About the research groupe

Our research profile extends from environmental analyzes to the optimization of chemical processes within the food industry. Our common denominator is organic analytical chemistry and spectroscopy.

• Research

  Lipid analyses
  A number of analyzes are carried out of various lipids in a number of foodstuffs. We have developed different analysis methods in which we identify the biologically most important FAMEs. The samples undergo an extraction and are then either totalized or fractionated with SPE once or twice. The SPE-1 fractions consist of neutral lipids, polar lipids and free fatty acids. The neutral lipid fraction can be refracted, SPE-2, into MAG, DAG and TAG. Identification of FAMEs is done with GC-MS.

  Environmental analyses
  This type of research combines modern chemical analysis techniques and risk assessments for various types of organic contaminants in food and environments. For this type of research, advanced trace analysis techniques are used which include high performance liquid and gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry or other relevant detectors. Our current geographic focus is on arctic pollutants and foodstuffs

  Analytical Chemistry and Process Optimization
  In all types of process industries, quality control (QC) is of paramount importance. Developing rapid methods to measure chemical quality parameters in production processes constitutes a significant part of this work. In our research, we use both classical and modern analytical methods to monitor quality parameters throughout the processes. This enables us to adjust process parameters and thus reduce variation in quality, unnecessary by-products, and energy consumption. Our work is interdisciplinary, and we collaborate closely with industry, research institutes, and other educational institutions.

• Collaboration partners

  We collaborate with other faculties here at NMBU, as well as with other universities, and, of course, with companies such as:
  Pronofa ASA
  Ocean Industry Forum Oslofjord
  AkerBiomarin
  UArctic
  NIBIO
  Nofima
  Oslo kommune

• Members

  Students at Bioanalytical Research Team

  Cynthia Nguyen

  Ben Børilden

  Aneta Julia Chabros

  Luna Mohamad Kheir Hamed

  Thilde Britu Marås

  Karina Maxine Kruse

  Vilde Grindahl

  Michael Venbakken

  Eline Rolstad

  Chikh Mousa Mohamad

  Sangmi Lee

  Patrycja Weronika Dogic

• Details research and Instrumentation

  We have different laboratories;

  
  1) Laboratory for MS

  2) Laboratory for organic environmental analyses

  3) Laboratory for analysis and process
  

  Orders can eventually be placed via: https://ppms.eu/nmbu. Only a few instruments have been entered here so far, but it will be continuously updated.

  Gas chromatography

  GC-Orbitrap: Exactive GC Orbitrap, Thermo Scientific, Bremen, Germany

  GC-Q: ISQ QD GC-MS, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA

  GCQqQ: Triple Quadrupole GC–MS, Agilent technologies

  Liquid chromatography

  LC-Ionefelle

  LC-QTof

  LC-UV

  Nuclear resonance

  NMR: Bruker Ascend 400 MHz

Publications

NMBU-professor new chair of Arctic research network

Professor Roland Kallenborn from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) is appointed UArctic Chair in Arctic Environmental Pollution Research for the next five years.