
Associate Professor Daniel Straume, KBM, NMBU
Professor Knut Rudi, KBM, NMBU (Administrator)
Time and place for the public defence:
Friday April 17th 2026, at 12.15.
The defence will be held at NMBU in BT1A.05 Biblioteket, Bioteknologibygningen, NMBU.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Stephen Spiro, School og Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
Second opponent: Professor Emeritus Peter M. H. Kroneck, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
Committee coordinator: Professor Knut Rudi, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Professor Åsa Helena Frostegård, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Co-supervisors:
Professor Morten Kjos, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Professor Lars Bakken, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Associate Professor Linda Liberg Bergaust, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, 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 2026:32; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2350-3