Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN) is hosted by the Department of chemistry and Department of physics, and is an interdisciplinary focus field for the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. SMN consists of four strategic research initiatives in inorganic chemistry and electronics.
Our research is outstanding both on a national and international scale, which attracts a high percentage of external funding and high quality PhDs and Post Docs.
Organisation
Administrative staff at the centre
Team SMN consists of the administrators of the different research groups, our EU coordinator and the economics department.
Our main priority is to provide excellent research administration for our excellent international researchers through:
- support in application processes for the EU and Research council of Norway,
- professional project management,
- providing conditions for better utilisation and effective operation of technical equipment,
- creating opportunities for cooperation with industry and other partners.
Team SMN is led by the administrative leader Mari Alnes:
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Administrative leader SMN: Project coordinator FERMiO: Project coordinator Catalysis: Project coordinator LENS: |
Project coordinator NAFUMA: EU coordinator: Project controller: |
Management
SMN is lead by Head of Centre Øystein Prytz. He is advised by the leader group consisting of the leaders of the different research groups:
- Helmer Fjellvåg (NAFUMA)
- Stian Svelle (Catalysis)
- Andrej Kuznetsov (Semiconductor physics/LENS)
- Truls Norby (Electrochemistry)
- Anette Gunnæs (Structure physics)
The administrative Team SMN is lead by the administrative leader, Mari Alnes.
Board
The Board consists of:
- Head of the board Susanne Viefers, Head of Department at the Department of Physics ved Fysisk institutt
- Vice Dean of Research at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bjørn Jamtveit
- Head of Department at the Department of Chmistry, Einar Uggerud
- the Head of Centre, Øystein Prytz (Secretary of the Board)
In effect the Head of Centre leads the meetings and the secretarial tasks have been delegated to the administrative leader, Mari Alnes.
Getting around
Centre for Material Science and Nano Technology is located in four different buildings in the Blindern and Gaustad areas.
Administration, Catalysis and NAFUMA
Department of Chemistry, Sem Sælands vei 26
Electrochemistry and Structure Physics
Forskningsparken, Gaustadalléen 21
LENS — Lab
LENS — Offices
Strategy
The SMN strategic plan for 2010-2016 sketches out four priority areas: sustainable energy utilization, development of research talents, innovation, and the administrative group Team SMN.
Sustainable energy utilisation
Massive research efforts on renewable energy and climate-friendly use of fossil fuels will eventually provide the necessary sustainable solutions. As a result, a great international knowledge-based industry will evolve. SMN wishes to have a central national role based on a strong and broad education platform. Based on this foundation, SMN will support interdisciplinary research and cultivate new major research projects in cooperation with research institutes, industrial partners and other universities.
Development of research talents
Approximately 120 people are currently associated with SMN. Only 13 of these are permanent academic staff. We thus have a major responsibility to contribute to the development and recruitment of a large and diverse group of young, talented master students, PhD students, postdocs and researchers. Research education is for this reason one of SMN's main focus areas for the upcoming strategy period.
Innovation
Creativity is a central aspect of all research. SMN’s goal is that this creativity will be reflected in commercial applications of the research. Already today SMN constitutes one of the most innovative research environments at UiO. Three of the four UiO spin-off companies related to renewable energy, Protia AS, Baldur Coatings AS and NorEcs AS, have originated from SMN.
Team SMN
The work burden for researchers with success is today considerable. The competition is very hard, and much work is placed into a large number of applications that often involve many partners. When they are won, the projects are to be directed – and the task of supervising the PhD-students is substantial. In addition, there are reports and dissemination of results. This implies that the permanent academic staff is vulnerable. It is therefore, to a greater extent than previously, important to organize good administrative support. World class research requires administrative support of corresponding quality.
Health, Safety and the Environment (HSE)
The HSE's responsibility for SMN is assigned to the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics.
HSE at the Department of Chemistry |
HSE at the Department of Physics (Norwegian) |
Information about HSE at UiO |
More about the centre
Contact information
Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology
University of Oslo
Sem Sælands vei 26
0371 Oslo
P.O. Box 1126 Blindern
0318 Oslo
Phone: (+47) 22 85 73 80
Email: post@smn.uio.no
Administrative leader Mari Alnes
Head of Centre Øystein Prytz