PhD degree - Public Defence: Diego Sebastian Reyes Weiss Avila, Fakultet for kjemi, bioteknologi og matvitenskap (KBM) forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling «Fucoidan fra tang og tare - struktur, diversitet og enzymatisk nedbrytning» fredag 20. juni, 2025.
English title of thesis:
Brown seaweed fucoidans - structure, diversity and enzymatic degradation
Norwegian title of the thesis:
Fucoidan fra tang og tare - struktur, diversitet og enzymatisk nedbrytning
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
Microbial degradation pathways for plastic and petroleum-derived pollutants in marine ecosystems
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:
Friday June 20th 2025, at 12.15.
The defence will be held at NMBU in Festsalen, Urbygningen, NMBU.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Associate Professor Mirjam Kabel, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Second opponent: Dr. Simon Balance, PhD, Nofima AS, Ås, Norway
Committee coordinator: Professor Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Professor Svein Jarle Horn, KBM, NMBU
Co-supervisors:
Nanna Rhein Knudsen PhD, KBM, Station Biologique de Roscoff
Professor Bjørge Westereng, KBM, NMBU
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 2025:55; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2264-3