PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defense
Olav Aaseth Hegnar, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science (KBM) will defend his PhD thesis: "Applied and fundamental perspectives on brown-rot fungal decay mechanisms", on 12 February 2019.
Norwegian title of thesis:
Anvendte og fundamentale perspektiver på nedbrytningsmekanismer hos brunråtesopp
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
Enzymatic conversion of lignin by bacteria and fungi
Time and place for the trial lecture:
Tuesday 5th February 2019, at 09:00 Library, BTB
Evaluation committee:
Professor Svein Jarle Horn, KBM
Associate Professor Bjørge Westereng, KBM
Professor Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, KBM
Time and place for the public defence:
Tuesday 12th February 2019, at 12:15, Library, BTB
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Senior Scientist, Dr. Eric Gelhaye, University of Lorraine/INRA, France
Second opponent: Dr. Kristiina Hildén, University of Helsinki, Finland
Committee coordinator: Professor Svein Jarle Horn, KBM, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Professor Vincent Eijsink, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Researcher Dr. Aniko Varnai, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Dr. Gry Alfredsen, NIBIO
Co-supervisor: Dr. Carl Gunnar Fossdal, NIBIO
Co-supervisor: Professor Barry Goodell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2019:14 ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-1579-9