Talent Namatsheve (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)) will defend her PhD thesis "Biological N2-fixation, grain yield and N2O emissions: The role of conservation agriculture and biochar in unfertilized tropical soils” Tuesday the 6th of May.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
"Biological N2-fixation, grain yield and N2O emissions: The role of conservation agriculture and biochar in unfertilized tropical soils”
Norwegian title of thesis
"Biologisk N2-fiksering, avling og N2O-utslipp: Rollen til bevaringsjordbruk og biokull i ugjødslede tropiske jordsmonn"
Prescribed subject of trial lecture
“Understanding Soil Properties, Quality, and Health: Their Relationship to Crucial Ecosystem Services”
Time and place for trial lecture and public defence
Tuesday May 6, 2025 at 12:15, at Gullvepsen, Bikuben.
The disputation can also be attended by using the following link in Zoom:
https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/66321879814
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 Stefaan De Neve (Ghent University, Belgium)
Second opponent: Dr. Sissel Hansen (Norwegian Centre for Organic Agriculture (NORSØK))
Committee coordinator: Professor Line Tau Strand (NMBU).
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Vegard Martinsen (NMBU).
Co-supervisors: Professor Jan Mulder (NMBU), Professor Peter Dörsch (NMBU) and Dr. Alfred Obia (Gulu University, Uganda).
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.