PhD degree - Public Defence: Pernille Margrethe Olsen, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend her PhD thesis: «Docosahexaenoic acid production by thraustochytrids – monitoring and optimization of bioprocesses» Friday April 4th, 2025.
English title of thesis:
Docosahexaenoic acid production by thraustochytrids – monitoring and optimization of bioprocesses
Norwegian title of the thesis:
Dokosaheksaensyreproduksjon i thraustochytrider – overvåking og optimalisering av bioprosesser
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
“Beyond Photosynthesis: Innovative Fermentation Processes for Sustainable Food Production”
The trial lecture was held on March 04, 2025.
Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Associate Professor Davide Porcellato, KBM, NMBU
Professor Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, KBM, NMBU
Professor Bjørge Westereng, KBM, NMBU (Administrator)
Time and place for the public defence:
Friday April 4th 2025, at 13:00
The defence will be held at NMBU in Festsalen, Urbygningen, NMBU.
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Prof. Hjörleifur Einarsson, Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences, University of Akureyri, Iceland
Second opponent: Senior Research Scientist Francesca Di Bartolomeo, PhD, Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF, Trondheim
Committee coordinator: Professor Bjørge Westereng, 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:
Professor Volha Shapaval, REALTEK, NMBU
Line Degn Hansen, PhD, 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 2025:12; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2224-7