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Greetings from the Rector
Congratulations!
Dear new Doctors at NMBU!
A PhD is the pinnacle of the combination of academic studies and research.
We look forward to celebrating you and your big achievement!
Best regards,
Curt Rice
About the NMBU Doctoral Degree Ceremony
NMBU honour their Doctors conferred upon between autumn 2021 and summer 2022 in an open ceremony on 23 September 2022, at 14:00-16:00 Central European Time (CET).
The ceremony will be available from this web page in a recording live stream, and the recording will be available until 1 February 2023. The web page also provides a gallery of the Doctors from this period of time, and is intended to be shared with those who are not able to attend the ceremony in person, and others who could be interested to find out about Doctoral Degrees at NMBU.
To find out more about Doctoral Degrees at NMBU, please visit the web page about the PhD Education.
The Alf Bjørseth Inspiration Award
Link to the Norwegian information about the award and award winner.
The eight nominees were all qualified candidates for the award. They have all made valuable contributions to developing the platform of knowledge within their area of expertise related to renewable energy and/or biosciences.
The task of choosing one winner was therefore not easy.
Congratulations to Kjell Rune Jonassen on the Alf Bjørseth Inspiration Award 2022!
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The live stream of the Doctoral Degree Ceremony 2022
The live stream was recorded and is available from this location until 1 February 2023. Enjoy!
Statistics
Number of Doctors conferred upon at NMBU between autumn 2021 and summer 2022: 79
PhD: 78, Dr.philos: 1
Number of Doctors who participated in the ceremony: 44
70 % female
70 % from Europe (inclusive 22 Norwegians)
Doctors from 18 countries present in the ceremony
Check out the photoes from the ceremony
List of the doctors:
Public defences 2021:
Public defences 2022:
![Profilbilde for Adam Thomas O'Toole](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Adam%20Thomas%20O%27Toole%20-%20bilde_0.jpg?itok=GYbnomER)
Adam Thomas O'Toole
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Adam Thomas O'Toole. Your thesis “The agronomic and environmental effects of biochar under field conditions in Norway” was defended on 17 December 2021.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
![Profilbilde for Ajay Yadav](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Ajay%20Yadav%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=UmouwqB8)
Ajay Yadav
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Ajay Yadav. Your thesis “Neurodevelopmental toxicity of a human relevant mixture of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)” was defended on 5 November 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Alexandra Eve Joyce Leeper](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Alexandra%20Eve%20Joyce%20Leeper%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=3gce7JNI)
Alexandra Eve Joyce Leeper
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Alexandra Eve Joyce Leeper. Your thesis “A multi-disciplinary approach using growth performance, gut microbiome, and behaviour to characterise and optimise the impact of dietary protein supply for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture” was defended on 10 December 2021.
Faculty of Biosciences
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Ana María de Lera Garrido
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Ana María de Lera Garrido. Your thesis “Application of external prediction models in forest management inventories based on airborne laser scanning” was defended on 6 May 2022.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
![Profilbilde for Andreas Lervik](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Andreas%20Lervik%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=ESxTQiyG)
Andreas Lervik
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Andreas Lervik. Your thesis “Development of a total intravenous anaesthesia regime for use in pigs during live tissue training and biomedical research” was defended on 1 October 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Anja Standal](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Anja%20Standal.jpg?itok=Xzy_jpyy)
Anja Kristin Standal
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Anja Kristin Standal. Your thesis “The Building-Street Relationship Investigating the Art of Compact City Building in Contemporary Norwegian Practice” was defended on 25 March 2022.
Faculty of Landscape and Society
![Profilbilde for Anne Flore Bakke](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Anne%20Flore%20Bakke%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=ZfPpbWDu)
Anne Flore Bakke
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Anne Flore Bakke. Your thesis “Immune responses in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) following vaccination and Salmonid alphavirus challenge” was defended on 8 October 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Anton Stepnov](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Anton%20Stepnov%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=PmqS6fpu)
Anton Stepnov
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Anton Stepnov. Your thesis “An investigation of the interplay between in situ hydrogen peroxide production and catalytic efficiency in lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase reactions” was defended on 28 April 2022.
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
![Profilbilde for Anupam Gogoi](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Anupam%20Gogoi%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=cJgQI-3t)
Anupam Gogoi
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Anupam Gogoi. Your thesis “Virulence mechanisms of Phytophthora cactorum and defence responses by its strawberry host” was defended on 12 October 2021.
Faculty of Biosciences
![Profilbilde for Awais Arefeen](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Awais%20Arefeen%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=d3jtuqMz)
Awais Arefeen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Awais Arefeen. Your thesis “Vulnerability, Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance: A Study of Authority Relations and Flooding Events in Baltistan, Pakistan” was defended on 26 November 2021.
Faculty of Landscape and Society
![Profilbilde for Bart Immerzeel](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Bart%20Immerzeel%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=xcAmQbAr)
Bart Immerzeel
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Bart Immerzeel. Your thesis “How green is the green shift? The potential effects of a bioeconomy on ecosystem services in Nordic catchments” was defended on 24 September 2021.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
![Profilbilde for Camilla Fritsvold](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Camilla%20Fritsvold%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=AyTR770i)
Camilla Fritsvold
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Camilla Fritsvold. Your thesis “Pathogenesis studies of cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L.” was defended on 20 January 2022.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Cathrine Brekke](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Cathrine%20Brekke%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=k1rGVBaJ)
Cathrine Brekke
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Cathrine Brekke. Your thesis "Genetic variation in recombination rates and genetic shuffling in pigs, cattle and Atlantic salmon" was defended on 13 May 2022.
Faculty of Biosciences
![Profilbilde for Christina Maria Veit](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Christina%20Maria%20Veit%20-%20bilde.png?itok=Z08ju9N4)
Christina Maria Veit
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Christina Maria Veit. Your thesis “Effects of a controlled immune activation on social behaviour, neurophysiology and the acute phase response in pigs” was defended on 25 November 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Chrysoula Kielland](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Chrysoula%20Kielland%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=g60q6pru)
Chrysoula Kielland
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Chrysoula Kielland. Your thesis “Small intestinal microbiota – Regulation by reactive oxygen species and influence of diet” was defended on 25 March 2022.
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
![Profilbilde for Eirik Garpestad Kommedal](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Eirik%20Garpestad%20Kommedal%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=MX23917e)
Eirik Garpestad Kommedal
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Eirik Garpestad Kommedal. Your thesis “Light-driven lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO)-catalyzed solubilization of polysaccharides” was defended on 23 June 2022.
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
![Profilbilde for Eirik Næsset Ramtvedt](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Eirik%20N%C3%A6sset%20Ramtvedt.jpg?itok=JwuFuKfF)
Eirik Næsset Ramtvedt
Congratulations on the co
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Eirik Næsset Ramtvedt. Your thesis “ Fine-spatial radiation measurements for heterogeneous boreal–alpine and sub-alpine vegetation” was defended on 17 June 2022.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
![Profilbilde for Elizabeth Ann MacAfee](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Elizabeth%20Ann%20MacAfee%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=bThXGWn8)
Elizabeth Ann MacAfee
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Elizabeth Ann MacAfee. Your thesis “Assembling drinking water quality and inequality: the case of Kaolack, Senegal” was defended on 14 January 2022.
Faculty of Landscape and Society
![Profilbilde for Ervina](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Ervina%20-%20bilde.jpeg?itok=5o7yMsCr)
Ervina
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Ervina. Your thesis “Taste sensitivity and food liking in preadolescent children” was defended on 19 November 2021.
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
![Profilbilde for Giorgia Carnovale](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Giorgia%20Garnovale%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=sQ6Y05cS)
Giorgia Carnovale
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Giorgia Carnovale. Your thesis “Tailoring microalgal biomass for food applications: fermented beverage as a case study” was defended on 3 June 2022.
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
![Profilbilde for Hannah Jayne Harjén](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Hannah%20Jayne%20Harj%C3%A9n%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=CcaRrNG2)
Hannah Jayne Harjén
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Hannah Jayne Harjén. Your thesis “Clinical and clinicopathological characteristics in canine Vipera berus envenomation” was defended on 1 November 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Hannah Tabea Wenng](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Hannah%20Tabea%20Wenng%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=FJlcJt8G)
Hannah Tabea Wenng
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Hannah Tabea Wenng. Your thesis “Impact of climate and agricultural management on hydrology and water quality. A headwater catchment scale approach” was defended on 18 November 2021.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
![Profilbilde for Heidi Østby](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Heidi%20%C3%98stby%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=aXyZcDnT)
Heidi Østby
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Heidi Østby. Your thesis “Understanding and optimizing the role of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases in enzymatic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass” was defended on 24 June 2022.
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
![Profilbilde for Henriette Berg Olsen](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Henriette%20Berg%20Olsen%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=VUqwqxpo)
Henriette Berg Olsen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Henriette Berg Olsen. Your thesis “Genetic analyses of semen characteristics in Norwegian Red” was defended on 17 September 2021.
Faculty of Biosciences
![Profilbilde for Håvard Bjørgen](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/H%C3%A5vard%20Bj%C3%B8rgen%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=hjRQ2BHm)
Håvard Bjørgen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Håvard Bjørgen. Your thesis “Melanised focal muscle changes in Atlantic salmon - Interactions between infection and immunity” was defended on 27 January 2022.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Ian Thomas Behnke Byrnes](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Ian%20Thomas%20Behnke%20Byrnes%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=WxtA6BS8)
Ian Thomas Behnke Byrnes
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Ian Thomas Behnke Byrnes. Your thesis “Characterization of Radioactive Particle Exposure Using Micro and Nano-Focused X-ray Techniques” was defended on 15 December 2021.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
![Profilbilde for Ida Marielle Mienna](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Ida%20Marielle%20Mienna%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=Qcs0bU47)
Ida Marielle Mienna
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Ida Marielle Mienna. Your thesis “The role of biotic and abiotic factors on treeline ecotone dynamics: studies using field observations and remote sensing” was defended on 3 June 2022.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
![Profilbilde for Ine Storaker Myrbråten](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Ine%20Storaker%20Myrbr%C3%A5ten%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=00vEiTQu)
Ine Storaker Myrbråten
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Ine Storaker Myrbråten. Your thesis “Functional insights into novel factors affecting cell division in Gram-positive bacteria” was defended on 17 December 2021.
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
![Profilbilde for Ingunn Øvsthus](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Ingunn%20%C3%98vsthus%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=EYZ8-cxA)
Ingunn Øvsthus
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Ingunn Øvsthus. Your thesis “Yield and quality of vegetables fertilized with materials recycled from organic resources” was defended on 29 October 2021.
Faculty of Biosciences
![Profilbilde for Isaac Rumpel Mulei](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Isaac%20Rumpel%20Mulei%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=dqheWiXw)
Isaac Rumpel Mulei
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Isaac Rumpel Mulei. Your thesis “Occurrence of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus, infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus and Flavobacterium psychrophilum in rainbow trout and role of management practices in farmed rainbow trout and tilapia diseases in Nyeri County, Kenya” was defended on 21 October 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Jeleel Opeyemi Agboola](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Jeleel%20Opeyemi%20Agboola%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=tHXLPnZe)
Jeleel Opeyemi Agboola
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Jeleel Opeyemi Agboola. Your thesis “Can fish grow on trees? Nutritional and functional properties of yeasts in diets for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)” was defended on 25 May 2022.
Faculty of Biosciences
![Profilbilde for Julia Kvitsjøen](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Julia%20Kvitsj%C3%B8en%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=9hn5sGiX)
Julia Kvitsjøen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Julia Kvitsjøen. Your thesis “Economically sustainable management of stormwater and urban flooding for a growing city in a changing climate” was defended on 17 June 2022.
Faculty of Science and Technology
![Profilbilde for Julia Del Carmen Naime Sanchez Henkel](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Bilde%20-%20Julia%20Henkel.jpg?itok=2gC_pFCs)
Julia Del Carmen Naime Sanchez Henkel
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Julia Del Carmen Naime Sanchez Henkel. Your thesis “Drivers of deforestation and incentives for REDD+” was defended on 30 March 2022.
School of Economics and Business
![Profilbilde for Kari-Anne Fange](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Kari-Anne%20Fange%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=Kpi3wVYt)
Kari-Anne Fange
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Kari-Anne Fange. Your thesis “Essays on the Reformed Norwegian Electricity Retail Market” was defended on 28 January 2022.
School of Economics and Business
![Profilbilde for Katherine Ann Gredvig Nielsen](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Katherine%20Ann%20Gredvig%20Nielsen%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=leIpH7S_)
Katherine Ann Gredvig Nielsen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Katherine Ann Gredvig Nielsen. Your thesis “Fungicide resistance and resistance dynamics in Botrytis populations in Norway” was defended on 3 March 2022.
Faculty of Biosciences
![Profilbilde for Knut Bjørn Stokke](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Knut%20Bj%C3%B8rn%20Stokke%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=s52y2peU)
Knut Bjørn Stokke
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Knut Bjørn Stokke. Your thesis “Cooperation and network in planning - a tool for integrated management of areas and resources?” was defended on 10 December 2021.
Faculty of Landscape and Society
![Profilbilde for Letemichael Negash Welekidan](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Letemichal%20Negash%20Welekidan%20-%20bilde.png?itok=fRXZY8AO)
Letemichael Negash Welekidan
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Letemichael Negash Welekidan. Your thesis “Molecular epidemiology of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tigray Region, Ethiopia” was defended on 9 September 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Linda Nesse](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Linda%20Nesse%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=KOdpOdLB)
Linda Nesse
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Linda Nesse. Your thesis “Recovery among residents with co-occurring substance use and mental health problems: The role of core issues in supported housing and the community context” was defended on 28 January 2022.
Faculty of Landscape and Society
![Profilbilde for Line Degn Hansen](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Line%20Degn%20Hansen%20-%20biilde.jpg?itok=i2jpI_8m)
Line Degn Hansen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Line Degn Hansen. Your thesis “Leveraging H2O2-fuelled activity of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases in cellulase cocktails for improved bioprocessing of lignocellulosic biomass” was defended on 14 June 2022.
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
![Profilbilde for Lisa Fagerli Lunde](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Lisa%20Fagerli%20Lunde%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=-hgyhzlH)
Lisa Fagerli Lunde
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Lisa Fagerli Lunde. Your thesis “The importance of invertebrates on fungi in dead wood” was defended on 23 June 2022.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
![Profilbilde for Lisa-Victoria Aurora Bernhardt](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Lisa-Victoria%20Bernhardt%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=wKbt4qA1)
Lisa-Victoria Aurora Bernhardt
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Lisa-Victoria Aurora Bernhardt. Your thesis “Development, optimization and field testing of a filtration method for detection of salmonid alphavirus in seawater” was defended on 17 September 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Liv Henriette Arnesen](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Liv%20Henriette%20Arnesen%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=_zwTC9i8)
Liv Henriette Arnesen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Liv Henriette Arnesen. Your thesis “Housing of laboratory mice in a natural habitat– influence on immune system, gut microbiota, and colorectal cancer development” was defended on 18 March 2022.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
![Profilbilde for Liv Monica Trondrud](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Liv%20Monica%20Trondrud%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=c3TFV2gD)
Liv Monica Trondrud
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Liv Monica Trondrud. Your thesis “Energetics in seasonal environments: reindeer as a case study” was defended on 27 August 2021.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
![Profilbilde for Liza Miriam Cohen](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Liza%20Miriam%20Cohen.jpg?itok=rxBXhB4k)
Liza Miriam Cohen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Liza Miriam Cohen. Your thesis “Respiratory disease in Norwegian pig production- with focus on Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae” was defended on 17 March 2022.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Maria Clementina Alvarez Flores](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Maria%20Clementina%20Alvarez%20Flores%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=2R4u4SoB)
Maria Clementina Alvarez Flores
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Maria Clementina Alvarez Flores. Your thesis “A new approach for predicting milk production responses and feed utilization in dairy cows” was defended on 10 December 2021.
Faculty of Biosciences
![Profilbilde for Maria Valkeneer Kjetså](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Maria%20Valkeneer%20Kjets%C3%A5%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=Aw5mxLUY)
Maria Valkeneer Kjetså
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Maria Valkeneer Kjetså. Your thesis “Genomic prediction using high-density and whole-genome sequence genotypes” was defended on 15 June 2022.
Faculty of Biosciences
![Profilbilde for Marianne Bakken](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Marianne%20Bakken%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=Dst84Gyc)
Marianne Bakken
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Marianne Bakken. Your thesis “Explainable and Data-efficient Learning for Visual Guidance of Autonomous Agri-robots” was defended on 1 October 2021.
Faculty of Science and Technology
![Profilbilde for Mariella Evelyn Güere Calderón](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Mariella%20Evelyn%20G%C3%BCere%20Calder%C3%B3n%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=8fCqs10e)
Mariella Evelyn Güere Calderón
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Mariella Evelyn Güere Calderón. Your thesis “Genetic variation in Norwegian cervids – relevance to the occurrence of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)” was defended on 22 October 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Marte Ragnhild Ekeland Fergestad](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Marte%20Ragnhild%20Ekeland%20Fergestad%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=aRO8d94t)
Marte Ragnhild Ekeland Fergestad
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Marte Ragnhild Ekeland Fergestad. Your thesis “Bovine Staphylococci and their Spectrum of Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Characteristics” was defended on 24 September 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
![Profilbilde for Martina Galler](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Martina%20Galler%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=9QI-Xg_Y)
Martina Galler
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Martina Galler. Your thesis “New methodologies in sensory and consumer research with preadolescents to guide product development of healthy, child-centered food” was defended on 17 December 2021.
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
![Profilbilde for Matilde Mengkrog Holen](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Matilde%20Mengkrog%20Holen.jpg?itok=yDg_kwnY)
Matilde Mengkrog Holen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Matilde Mengkrog Holen. Your thesis “Characterization of genes and proteins related to chitin metabolism in Atlantic salmon” was defended on 30 June 2022.
Faculty of Biosciences
![Profilbilde for Michaela Falk](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Michaela%20Falk%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=Zj2LQryG)
Michaela Falk
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Michaela Falk. Your thesis “Selenium requirement in Norwegian high-yielding pigs” was defended on 28 April 2022.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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Miguel Muñoz Mazón
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Miguel Muñoz Mazón. Your thesis “Forest disturbance and tree species elevation ranges in Costa Rica” was defended on 3 December 2021.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
![Profile picture for Michael Weddegjerde Skjelderup](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Michael%20Weddegjerde%20Skjelderup%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=v_39hsmI)
Michael Weddegjerde Skjelderup
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Michael Weddegjerde Skjelderup. Your thesis “Insurgent order-making: Militant Islamist rule and kinship-based communities in Somalia’s Lower Jubba Province, 2006–2012.” was defended on 15 December 2021.
Faculty of Landscape and Society
![Profilbilde for Muhammad Salman Malik](/forside/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/inline-images/Muhammad%20Salman%20Malik%20-%20bilde.jpg?itok=zhQZPk_8)
Muhammad Salman Malik
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Muhammad Salman Malik. Your thesis “Persistent infection of Piscine orthoreovirus-1 (PRV-1) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)” was defended on 14 September 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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Nana Helena Wentzel Thorringer
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Nana Helena Wentzel Thorringer. Your thesis “Carbohydrate digestion in horses. Methods, processing, and future perspectives” was defended on 29 April 2022.
Faculty of Biosciences
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Neri Horntvedt Thorsen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Neri Horntvedt Thorsen. Your thesis “Large carnivore responses to human activity and infrastructure at multiple scales in Scandinavia” was defended on 10 December 2021.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
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Pabodha Weththasinghe
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Pabodha Weththasinghe. Your thesis “Nutritional, health, and technical properties of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) feeds” was defended on 8 December 2021.
Faculty of Biosciences
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Pavel Grabalov
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Pavel Grabalov. Your thesis “Urban cemeteries as public spaces: A comparison of cases from Scandinavia and Russia” was defended on 22 April 2022.
Faculty of Landscape and Society
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Ranjana Pathak
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Ranjana Pathak. Your thesis “Identification of photoreceptors with functional characterization of photolyase in Pseudoidium neolycopersici” was defended on 10 December 2021.
Faculty of Biosciences
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Reina Jochems
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Reina Jochems. Your thesis “In vitro embryo production in Norwegian Duroc and Landrace pigs” was defended on 17 June 2022.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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Saeed Abdul-Ganiyu
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Saeed Abdul-Ganiyu. Your thesis “Performance of a photovoltaic-thermal system in a tropical environment of central Ghana” was defended on 8 March 2022.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
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Sheona Noemi Innes
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Sheona Noemi Innes. Your thesis “Growth, hydraulic and transcriptomic responses to high air humidity and the involvement of abscisic acid (ABA)” was defended on 15 October 2021.
Faculty of Biosciences
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Silvia Mete
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Silvia Mete. Your thesis “Future sustainability for housing development: An Eco-modernist and a de-growth scenario” was defended on 19 November 2021.
Faculty of Landscape and Society
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Simon Mark Weldon
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Simon Mark Weldon. Your thesis “Biochar for N2O mitigation and improved delivery and retention of mineral nitrogen in compost and soil” was defended on 1 April 2022.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
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Sofie Navelsaker Thommessen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Sofie Navelsaker Thommessen. Your thesis “Selective VDJ rearrangements of antibody genes in Rainbow trout mobilize efficient and protective responses after immunization with VHSV and IPNV antigens- the public response, an ancient defence strategy to direct the adaptive immune responses towards common pathogens and a useful model to measure vaccination success” was defended on 9 December 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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Stanislav Iakhno
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Stanislav Iakhno. Your thesis “Porcine gut microbiota, short‑chain fatty acids, and gut health in response to a high yeast inclusion diet” was defended on 14 December 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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Stefano Zanotto
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Stefano Zanotto. Your thesis “A study of freezing tolerance in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)” was defended on 13 May2022.
Faculty of Biosciences
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Tatiana Drotikova
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Tatiana Drotikova. Your thesis “Polycyclic aromatic compound (PACs) in ambient air of Svalbard. Concentrations, seasonal trends, sources, and transformation processes” was defended on 24 November 2021.
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
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Teshome Hunduma Mulesa
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Teshome Hunduma Mulesa. Your thesis “Sowing seeds of security: A multilevel perspective on the governance of plant genetic resources and seed systems in Ethiopia” was defended on 8 April 2022.
Faculty of Landscape and Society
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Trond Holand
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Trond Holand. Your thesis “Development of Response Surface Pathway Methodology” was defended on 11 November 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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Veronica Trygstad
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Veronica Trygstad. Your thesis “Cadastral records of cases conducted by the land consolidation court” was defended on 18 February 2022.
Faculty of Landscape and Society
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Vilde Leipart
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Vilde Leipart. Your thesis “Understanding the structure-function relationship of honey bee Vitellogenin” was defended on 18 February 2022.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
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Xinxiu Yu
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Xinxiu Yu. Your thesis “Reproductive and Genetic Studies in Large Yellow Croaker” was defended on 15 December 2021.
Faculty of Biosciences
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Yanxian Li
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Yanxian Li. Your thesis “Insect larvae meal as a feed ingredient for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): Effects on intestinal function, health, and microbiota.” was defended on 29 October 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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Yi-kuang Chen
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Yi-kuang Chen. Your thesis “Emerging Challenges in the Energy Transition in Northern Europe: Potentials and Impacts” was defended on 9 March 2022.
Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
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Yuan Gao
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Yuan Gao. Your thesis “Physiology of denitrification in bradyrhizobia and their potential as strong sinks for the greenhouse gas N2O” was defended on 23 June 2022.
Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
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Yuanyue Ge
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Yuanyue Ge. Your thesis “Machine learning-based perception to identify and localize pickable strawberries for harvester robots” was defended on 20 June 2022.
Faculty of Science and Technology
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Zoë Louise Fretheim-Kelly
Congratulations on the conferment upon the PhD Degree at NMBU, Zoë Louise Fretheim-Kelly. Your thesis “From horses to humans: A comparative study developing the first protocol for measuring upper airway pressures in exercising humans.” was defended on 16 September 2021.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine