PhD degree - Public Defence: Alessandra Ferrillo, Fakultet for kjemi, bioteknologi og matvitenskap (KBM) forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling «Utforsking av mikrobiell tilpasning til kosthold med algetilskudd ved hjelp av metaomikk» fredag 21. november, 2025.
English title of thesis:
Exploring microbial adaptation to seaweed-supplement diets using meta-omics approaches
Norwegian title of the thesis:
Utforsking av mikrobiell tilpasning til kosthold med algetilskudd ved hjelp av metaomikk
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
Microorganisms and climate change: effects of global warming in tropical and boreal aquatic environments".
The trial lecture was held on October 17th, 2025.
Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Associate professor Catrin Tyl
Professor Knut Rudi
Professor Torgeir R. Hvidsten KBM, NMBU (Administrator)
Time and place for the public defence:
Friday November 21 2025, at 12.15.
The defence will be held at NMBU in U224, Urbygningen, NMBU.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Sharon Ann Huws, School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Second opponent: Professor Alexander Eiler, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo,
Norway
Committee coordinator: Professor Torgeir R. Hvidsten, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Dr. Live Heldal Hagen, KBM, NMBU
Co-supervisors:
Professor Vincent Eijsink, KBM, NMBU
Professor Phillip B. Pope, KBM, NMBU
Dr. Arturo Vera Ponce De Leon, BIOVIT, 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 2025:84; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2293-3