2021

Doctoral candidate Mohammad Masoudi at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Near Wellbore Processes during Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS): An Integrated Modeling Approach for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Eli Børve at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Tides and Transport: Application to Lofoten and Vesterålen, Northern Norway for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Anouk Tosca Klootwijk at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Benthic foraminiferal biomonitoring in northern Norway: Establishing reference conditions, Ecological Quality Statuses and responses to organic matter for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Ulrich Wolfgang Weber at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Applicability of Noble Gases for CO2 Capture and Storage Monitoring for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Bjørgunn Heggem Dalslåen at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis The Early to Late Ordovician rock record of the Oppdal area, Scandinavian Caledonides: Explosive volcanism, element recycling and basin infill during closure of the Iapetus Ocean for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Thea Sveva Faleide at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Seismic imaging of faults and sedimentary systems of the Hoop region, Barents Sea – seismic facies, fault geometries and detection thresholds for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Ole Rabbel at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Fracturing of igneous intrusions emplaced in organic-rich shale: Implications for hydrothermal flow, petroleum systems and exploration in volcanic basins for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Sigmund Guttu at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Forcing from the 11-year Solar Cycle and relevance for inter-annual to decadal climate variability for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Muhammad Hassaan at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Evaporite-influenced rift basins and salt tectonics in the southeastern Norwegian Barents Sea for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Helene Birkelund Erlandsen at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Perturbing and constraining Norway's surface water and energy balance for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Krister Stræte Karlsen at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Plate Tectonic Controls on Geodynamic Processes: Earth’s Deep Water Cycle, Sea Level Change and Planetary Cooling Patterns for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Holt John Hancock at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Snow avalanche controls, monitoring strategies, and hazard management in Svalbard for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Bjørg Jenny Kokkvoll Engdahl at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Improved predictions of supercooled liquid water and atmospheric icing in the HARMONIE-AROME weather prediction model for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Neelima Kandula at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Dynamic synchrotron imaging of brittle failure in crustal rocks for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Andreas Alexander at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Measuring glacial channel hydrology for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Sara Marie Blichner at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis From trees to cloud seeds: Modelling the climate influence of biogenic volatile organic compounds with the Norwegian Earth System Model for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Trine Jahr Hegdahl at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Hydrological ensemble prediction systems: from evaluating daily streamflow forecasts to exploring the impact of selected flood events in a future climate for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Thomas Birchall at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Pore Pressure Regimes of the Northern Barents Shelf - Implications for Fluid Flow for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Ella Wulfsberg Stokke at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Linking climatic changes and North Atlantic volcanism across the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum at Fur, Denmark for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.