PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Siril Kristoffersen, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend her PhD thesis ”Improving the utilisation of phytate-bound phosphorus in feed for poultry and pigs through increased efficacy of exogenous phytase in the anterior digestive tract" on 18 December 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Khoi Dinh Pham, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis ”Breeding for disease resistance against Edwardsiella ictaluri in Mekong striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)" on 17 December 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Kebede Wolka Wolancho, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), will defend his PhD thesis "Effect of soil and water conservation management on surface runoff, soil erosion, soil fertility and crop yield in southwest Ethiopia", on 16 December 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Ingrid Eikeland, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend her PhD thesis "Promoting a learning shift in science centres through controversial issues: Educators and a researcher co-designing a controversy-based educational programme" on 11 December 2020.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defence Elisa Daniel Mwega, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Flavobacteriaceae isolated from farmed and wild Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Tanzania" on 10 December 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Abhilash Muralidharan Nair, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend his PhD thesis "Innovative Surveillance and Process Control in Water Resource Recovery Facilities" on 27 November and 7 December 2020.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defence Amritha Johny, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend her PhD thesis "Plant-based aquafeeds: Carry-over potential of mycotoxins and phytoestrogens from feed to fish and implications for fish health and food safety" on 4 December 2020.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defence Aina Jansen, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend her PhD thesis "Weight loss after bariatric surgery, persistent organic pollutants and their influence on endocrine systems" on 30 November 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Marit Smith Wetlesen, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend her PhD thesis ”Optimisation of suckler cow efficiency, carcass performance, and economy in extensive and intensive beef cattle production" on 27 November 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Muhammad Azher Bhatti, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend his PhD thesis ”Alternative systems for Norwegian sheep production: extending fresh meat season and meeting niche market demands" on 20 November 2020.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defence Kizito Kahoza Mugimba, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "The infection biology of tilapia lake virus: tissue tropism, host susceptibility and immune responses" on 19 November 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Yadessa Gonfa Keneni, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend his PhD thesis "Biodiesel production from Jatropha curcas L. seeds from different agro-climatic zones of Ethiopia: seed processing, oil extraction and optimization of biodiesel production using heterogenous catalysts" on 18 November 2020.
PhD degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defense Bjørnar Finnanger Garshol (Department of Public Health Science, LANDSAM) will defend his thesis "Quality of care at farm-based day care services for people with dementia - the farm as a setting for promoting health, well-being and quality of life" on Friday 13 November 2020.
PhD degree – Public Defence Sérgio Domingos Cardoso da Rocha, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend his PhD thesis “Dietary influence on intestinal microbiota and immune responses in mice – roles of high fat diet and reactive oxygen species (ROS)”, on 13 November 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Yibeltal Tebikew Wassie will defend his PhD thesis "Effects of access to renewable energy sources and technologies on rural household energy use and the environment in Ethiopia”, on 4 November 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Zerihun Asrat Kutie , Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) will defend his PhD thesis "Modelling and estimating tree and forest resources of the Dry Afromontane forests in South-central Ethiopia using field and remotely sensed data", on 30 October 2020.
Paul Beaumont, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Faculty of Landsacpe and Society, will defend his thesis: "The Grammar of Status Competition - International Hierarchies as Domestic Practice" on 30 October.
Maria Christou, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis "Exploring the short and long-term effects of developmental exposure in zebrafish exposed to anthropogenic chemicals" on 30 October 2020.
Silje Modahl Johanson, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis "Persistent organic pollutants and effects on developmental and functional processes in mice " on 23 October 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Thomas Haraldseid (Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Landscape and Society) will defend his thesis "Creative processes in the interplay between nature-based tourism and local development: contribuiting to place-specific transitions through community-inspiring motives" on 14 October 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Maren Anna Brandsrud, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend her PhD thesis "Scattering and absorption in nano- and microstructured media" on 9 October 2020
PhD degree – Public Defence Sara Mohamed Gaber Mohamed, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend her PhD thesis "Mineral balance of microfiltered casein concentrates undergoing processing for dairy applications" on 09 October 2020.
PhD degree – Public Defence Laura Röhler, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend her PhD thesis "Non-target and suspect characterisation of organic chemicals of emerging concern in air and biota" on 25 September 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Min Lin, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend her PhD thesis ”Genetic studies of the wheat-Parastagonospora nodorum pathosystem" on 25 September 2020.
Helene Louise Eghave Midttun, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis "Effects of the brain-infecting parasite Pseudoloma neurophilia in laboratory zebrafish (Danio rerio)" on 25 September 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Tuan Dung Le, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK), will defend his PhD thesis "Fusion of a minimalistic set of sensors for mapping and localization of autonomous agricultural robotic systems" on 15 September 2020.
Paal Brevik Wangsness, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend his PhD thesis "Economics and policies for the electrification of transport" on 8 September 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Vituce Jelasy Kalungwizi, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend his PhD thesis "Teacher education as key to adaptation to environmental degradation in Tanzania: Development of environmental education through participatory action research" on 7 September 2020.
Fredrik Strebel Skedsmo, Department of Companion Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, will defend his PhD thesis "NDRG1 and PrPC in peripheral nerve myelin maintenance: Insights from morphological studies in two unique animal models" on 4 September 2020.
PhD degree – Public Defence Anja Ruud Winther, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend her PhD thesis "Cell-shape regulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae: EloR/KhpA, a new regulatory pathway administering cell elongation" on 23 June 2020.
Katrine Mørk Paulsen, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty for Veterinary Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis, “Tick-borne encephalitis virus – a One Health approach” on 28 May 2020,
Elena Kirsanova, Department of Preclinical Sciences and Pathology, Faculty for Veterinary Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis, “Genetics of chronic subclinical mastitis in Norwegian Red cows” on 26 May 2020.
Halldor Felde Berg, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty for Veterinary Medicine, will defend his PhD thesis, “Reproductive potential and quality of SpermVital semen used for artificial insemination in cattle” on 19 May 2020.
Anne Kristine Grostøl Hansen, Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty for Veterinary Medicine, will defend her PhD thesis, “Choline is an essential nutrient for post-smolt Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L)” on 14 May 2020.
PhD degree – Public Defence Misti Finton, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend her PhD thesis "Characterization of heteropathogenic and multidrug resistant (MDR) bacterial isolates from clinical and environmental sources using combined nanopore and next-generation sequencing technologies" on 23 April 2020.
PhD degree – Public Defence Francesco Delogu, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend his PhD thesis "Back to basics: simplifying microbial communities to decrypt complex interactions" on 03 April 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Karoline Bakke Wethal, Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT) will defend her PhD thesis: ”Genetic analyses of new milkability, temperament, and udder health traits for Norwegian Red cows based on data from automatic milking systems" on 1 April 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Eivind Seim, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend his PhD thesis "Chaos Enhanced Light Trapping in Optically Thin Solar Cells" on 13 March 2020.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Hasan Asy’ari Arief, Faculty of Science and Technology (REALTEK) will defend his PhD thesis "Information Extraction from Large Point Cloud Data: A Deep Learning Approach" on 12 March 2020.
PhD Degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defence Gunnar Dalen, Department of Production and Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Using online cell counts for detection and prediction of subclinical intramammary infections in dairy cows"on 6 March.
PhD Degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defence Erik Paulshus, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Antibiotic resistance in wastewater" on 27 February.
Kine Josefine Aurland-Bredesen, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend her PhD thesis "Optimal economic management of catastrophic risk" on 27 February 2020.
Viktorija Viciunaite, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend her PhD thesis "Moving towards sustainability: business models and entrepreneurship in the Norwegian wool industry" on 26 February 2020.
PhD Degree - Trial Lecture and Public Defence Håkon Kaspersen, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend his PhD thesis "Quinolone resistant Escherichia coli from Norwegian livestock – A comparative genomics study" on 25 February.
Lena Hammerlund Teige, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend her PhD thesis "Detection of antibodies in Atlantic salmon using a bead-based multiplexed immunoassay" on 24th of February.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence Elena Maria Santidrián Yebra-Pimentel, Department of Basic Sciences and Aquatic Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will defend her PhD thesis "New genomics and transcriptomics tools toward improving conservation strategies for sturgeons" on the 31st of January.
Håvard Nørstebø, Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, will defend his PhD thesis "The applicability of milking-time testing in automatic milking systems" on 24 January 2020.
Knut Fossgard, Fakultet for miljøvitenskap og naturforvaltning (MINA), vil forsvare sin ph.d.-avhandling "Å legge til rette for naturbaserte reiselivsopplevelser: en studie av forholdet mellom tilbydere, ressurser og produkter", den 17. januar 2020
Kidanemariam Abreha Gebretsadik, School of Economics and Business (HH), will defend his PhD thesis "Demand Side Implications for Irrigation Management and Policies" on 8 January 2020.
