Erin Elizabeth Byers, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, will defend her PhD thesis “Subsoil nitrogen utilization and N2O formation in Norwegian grass-clover forage systems”, Friday 14 April 2023.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis:
“Subsoil nitrogen utilization and N2O formation in Norwegian grass-clover forage systems”
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Nitrogenutnyttelse i dype jordlag og N2O-dannelse fra kløvergras i norsk grovfôrproduksjon"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"Use of stable isotopes in environmental research"
Time and place for the trial lecture and public defence:
Friday 14 April 2023, at 12:15 at Festsalen, Clock building
Zoom-link: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/63842926067
All are welcome to attend, either physically or digitally, 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: Dr. Nyncke J. Hoekstra (Louis Bolk Institute, The Netherlands)
Second opponent: Dr. Reiner Ruser (University of Hohenheim, Germany)
Committee coordinator: Dr. Vegard Martinsen, NMBU/MINA
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Peter Dörsch (NMBU)
Co-supervisor(s): Associate Professor Marina Azzaroli Bleken (NMBU) and Associate
Professor Susanne Eich-Greatorex (NMBU)
Guidelines for attending:
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Do not use the camera.
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Mute your microphone.
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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.
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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.
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When you are being given the word, you switch on your microphone and camera. Ensure briefly whether you are being heard.
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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