Samantha Paige Dwinnel (Fakultet for miljøvitenskap og naturfovaltning (MINA)) forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling "Herbivorers respons på klimaindusert mattilgang i et oppvarmende Arktis: næringsmessige fordeler og adaptive beitestrategier hos Svalbardreinen" fredag den 29. august, 2025.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
"Herbivore responses to climate-driven food supply in a warming Arctic: nutritional benefits and adaptive foraging strategies of Svalbard reindeer"
Norwegian title of thesis
"Herbivorers respons på klimaindusert mattilgang i et oppvarmende Arktis: næringsmessige fordeler og adaptive beitestrategier hos Svalbardreinen"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
"The nutritional nexus: Changes in the geochemistry of soils and plants and the implications for Arctic wildlife."
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence
Friday 29 August, 2025 at 12.15, The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in WEBEX:
https://unis.webex.com/unis/j.php?MTID=m1583424f43dcf3639708cdd43ab7c7f4
All are welcome to attend the digital meeting, 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 Isabel C. Barrio (Agricultural University of Iceland, Iceland)
Second opponent: Dr. Floris M. van Beest (Aarhus University, Denmark)
Committee coordinator: Professor Kathrine Eldegard (MINA/NMBU)
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Leif Egil Loe (NMBU).
Co-supervisors: Associate Professor Larissa Beumer (UNIS), Professor René van der Wal (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) and Dr. Åshild Ønvik Pedersen (Norwegian Polar Institute)
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.
NB! This offer is before the defense only. After, the thesis will be available via NMBU's library.