Academic Interests
Education, scientific teaching, dissemination, pedagogy and didactics
Immunology, cell biology, molecular biology. More specifically intracellular transport and regulation of immune molecules.
Teaching
BIOS1110 - Celle- og molekylærbiologi
BIOS1120 - Fysiologi
BIOS3700 - Cellebiologi 2
BIOS5000 - Biologididaktikk i praksis
NAT2000 - Naturfag i praksis
NAT3000 - Realfaglig programmering i skolen
MNPED9000 - Teaching in STEM
Higher education and employment history
My education is from University of Oslo, with a master in cell biology (1997) and a PhD (dr. scient.) degree in cellular immunology. I worked for three years as a post. doc. at Institute of Cancer Research, the Radium Hospital in the lab of Professor Kirsten Sandvig, and then for 2 years as a scientific assistant in the lab of Professor Oddmund Bakke at Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo. June 2008 I started a new post. doc. period, financed by the Norwegian Research Council, as a group leader.
In parallel with the research, I have taught several courses at the institute as well as supervised both PhD and master students. From September 2013 I left research in cellular immunology and started as a senior lecturer at the School Laboratory of Biology. Here I was involved in continuing education for teachers, taught high school students practical lab skills and developed teaching plans adapted to the science standards in science and biology. Since 2015, I have expanded my expertise in pedagogy and scientific teaching and work with both teaching and education quality at the Center for Teaching and Learning in Science (KURT).
Prices
Winner of Olav Thon Foundation's national price for excellent teaching 2022
The lecturer of the year at the Faculty of mathematics and natural sciences 2018
The lecturer of the year at the Department of Biosciences 2017
The dissemination price at the Department of Biosciences 2016
The innovation price at the Department of Biosciences 2011
Textbooks for lower secondary school
Solaris 8-10 - textbooks in natural sciences for grade 8-10
Dissemination
Author of the book "Alt du må vite om vaksiner"