PhD degree - Public Defence: Philipp Garbers, Fakultet for kjemi, bioteknologi og matvitenskap (KBM) forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling «Undersøkelse av raffinose oligosakkariders potensial til bruk i mat gjennom bioraffinering, fermentering og enzymatisk modifisering» torsdag 19. juni, 2025.
English title of thesis:
Investigating the potential of raffinose family oligosaccharides for applications towards food by means of biorefining, fermentation and enzymatic tailoring
Norwegian title of the thesis:
Undersøkelse av raffinose oligosakkariders potensial til bruk i mat gjennom bioraffinering, fermentering og enzymatisk modifisering.
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
From biomass to bioplastics: Leveraging biorefining to develop sustainable materials for consumers goods, agriculture and medicine.
The trial lecture was held on May 28, 2025.
Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Associate professor Sabina Leanti La Rosa, KBM, NMBU
Associate professor Åsmund Røhr Kjendseth, KBM, NMBU
Professor Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, KBM, NMBU (Administrator)
Time and place for the public defence:
Thursday June 19th 2025, at 12.15.
The defence will be held at NMBU in TU101 Tårnbygningen, NMBU.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Prof. Vladimír Křen, Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Second opponent: Rossana Coda, PhD, Department of Food and Nutrition, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Committee coordinator: Professor Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Professor Bjørge Westereng, KBM, NMBU
Co-supervisors:
Associate professor Catrin Tyl, KBM, NMBU
Senior Researcher Svein H. Knutsen, Food and Health, Nofima, Ås
The doctoral thesis is available for public review.
For those of you who wants access to this please send an email to:
phd-kbm@nmbu.no
Thesis number 2025:61; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2271-1