Kompetansekatalog, naturvitenskapelige fag

Name		Background, research areas, and fields of interest
Andersen, Dag Olav Professor Dr.philos.		Inorganic chemistry, environmental chemistry, limnology, natural organic matter (NOM), acidification, limestone treatment, climate change, UV-radiation.
Christy, Alfred A. Professor Dr. scient.		Physical chemistry, geochemistry, analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry. Infrared spectroscopy, capillary electrophoresis, GC-MS, atomic absorption spectrometry. Analysis of solid substances by reflectance techniques, reaction kinetics, humic substances in water (NOM), pyrolisis of organic substances.
Hundhausen,Thomas Associate professor Dr.med.		Consultant for Immunology and Transfusion medicine, Sørlandet Sykehus HF Background, research areas, and fields of interest: Specialist in Transfusion medicine and clinical Immunology; Blood group serology. Molecular biology of human blood group- and platelet-antigens. Blood donation and blood component apheresis. Blood component storage, quality control and transfusion efficiency. Laboratory diagnosis of allergy and autoimmunity.
Johansson, Jan Associate professor Dr.philos.		Background and research interests lie in basic physics and applied physics of mesoscopic condensed matter, both experimental and theoretical, including quantum transport phenomena, Josephson junction physics, quantum computing, coulomb blockade devices, and spintronics. Experience in low temperature measurements, electronics, vacuum technologies, micro- and nano-fabrication techniques, simulations and modeling, and programming.
Knutsen, Halvor Professor II Dr.Scient.		Background Marine Biologist, specialized in population genetics/ evolutionary and ecological research. Recently I have in particular been linking genetic data with physical and biological data in different modeling approaches to study mechanisms behind connectivity in several high gene flow species http://www.imr.no/om_havforskningsinstituttet/ ansatte/k/halvor_knutsen/en http://www.cees.uio.no/about/staff/homepage/halvor-knutsen.html http://www.skagerrak-reker.eu/ http://biocongroup.eu/MarinEra/Welcome.html http://www.imr.no/grensehummer/nb-no http://www.imr.no/deecon
Korslund, Lars Associate professor Dr. scient.		• Terrestrial ecology • Ecosystem processes in highly seasonal environments (alpine and arctic) • Mammal ecology • Climate induced changes in ecosystems • Population dynamics • Predator-prey relationships • Parasite-host relationships.
Mansoor, Mohammad Azam Professor dr.philos		Homocysteine, B-vitamins and cardiovascular disease. Nitric oxide, and polymorphisms in the gene for the enzyme nitric oxide synthase. Adhesion´s molecules and endothelial dysfunction.
Olsen, Leif Trygve Associate professor Cand.real		General biology, Environmental education.
Olsen, Yngvar A. Associate professor Dr. scient.		Comparative physiology and immunology in fish. Stressful conditions in aquaculture. Defense against fish parasites. Complement system. Cortisol.
Peersen, Tarald Assistant professor Cand.real.		Astrophysics/mechanics: ballistic missiles.
Renstrøm, Reidun Associate professor Dr. scient.		Nuclear physics; the decay from the two-particle regime in even-even deformed rare earth nuclei, the analogy between classical and quantum theory, Bohr's correspondence principle and his "complementarity", the Bohr-Einstein dialog about the uncertainty relations.
Sandvik, Sylvi M. Associate professor Dr. scient.		Alpine ecology, reproductive and pollination biology, climate change effects in alpine ecosystems.
Slettan, Audun Associate professor Dr. scient		Background, research areas, and fields of interest Molecular genetics. Identification, mapping and studies of genes controlling traits influencing production in aquaculture species in cold water and tropical environment. Use of molecular genetic tools in population genetics studies and in traceability of food products.
Stabell, Ole B. Professor Dr. philos.		Olfactory physiology, chemical ecology and toxicology of aquatic organisms. Homing behaviour and kin recognition in fishes and amphibians, chemical alarm signals and inducible defences (particulary morphology and life-history changes) in lower vertebrates and invertebrates, toxicology and chemical signal properties of algae toxins. Web site: http://home.hia.no/~olebs/
Wraanes, Eldar Associate professor Cand.real.		Special zoology. Environmental education.