PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
Vegard Nilsen, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology (IMT), will defend his PhD thesis: "Quantitative microbial risk assessment for drinking water: Dose-response theory and virus filtration dynamics", on 19 September 2016.
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Kvantitativ mikrobiell risikoanalyse for drikkevann: Dose-respons-teori og filtreringsdynamikk for virus"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"The effect of extreme precipitation on public health issues"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Monday 19 September 2016 at Senter for Klimaregulert Planteforskning (SKP), Kirkeveien 16, Ås
11:00 Trial lecture
12:00 Lunch break
13:00 Public defence
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Stein Wold Østerhus, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Second opponent: Professor Mads Peter Sørensen, Technical University of Denmark
Committee coordinator: Professor Thomas Kringlebotn Thiis, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, NMBU
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Associate Professor Arve Heistad, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Professor John Andreas Wyller, Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, NMBU
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Mette Myrmel, Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, NMBU
The doctoral thesis is available for public review at the NMBU library.
Thesis number 2016:58, ISSN 1894-6402, ISBN 978-82-575-1378-8.