Jaime Candelas Bielza (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)) will defend his PhD thesis “Advancing tree species composition prediction in boreal forests with remote sensing” Friday 25 April.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
“Advancing tree species composition prediction in boreal forests with remote sensing”
Norwegian title of the thesis
Forbedring av prediksjon av treslagssammensetning i boreale skoger med fjernmåling
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
“The need and value of tree species information for forest biodiversity, resilience, and management”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence
Friday April 25, 2025 at 12:15, at Gullvepsen, Bikuben.
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom:
https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/69733201119
All are welcome to attend, either physically or digitally, but please read the guidelines below before you open the link. This is to make sure that the disputation can be held without interruptions and noise.
Evaluation committee
First opponent: Dr. Joanne C. White (Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Forestry Centre, Canada)
Second opponent: Dr. Lauri Korhonen (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
Committee coordinator: Professor Hans Fredrik Hoen (MINA/NMBU)
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Associate Professor Hans Ole Ørka (MINA/NMBU).
Co-supervisors: Professor Erik Næsset (MINA/NMBU) and Dr. Lennart Noordermeer (MINA/NMBU).
Guidelines for digital attendance:
- Do not use the 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 defense 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 to 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 Brage Monsen – brage.monsen@nmbu.no.