PhD degree - Public Defence: Veronica Moscone, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend her PhD thesis «Improving dairy product quality: Effects of microbial spoilage and processing» Friday November 7th, 2025.
English title of thesis:
Improving dairy product quality: Effects of microbial spoilage and processing.
Norwegian title of the thesis:
Forbedring av kvaliteten på meieriprodukter: Effekter av mikrobiell forringelse og prosessering.
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
"Food as a vector for antimicrobial resistance: pathways, public health risks, and strategies for mitigation."
The trial lecture was held on October 7, 2025.
Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Associate professor Daniel Straume
Professor Knut Rudi
Professor Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, KBM, NMBU (Administrator)
Time and place for the public defence:
Friday November 7th 2025, at 12.15.
The defence will be held at NMBU in Festsalen, Urbygningen, NMBU.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Lotte Back Larsen, Department of Food Science – Food Chemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Second opponent: Dr. Triona O´Brien (Karen Hunt), PhD, Teagasc Food Research Center, Moorepark Food Research Centre, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland
Committee coordinator: Professor Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Associate Professor Davide Porcellato, KBM, NMBU
Co-supervisor:
Dr. Anne Grethe Johansen, TINE SA, R&D
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 2025:96; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2307-7