PhD degree – Public Defence Lukas Rieder, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend his PhD thesis “Kinetic investigations of the oxidative cleavage of oligomeric carbohydrates provide novel insights into the catalytic action of fungal lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases.”, on Monday July 05, 2021.
PhD degree – Public Defence Kjell Rune Jonassen, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend his PhD thesis “Biogas digestate as substrate and vector for the introduction of N2O-respiring bacteria to agricultural soil.”, on Friday July 02, 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Dag Pasquale Pasca, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend his PhD thesis "Ambient vibration testing of civil engineering structures: development of a Python module and applications to case studies" on 28 June 2021.
PhD degree – Public Defence Anna Skåne, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend her PhD thesis “Studies of molecular determinants of virulence in Aliivibrio salmonicida and Vibrio anguillarum”, on Friday June 25, 2021.
Øystein Klakegg, Department of Paraclinical Sciences (ParaFag), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Bacterial impact on growth, health and disease of farmed Atlantic salmon and lumpfish" on 24 June 2021.
Camilla Hedlund Corneliussen Hagman, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), will defend her PhD thesis “Exploring the link between phytoplankton and environmental stressors using lake sediments as archives: A study of Gonyostomum semen’s expansion in Norwegian lakes” on the 18th of June, 2021.
Anders Dugstad, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend his PhD thesis "Applying Stated Preference Methods to Value Ecosystem Services - Methodological Challenges and Validity Tests" on 17 June.
Silje Granstad, Department of Preclinical Sciences and Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis "Impact of feed composition on rearing of broiler chickens without in-feed antimicrobials" on 17 June 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence René Alvestad, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend his PhD thesis "Drivers behind variation in welfare, quality, and production performance in Atlantic salmon farming production data" on 15 June 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Kristin Jenssen Sola, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend her PhD thesis "Fremmedvann i avløpsnettet. Analyser av påvirkningsfaktorer, konsekvenser og mulige tiltak" 10 juni 2021
Patricia Bwalya, Department of Paraclinical Sciences (ParaFag), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend her PhD thesis "Streptococcus-like infections in farmed tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) of Lake Kariba: Characterization of pathogenic species and host responses" on 1 June 2021.
Dag Yngve Dahle, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend his PhD thesis "Approaches to branding and behaviour: Studies of HRM and employee voice through organizational branding" on 28 May.
Ghulam Qasim Khan, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis ”Improved starch and protein utilization by extruded feed pellets targeted to benefit dynamics of rumen digestion in dairy cows" on 28 May 2021.
Menasbo Gebru Tesfay, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend his PhD thesis "Land rental markets, technology adoption, and smallholders’ commercialization in a semi-arid economy" on 27. May.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Haile Welearegay Gebreslase, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis ”Breeding for Milk Production in Sheep in Ethiopia" on 7 May 2021.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense Kristin Opdal Seljetun, Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences (SportFaMed), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend her PhD thesis "Prevalence of anticoagulant rodenticides in dogs and red foxes" on 7 May 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Ólafur Hjörtur Kristjánsson, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis ”Quantitative genetics of growth rate and carcass quality traits in Atlantic salmon" on 6 May 2021.
Aida Tabarroky Ardebili, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend her PhD thesis "Personality traits, food values and consumer behavior" on 30 April 2021.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense Hanne Friis Berntsen, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences (ProdMed), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend her PhD thesis "Mixtures of persistent organic pollutants and single perfluorinated compounds: Do they adversely affect nerve and immune cell function in vitro?" on 29 April 2021.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense Augustino Alfred Chengula, Department of Paraclinical Sciences (ParaFag), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) – development of PCR-based diagnostic assays and insights into infection mechanisms" on 27 April 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Simona Dzurendova, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend her PhD thesis "Sustainable Fungal Biorefineries: Optimizing production of valuable metabolites in oleaginous Mucoromycota" on 23 April 2021.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense Tamirat Tefera Temesgen, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Detection and viability assessment of foodborne parasites of public health importance on berries" on 20 April 2021.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense Anne Selvén Kallerud, Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences (SportFaMed), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend her PhD thesis "Something in the way you move: Studies of movement asymmetry in young Standardbred trotters" on 16 April 2021.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense Jie Wang, Department of Paraclinical Sciences (ParaFag), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Gut health and microbiota during the life cycle of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) produced under commercial Arctic conditions: Modulation by functional feed ingredients investigated in vivo and in vitro" on 12 April 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Elise Caspersen, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend her PhD thesis "Freight trip generation and consumer preferences for reducing externalities from last mile deliveries" on 22 March 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Selamawit Araya Kidane, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend her PhD thesis ”Plant-parasitic nematodes of the Ethiopian food security crop enset (Ensete ventricosum) - occurrence, distribution, characterisation and management" on 24 March 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Gebresilassie Asnake Ewunie, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend his PhD thesis "Biofuel production potential of Jatropha curcas L: oil characterization for biodiesel production, and enhancing the biogas production potential of various residues using different pretreatment methods" on 15 March 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Habitamu Taddese Berie, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend his PhD thesis "Methods for estimation of major forest attributes based on remotely sensed data for the support of REDD+ measurement, reporting and verification (MRV)" on 10 March 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Jikun Chen, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis ”Supplying dairy cows with Propionibacterium to reduce enteric methane emission" on 23 February 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Kim Erik Grashei, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis ”Genomic methods in breeding programs: Parental assignment, triploid genomics and case-parental control modelling" on 12 February 2021.
PhD degree – Public Defence Lena Oksdøl Foseid, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend her PhD thesis “Lipids in Norwegian seaweed – An investigation of the fatty acids and glyceroglycolipids in selected seaweed”, on Friday February 5, 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Vignesh Raja Ponnambalam, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend his PhD thesis "Row Following Based Navigation Systems for Agricultural Robots" on 26 January 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Sarah Ephrida Tione, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend her PhD thesis "Land markets and agricultural household decisions nexus in Malawi" on 20 January 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Kristine von Krogh, Department of Preclinical Sciences and Pathology, Faculty for Veterinary Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis, “An Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) pituitary model system for reproductive and reprotoxic testing in vitro” on 22 January 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Kristin Sæbø Pettersen, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty for Veterinary Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis, “The effect of food chain stressors on Listeria monocytogenes” on 18 January 2021.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Siv Meling, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty for Veterinary Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis, “The presence of an acute phase response in experimental classical scrapie in lambs indicates a shift towards a pro-inflammatory status in the clinical terminal stages” on 15 January 2021.
