PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence: Li Xie, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), will defend his PhD thesis "Single and combined toxicity of gamma and ultraviolet B radiation in the aquatic macrophyte Lemna minor on the 16th April 2021.
English title of the thesis:
"Single and combined toxicity of gamma and ultraviolet B radiation in the aquatic macrophyte Lemna minor"
Norwegian title of the thesis:
«Giftighet av gamma og ultrafiolett stråling i vannmakrofytten Lemna minor etter eksponering enkeltvis og i kombinasjon»
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
“Eustress and Distress In Plants”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Friday April 16, 2021, at 12.15.
This public defense will be held partly in digital form since physical presence is hindered as a result of the Corona situation. The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/63402923256
All are welcome to attend the digital meeting, but please read the guidelines below before you open the link. This is to make sure that the disputation can be held without too much interruptions and noise.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Ann Cuypers, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
Second opponent: Professor Éva Hideg, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
Committee coordinator: Professor Thomas Rohrlack, MINA/NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Knut Erik Tollefsen, MINA/NMBU – NIVA
Co-supervisors: Professor Knut Asbjørn Solhaug, MINA/NMBU, dr. Hans-Christian Teien, MINA/NMBU and dr. You Song, NIVA
Guidelines for attending
- Do not use camera.
- Mute your microphone.
- 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.
- 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 defence will evaluate whether your question is opportune, and you will be given the word after the two opponents have concluded.
- When you are being given the word, you switch on your microphone and camera. Ensure briefly whether you are being heard.
- We advise you to test your own equipment before attending.
- The chat is not 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 Ole Wiggo Røstad – ole.rostad@nmbu.no