PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Hambulo Ngoma, School of Economics and Business, will defend his PhD thesis: "Conservation agriculture, livelihoods and deforestation in Zambia", on 19 December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Kirill Ovchinnikov, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (IKBM), will defend his PhD thesis: "A study of leaderless bacteriocins, with focus on structure – function and receptor characterization", on 15 December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Daud Jones Kachamba, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, will defend his PhD thesis: "Biomass estimation models and methods for miombo woodlands of Malawi using field and remotely sensed data", on 15 December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Mangesh Ramesh Avhad, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (IMT), will defend his PhD thesis "Heterogeneous catalytic conversion of non-edible lipid biomass to biochemicals", on 14 December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Mona Bakke Myrvang, Department of Environmental Sciences (IMV), will defend her PhD thesis "Geochemistry and availability of barium (Ba) to plants grown in soils with ordinary and Ba-enriched mineralogy" on 13th December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Victoria Hippolite Moshy, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, will defend her PhD thesis: "The effects of social-ecological changes on the livelihoods of fishing communities in Mafia Island, Tanzania", on 13 December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Marian Schubert, Department of Plant Sciences, will defend his PhD thesis: "Evolution of adaptations to temperate climate in the grass subfamily Pooideae", on 12 December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Anna Kipping, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, will defend her PhD thesis: "Modeling hourly energy consumption in Norwegian buildings", on 9 December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Helga Amdahl, Department of Plant Sciences, will defend her PhD thesis "Improving the seed yield potential of tetraploid red clover (Trifolium pratense L)", on 9th December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Hilde Vinje, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, will defend her PhD thesis "Prokaryote classification – method development and novel insight in 16S ribosomal RNA-based classification”, on 9 December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Helga Amdahl, Department of Plant Sciences, will defend her PhD thesis: "Improving the seed yield potential of tetraploid red clover (Trifoliumpratense L)", on 9 December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Hanne Eik Pilskog, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, will defend her PhD thesis "Effects of climate, historical logging and spatial scales on beetles in hollow oaks", on 2 December 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Daniel Flø, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, will defend his PhD thesis "Invasion potential and host suitability for selected bark- and wood-boring insect pests", on 30 November 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Nina Bruvik Westberg, NMBU School of Economics and Business, will defend her PhD thesis "Four empirical essays on agriculture and human capital in Sub-Saharan Africa", on 29 November 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Wiktoria Kaczmarek-Derda, Department of Plant Sciences (IPV), will defend her PhD thesis "Control of rush (Juncus spp.) – an expanding weed in grassland areas in Western Norway", on 22 November 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Emilio Humberto Alvarenga Castellanos, Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology, will defend his PhD thesis "Applicability of Natural Porous Materials and Lime with Conditioning and Sorption Properties for Wastewater Treatment", on 18 November 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Longfei Yu, Department of Environmental Sciences, will defend his PhD thesis "Nitrogen turnover and N2O emissions as a function of edaphic and hydrological conditions in subtropical forests of South China", on 11th November 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Geoffrey Sean Gilpin, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (IMT), will defend his PhD thesis: "The environmental life cycle assessment of selected 1st through 3rd generation biofuels within the context of sustainable development", on 10 November 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Christine Olsen, Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning (ILP), will defend her PhD thesis "Animal-assisted intervention as health promotion for elderly persons with dementia", on 4 November 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Harrison C. Gallantree-Smith, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (IKBM) will defend his PhD thesis: "Synthesis of Some Marine Natural Product Fatty Acid Derivatives", on 2 November 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Peyman Mosberian Tanha, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences (IHA) will defend his PhD thesis: "Interactive effects of dietary and environmental challenges on digestive function and intestinal homeostasis in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)", on 28 October 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Karina Gajardo, Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis: "Nutrition and intestinal health in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Involvement of antinutrients and microbiota", on 21 October 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Athman Kyaruzi Ahmad, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (IMT), will defend his PhD thesis: "Participatory Action Research for engaging schools and communities to enhance relevant learning: the use of 'farm' as a pedagogical resource in Tanzanian rural primary schools", on 21 October 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Maria Therese Tjernsbekk, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences (IHA), will defend her PhD thesis: "Protein quality evaluation of animal protein ingredients applied in extruded dry dog food using mink (Neovison vison) as a model species", on 14 October 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Han Zhu, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (IKBM), will defend her PhD thesis: "Evaluating nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) as a robust absolute reference method for water holding capacity (WHC) of pork meat", on 14 October 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Dejene Assefa Hagos, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA) will defend his PhD thesis: "Modeling integration of renewable energy sources into Inland Norway energy system", on 7 October 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Jennifer Sarah Maria Loose, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (IKBM), will defend her PhD thesis: "Biochemical investigation of catalysis by lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases", on 30 September 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Thomas Gölles, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (IMT), NMBU & Department of Arctic Geophysics, UNIS, will give a trial lecture 28 September and defend his PhD thesis “Impurities of glacier ice: accumulation, transport and albedo”, 29 September 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Murat Bagcioglu, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (IMT), will defend his PhD thesis: "Multiscale vibrational spectroscopy of pollen", on 23 September 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Vegard Nilsen, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (IMT), will defend his PhD thesis: "Quantitative microbial risk assessment for drinking water: Dose-response theory and virus filtration dynamics", on 19 September 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Sigrid Svanborg, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, will defend her PhD thesis: "Production and characterization of native whey and native whey products" on 19 February 2016.
PhD Degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defence Evgenii Burlakov, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (IMT), will defend his PhD thesis:"Methods of functional analysis in homogenized neural field theory", on 16 September 2016.
Trial Lecture and Public Defence Stian Mørch Aaen, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, will defend his PhD thesis: "Chemotherapeutants against salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis - screening of efficacy", on 9 September 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Amr Ahmed Abdelrahim Gamil, Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, will defend his PhD thesis: "The interplay between IPNV and host cell machinery: Possible strategies for immune evasion", on 31 August 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Marianne Sundt Sødring, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, will defend her PhD thesis: "The novel A/J Min/+ mouse as a model for colorectal cancer, and the effects of hemin on intestinal tumorigenesis", on 25 August 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Kristine Hov Martinsen, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences will defend her PhD thesis: "Genetic analyses of feed efficiency traits in pigs", on 26 August 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Live Heldal Hagen, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (IKBM), will defend her PhD thesis ”Microbial communities in biogas reactors and their link to stabililty and performance”, on 19 August 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Enquebaher Kassaye Terakgne, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (IKBM), will defend his PhD thesis: ”Staphylococcus aureus from Milk and Milk Products in Ethiopia: Prevalence, Enterotoxigenic Potential, Antibiotic Resistance and spa types”, on 6 July 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Daumantas Bloznelis, NMBU School of Economics and Business, will defend his PhD thesis "Management of short-term price uncertainty in the salmon spot market", on 1 July 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Wei Liu, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, will defend his PhD thesis: "Enhancement of Coagulant Dosing Control in Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes", on 1 July 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Manamperumage Duminda Manamperuma, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, will defend his PhD thesis: "Optimisation of the coagulation process to improve plant availability of phosphorus in wastewater sludge", on 1 July 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Maria T. Hultman, Department of Environmental Sciences, will defend her PhD thesis "Evaluation of primary rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) hepatocytes suitability as a screening assay for estrogen receptor agonists", on 1 July 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Hilde Fossum Forberg, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, will defend her PhD thesis: "Influenza A(H1N1)PDM09 virus infection in swine; Virus characterization and NK cell responses to infection", on 16 June 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Christine Grøndahl-Rosado, Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology and Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis: "Characterization of NK cells in the dog with a focus on the activating receptor NCR1", on 27 June 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Zabron C. Nziku, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, will defend his PhD thesis: "Essentials for Sustainable Dairy Goat Breeding Program in Tanzania", on 24 June 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Hadush Tsehaye Beyene, Department of Plant Sciences (IPV), will defend his PhD thesis: "Fusarium verticilliodies and fumonisin management in maize in Ethiopia", on 21 June 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Qing Wang, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (IKBM), will defend her PhD thesis: "Health communication with adolescents and young adults to promote healthy eating", on Monday 20June 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Niklas Mähler, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (IKBM), will defend his PhD thesis: "Gene regulation and the emergence of phenotypes – a network approach", on 17 June 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Carolin Fischer, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA), will defend her PhD thesis: "Density and bending properties of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.)structural timber – Inherent variability, site effects in machine strength grading and possibilities for presorting", on 17 June 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Kjersti Thorkildsen, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, will defend her PhD thesis: "Contesting Conservation and Development: Quilombolas struggling for rights and resources in the Ribeira Valley, Brazil", on 15 June 2016.
Özgün Candan Onarman Umu, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, will defend her PhD thesis: "Modulation of gut microbiota by pre/probiotics and the potential health promoting outcomes for the host", on 10 June 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Linn Mari Storengen, Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis: "Genetic studies of canine anxiety", on 8 June 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Tomasz Leszek Woznicki, Department of Plant Sciences will defend his PhD thesis: "Influence of genotype and climatic environment on fruit yield and chemical composition of black currant (Ribes nigrum L.)", on 8 June 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Eva Brod, Department of Environmental Sciences and NIBIO, will defend her PhD thesis "The recycling potential of phosphorus in secondary resources", on Friday 3 June 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Else M. Lefdal, Department of Landscape Architecture will defend her PhD thesis "Nye skoleanlegg for videregående opplæring – transparens, sentrumslokalisering og brukermedvirkning", on 3 June 2016.
Lars Erik Gangsei, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, will defend his PhD thesis: "Linear Multiresponse Models - Theoretical Developments and Applications in Porcine", on 24 May 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Whaldener Endo, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA), will defend his PhD thesis: "Game Vertebrate Responses to Rural Populations in Neotropical Protected Areas”, on 19 May 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Nina Jøranson, Department of Landscape Architecture (ILP), will defend her PhD thesis "Emotional robots as health promotion in dementia care – group activity with a seal robot in nursing homes", on 13 May 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Pia Heltoft Thomsen, Department of Plant Sciences will defend her PhD thesis "Potato quality during storage: Effect of maturity level and ventilation strategies. Studies on the storage disease Fusarium dry rot", on 10 May 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Gu Yi, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, will defend her PhD thesis "Present health challenges in fresh and processed meat" on 29 April 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Christian Bianchi Strømme, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA), will defend his PhD thesis: "Phenology, growth and metabolism of two northern deciduous tree species in relation to temperature and light conditions", on 29 April 2016.
Dr. Philos. - Trial Lectures and Public Defence Leiv Bjarte Mjøs, Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning (ILP), will defend his Dr. Philos. thesis: "Matrikulær utvikling i Norge", on 15 April 2016. Trial lecture on self-chosen subject will be held 14 April.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Sondre Stokke Naadland, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, will defend his PhD thesis: "A comparison of organic grass-clover silages from primary growth and regrowth in dairy cows", on 8 April 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Turid Katrine Gjerstad Torheim, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, will defend her PhD thesis: "Multivariate Analysis of Medical Images in Cancer Treatment Planning and Evaluation", on 7 April 2016.
Mohamed Abdelhalim, Department of Plant Sciences will defend his PhD thesis: "Microdochium nivale in perennial grasses: Snow mould resistance, pathogenicity and genetic diversity", on 30March 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Markus Arne Kjær Sydenham, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management (INA), will defend his PhD thesis: "Drivers of the diversity and distribution of wild bees in a species poor region", on 18 March 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Christina Blumentrath, Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning (ILP), will defend her PhD thesis: "Aesthetic Characteristics of Roads – Between Road Planning Professionals' Ideals and Laypersons' Perceptions", on 17 March 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Sigrid de Barbentane Nagoda, Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), will defend her PhD thesis: "Reproducing Vulnerability through Climate Change Adaptation? Policy Processes, Local Power Relations and Food Insecurity in North-Western Nepal", on 11 March 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Beatrice Christopher Tarimo, Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, will defend her PhD thesis: "Fire dynamics in savanna woodlands of Tanzania: spatial and temporal patterns and relationships with wood species", on 11 March 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Oscar Iheshiulor, Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences will defend his PhD thesis "Improving the accuracy of genomic predictions in numerically small populations" on 4 March 2016.
Ragnhild Aabøe Inglingstad, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, will defend her PhD thesis: "Quality of Norwegian goat milk for cheese production", on 4 March 2016.
Randi Berland Frøseth, Department of Environmental Sciences, will defend her PhD thesis: "Nitrogen dynamics in an organic green manure - cereal rotation and mineralization of clover leaves at low temperature", on 4 March 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Getachew Sime Feyissa, Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), will defend his PhD thesis: "Agronomic technologies in maize and their adoption and diffusion in semi-arid central Rift Valley Ethiopia: agronomic and economic analyses", on 15 February 2016.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defence Ole Mathis Opstad Kruse, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, will defend his PhD thesis: "Quantification of plant ozone injury using image analysis", on 8 February 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Helene Thorsen Rønning, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, will defend her PhD thesis: "Detection and quantification of the food-related bacterial toxins cereulide, lichenysin and botulinum neurotoxin/CD with liquid chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry" on 5 February 2016.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defence Nevena Mišljenović, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, will defend her PhD thesis: "Investigation of torrefaction and addition of alternative raw materials in biomass pelletization", on 1 February 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Kristine Bistrup Eide, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, will defend her PhD thesis ”A detailed study of the enzymatic properties of Human Chitotriosidase (HCHT)”, on 29 January 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Marianne Singsaas, Department of Landscape Architecture will defend her PhD thesis: "Regional planlegging som redskap for helhetlig arealforvaltning i villreinfjellene", on 28 January 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Abda Khalid, Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), will defend her PhD thesis "Exploring Gendered Dimensions of Ownership, Access and Use of Land-Based Resources in Post Crisis Swat, Pakistan", on 28 January 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Snorre Gulla, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, will defend his PhD thesis: "Introductory studies on bacterial agents infecting cleaner fish", on 28 January 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Igor Pipkin , NMBU School of Economics and Business will defend his PhD thesis "Essays on the Russian Electricity and Capacity Market", on 20 January 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Anna Rybarczyk-Plonska, Department of Plant Sciences will defend her PhD thesis: "Health-related compounds in broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) as affected by postharvest temperature, light and UV-B irradiation", on 19 January 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Lydia Gaspare Kanyairita, Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) will defend her PhD thesis: "Linking ecological and social elements to sustain coral reef fisheries: A case of groupers [Epinephelidae] in Mafia Island, Tanzania", on 15 January 2016.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Anders Myhr, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology will defend his PhD thesis: "Developing Offshore Floating Wind Turbines: The Tension-Leg-Buoy Design", on 15 January 2016.