Maria Åsnes Moan (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA)) will defend her PhD thesis “Advancing site index determination using point cloud data” Friday 29 November, 2024.
PhD degree - trial lecture and defense
English title of thesis
“Advancing site index determination using point cloud data”
Norwegian title of thesis
"Forbedring av metoder for bonitering med punktskydata"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
"Measuring Changes in Forests Using Remote Sensing”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence
Friday 29 November 2024, at 12.15 at Festsalen, Clock building.
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom:
https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/65432292714
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: Professor Mikko Vastaranta (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
Second opponent: Associate Professor Henrik Jan Persson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden)
Committee coordinator: Dr. Meley Mekonen Rannestad (MINA/NMBU)
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Dr. Lennart Noordermeer (MINA/NMBU)
Co-supervisors: Associate Professor Ole Martin Bollandsås (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.