Ararsa Derese Seboka (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)) will defend his PhD thesis “Integrated Circular Valorization of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Biogas and Bio-briquettes with Environmental Implications in Southern Ethiopia” Monday 18 May, 2026.
English title of thesis
“Integrated Circular Valorization of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Biogas and Bio-briquettes with Environmental Implications in Southern Ethiopia”
Norwegian title of thesis
"Integrert sirkulær valorisering av lignocellulosisk biomasse til biogass og biobriketter med miljømessige implikasjoner i Sør-Etiopia"
Prescribed subject of trial lecture
"Strategies and challenges in valorization of organic waste: sorting, collection and possible technologies
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence
Monday 18 May 2026, at 12.15 at Festsalen, Clock building
Evaluation committee
First opponent: Associate Professor Ilona Sárvári Horváth (University of Borås, Sweden)
Second opponent: Associate Professor Hynek Roubík (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU), Czech Republic)
Committee coordinator: Dr. Meley Mekonen Rannestad (MINA, NMBU)
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Muyiwa Samuel Adaramola (MINA, NMBU)
Co-supervisors: Professor John Morken (REALTEK, NMBU), Dr. Gebresilassie Asnake Ewunie (Wondo Genet College, Hawassa University, Ethiopia) and Dr. Lu Feng (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway)
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.