PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defense
Amin Sayyari, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis
“Deoxynivalenol in pigs: Effects, toxicokinetics, vertical transmission and microbial detoxification”
on 21st of March.

Joseph Perfect Mrema, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Faculty for Landscape and Society will defend his PhD thesis "Governance and Participatory Forest Management in Tanzania" on 22 March 2019.

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Karina Kolodina, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend her PhD thesis "Comparative analysis of heterogeneous and homogeneous neural field models", on 22 March 2019

Mary Gorret Nantongo, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Faculty for Landscape and Society will defend her PhD thesis "

A comparative analysis of the processes, costs and impacts of REDD+. Findings from pilot projects in Brazil and Tanzania" on 21 March 2019.

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defense
Elia Ciani, Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis
“Neuroendocrine regulation of pituitary gonadotropins during puberty in Atlantic salmon parr with focus on melatonin and Gnrh systems”
on 8th of March.

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defense
Quoc Cuong Ngyen, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend his PhD thesis: "Better understanding of the relation of the dynamic sensory perception of solid and semi solid foods with consumers’ preferences and their perception of satiety", on 5 March 2019.

Rafal Piotr Chudy, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), will defend his PhD thesis “Modelling forest sector impacts of increased use of wood-based bioenergy in Europe and US South”, on 1, March 2019.

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Elibariki Reuben Mwakapeje, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Use of a One Health Approach for Understanding the Epidemiology and Management of Anthrax Outbreaks in the Human-Livestock-Wildlife and Environmental Health Interface Areas of Northern Tanzania" on 22 February 2019.

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Kassaye Balkew Workagegn, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis ”Establishment of a base population for long-term genetic improvement of Nile tilapia in Ethiopia" on 19 February 2019.

Merethe Kleiven, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), will defend her PhD thesis "Silver nanomaterials in aquatic systems – linking uptake and effects in biota to exposure characterization", on February 15 2019.

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Ellen Marie Rosvold, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend her PhD thesis ” The importance of nest building in sows and of farmer`s management around farrowing for maternal behaviour and piglet survival" on 15 February 2019.

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defense
Olav Aaseth Hegnar, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend his PhD thesis: "Applied and fundamental perspectives on brown-rot fungal decay mechanisms", on 12 February 2019.

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defense
Veslemøy Oma, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend her PhD thesis “Bovine coronavirus in calves – experimental studies on virus shedding, transmission and whole genome sequencing” on 8th of February.

Kathrine Ivsett Johnsen, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Faculty for Landscape and Society will defence her PhD thesis Conflicting knowledges, competing worldviews: Norwegian governance of Sámi reindeer husbandry in West Finnmark, Norway on 4 February 2019.

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Haftamu Gebretsadik Gebrehiwot, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis ”Integrated Weed Management in Teff: Case of Tigray, Ethiopia" on 31 January 2019.

Moses Majid Limuwa, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Faculty for Landscape and Society will defence his PhD thesis "Small scale fishing communities’ perceptions of climate change and its impact on livelihoods, gender roles and adaptive capacity – A case of Lake Malawi on 16 January 2019.

PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defense Lin Ma, NMBU School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend her PhD thesis "Four Essays on the Characteristics of the Oil Market ", on 11 January 2019.