2025

PhD candidate Eivind Kverme Ronold at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Concerning fungi: Community ecology and diversity in natural and managed boreal forests' for the degree of PhD

PhD candidate Lydia Hildebrand Furness at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Ancient DNA and the Human Toll on Marine Ecosystems: The Legacy of Exploitation in Sea Cows' for the degree of PhD

PhD candidate Ida Velle Myking at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'The genetic basis of hybridization barriers and parent-of-origin effects in the Arabidopsis endosperm' for the degree of PhD

PhD candidate Fabiana Patalano at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Evolutionary conservation and gene regulatory implications of 3D genome compartmentalization' for the degree of PhD

PhD candidate Katariina Mamia at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Precision T cell correction platform for Inborn Errors of Immunity' for the degree of PhD

PhD candidate Laurent Fontaine at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Statistical Analysis and Modeling of Microbial Communities in Aquatic Ecosystems' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Jeanne Gaspar Corrales at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'A Multi-pronged Approach to Combating Antifungal Resistance: From Compound Discovery and Combination Therapy to Target Identification through Genetic Networks' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Lauren Louise Cobb at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Bumblebees in fragmented landscapes: Using population genomics and bioclimatic models to explore spatial connectivity in three bumblebee species' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Alexandra Jonsson at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Humoral immunity in Atlantic cod: a tale of antibodies in a fish missing the MHC II-CD4 pathway' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Aurélie Boilard at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Exploring 75 000 years of Arctic faunal dynamics from a Norwegian cave deposit' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Aram Nikolai Andersen at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Statistical modeling and functional analysis of dynamic cell systems - Advances in functional genomics' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Maria Elisabetta Michelangeli at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Ecotoxicological assessment of plastic and rubber polymers leachates in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis: cellular and whole-organism responses with a focus on tyre-derived leachates and particles' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Christina Nadeau at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'The Role of Climate Tipping Points in Public Understanding, Risk Perceptions, & Energy Policy in Norway' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Magdalena Winklhofer at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'The Role of DNA Methylation and Long Non-Coding RNAs in Regulating Transcriptional Responses to Anoxia and Reoxygenation in Crucian Carp' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Clara Antonia Klöcker at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'On the move - The movement ecology of sharks in high-latitude waters and beyond' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Silje Marie Kristiansen at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Thermal adaptation shapes the temperature-dependent life-history responses to insecticide toxicity in two populations of Hypogastrura viatica (Collembola)' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Aleksandr Berezovski at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Optical effects and coastal darkening caused by terrestrially-derived dissolved organic matter' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Lasse Krøger Eliassen at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Unraveling the microbial eukaryotic parasites of copepods: from individual fitness costs to seasonal dynamics' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Ke Deng at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'Metabolic Regulation of Prostate Cancer by Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Signaling' for the degree of PhD.

PhD candidate Tora Olsen at the Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis 'On early life dynamics and population sizes of Barents Sea fish' for the degree of PhD.