Fulbright Grantee, Michael Bekken to LATICE and GEO in 2022/23

LATICE and the Department of Geosciences is hosting one of this year's Fulbright Scholars at University of Oslo, Michael Bekken. He will study transfer of carbon from soil to atmosphere, to better parameterize the Norwegian Earth System Model.

Photo: Fulbright Grantee, Michael Bekken at the welcome reception where all this year's Fulbright candidates to Norway presented themselves. The reception was held 18th August at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo. Photo: Lena M. Tallaksen

Fulbright Grantee, Michael Bekken at the welcome reception where all this year's Fulbright candidates to Norway presented themselves. The reception was held 18th August at the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo. Photo: Lena M. Tallaksen

Research stay at LATICE

Bekken is a Fulbright Grantee on exchange from University of Wisconsin-Madison to Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo in 2022/23. He is one of five Fulbright Scholars with a stay at University of Oslo.

He will be affiliated to the interdisciplinary research group; Land-ATmosphere Interactions in Cold Environments – LATICE.

Bekken will study high latitude soil to atmosphere carbon transfer. The response of high latitude soils to global warming is critical to predicting future rates of climate change. The results of the project will help better parameterize the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM).

At the Dept of Geosciences he will have office at the Section for Meteorology and Oceanography (MetOs), but he will also have an affiliation to the Section for Geography and Hydrology (GeoHyd).

Welcome to LATICE and GEO, Michael!

About the Fulbright Program

The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program. The program has been active in Norway since 1949 and is managed by the U.S.- Norway Fulbright Foundation for Educational Exchange, an office with a staff of four. Each year approximately 40 Norwegians receive grants to study, teach, or conduct research in the US, and some 30 Americans receive grants to do the same in Norway.

Fulbright Grants are awarded in a range of academic disciplines. Students at the Masters and PhD level and scholars (post-PhD or equivalent) are eligible to apply, and grants currently range in size from NOK 100,000 to 200,000.