3 December - Ahmad Tsjokajev (KBM)

English title of thesis:
Exploration of Exopolysaccharides and Cell Wall Glycopolymers from Lactic Acid Bacteria: Method Development, Production, and Structural Characterization.

Norwegian title of the thesis:
Utforsking av eksopolysakkarider og celleveggsglykopolymerer fra melkesyrebakterier: Metodeutvikling, produksjon og strukturkarakterisering.

Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
Functional roles of lactic acid bacteria in industrial fermented foods -current
applications and future trends. The trial lecture was held on November 6th, 2025.

Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Professor Morten Kjos, KBM, NMBU
Associate professor Daniel Straume, KBM, NMBU
Associate professor Hilde Marit Østlie. KBM, NMBU (Administrator)

Time and place for the public defence:
Wednesday December 3rd 2025, at 12.15.
The defence will be held at NMBU in U120, Urbygningen, NMBU.

Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Associate Professor Ndegwa Henry Maina, Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Second opponent: Professor Bjørn E. Christensen, NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Hilde Marit Østlie, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Professor Bjørge Westereng, KBM, NMBU

Co-supervisors:
Professor Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, KBM, NMBU
Professor Svein Jarle Horn, KBM, NMBU

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 2025:101; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2315-2