2025

Doctoral candidate Julie Hessevik at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis “Oxides for Platinum and Rhodium Capture in the Ammonia Oxidation Process” for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Sara Peeters-Martinsen at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis “Design, Synthesis, and Antimicrobial Evaluation of TPA-Functionalized Drugs as Potential Antimicrobial Resistance Breakers” for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Linn Katinka Emhjellen at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Oxygen transport and surface kinetics of solid and molten composites" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Anu Muthukamatchi at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Polymer Materials for CO2 Transport Applications" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor. 

Doctoral candidate Aurore Evelyn Denjean at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Structure, Reactivity, and Dynamics of Transition Metals for Catalysis Applications A computational journey from molecular to single-atom systems" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor. 

Doctoral candidate Amalie Ådlandsvik Skurtveit at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Operando Characterization of Anode Materials for Li/Na-ion Batteries" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor. 

Doctoral candidate Vladimir Rosenov Koynarev at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Antimicrobial Peptides and Lipid Membranes: Structure, Transport and Organization for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Inga Lena Schmidtke at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Investigations into transition metal complex reactivity - A computational perspective on C-H and C=C bond activation reactions" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Thomas Daniel Vogelaar at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis “Exploring Polymer Coacervation for Antimicrobial Peptide Delivery” for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Ning Cao at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis “Computational Studies of Biomimetic Cu Metal Organic Systems” for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Deniz Avsar at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Speciation and Extraction of Cr(VI) Compounds from Acidic Nitro-phosphate Solutions Using Conventional and Radiochemical Methods" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor. 

Doctoral candidate Stian Kogler at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Development of LC-MS Methods for Liver Organoids with Minimal Sample Preparation" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.