Tirza Moerman (Fakultet for miljøvitenskap og naturforvaltning (MINA)) forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling "Miljøeffekter på de frie livsstadiene til parasittiske nematoder – Innsikt fra et arktisk økosystem" fredag den 28. februar, 2025.
Dr. Philos. degree – Trial Lectures and Public Defence
English title of thesis:
"Environmental effects on the free-living stages of parasitic nematodes – Insights from an Arctic ecosystem"
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Miljøeffekter på de frie livsstadiene til parasittiske nematoder – Innsikt fra et arktisk økosystem"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
“Current and future climate change impacts on parasitic nematodes and interacting taxa, and the consequences for broader ecosystem functioning”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Friday 28 February 2025, at 12.15 at Festsalen, Urbygningen.
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom:
https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/62423574964
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: Associate Professor Mark Andrew Kusk Gillespie (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences).
Second opponent: Professor Anna Beata Seniczak (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences).
Committee coordinator: Professor Tone Birkemoe (MINA/NMBU).
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Leif Egil Loe (MINA/NMBU).
Co-supervisors: Professor Audun Stien (UiT) and Professor Stephen James Coulson (UNIS).
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.