Curriculum Vitae
Education
May 2003 – June 2007 Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), PhD in Ecology
Aug. 1990 – Jan. 1998 University of Oslo (UiO), cand. mag (bachelor) and cand. scient (master) in Terrestrial Ecology
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2013 - Researcher, CEES, Dept. of Biosciences, UiO, Norway
2012 - 2013 Researcher, Dept. of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, NMBU, Norway
2009 - 2012 Post doc, CEES, Dept. of Biosciences, UiO, Norway
2009 - 2009 Researcher, INA, NMBU, Norway
2008 - 2008 Post doc, Dept. of Ecology and Geography, University of the Aegean, Greece
2007 - 2007 Researcher, INA, NMBU, Norway
2003 - 2007 PhD student INA, NMBU, Norway
2002 - 2003 Web-services developer for Norwegian Social Security Agency
1999 - 2002 Gründer and software developer for HelpInHand ASA
1998 - 1999 Computer consultant at The National College for Art and Design
Research grants awarded
2018 Received three student grants from the UiO Life Science initiative. Budget NOK 150,000.-
2017-2020 PI on the NFR project 268415: Effects of Neonicotinoids and Temperature on Crop Pollination (NEOPOLL). Budget NOK 10,000,000.-
2015 Received a grant from the NTNU Science Museum to act as a science advisor on the mobile exhibition Humlebuzz. Budget NOK 200,000.-
2014-2017 PI on the NFR project 230279/E50: Pollination; an ecosystem service affected by climate change (PolliClim). Budget: NOK 4,400,000.-
Supervision
PhD students: 1 (main supervisor), CEES, Dept. of Biosciences, UiO, Norway. 1 (co-supervisor), MINA, NMBU, Norway.
Master Students: 13 (8 to completion), CEES, Dept. of Biosciences, UiO, Norway, 2 as co-supervisor, MINA, NMBU, Norway
Commission of trust
2018- Board member (deputy chair) Nordic Society Oikos.
2018- Board member of Concerned Scientists Norway
2017- Board member (treasurer) of the Norwegian Ecological Society.
2016-2022 Member of the panel on Alien Organisms and trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM), Norway.
2015-2018 Representing Norway in the Management Committee of the COST Action: Sustainable pollination in Europe: joint research on bees and other pollinators (SUPER-B).
2014-2017 External member of the evaluation committee for the Master program “Ecology” at the department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
Relevant courses
Development program “Entering Leadership in Research”, UiO/Institute for Co-creative Leadership 2014
Project leadership and project methodology, UiO/Malena Bakkevold, fall 2013
University pedagogics, University of Oslo, 2011 and 2012
Modelling Patterns and Dynamics of Species Occurrence, Finse, September 20102012