Research interests
My research focuses on pharmaceutical analytical chemistry, with special emphasis on sample preparation strategies coupled to liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry (LC-MS) for bioanalytical applications. Green chemistry is central in my research, focusing on miniaturizing the scale of sample preparation and improving the environmentally friendliness of the chemicals used. I also have an interest in multivariate data analysis and its application for chemometry. In more details:
- Development of the microextraction technique Electromembrane extraction (EME): extraction chemistry, technical formats, method development strategies, commercialization, theoretical understanding.
- Expanding our capabilities for extraction of drugs, endogenous metabolites, and peptides from biological samples.
- Developing concepts towards high-throughput implementation.
- Application of chemometric approaches to better understand how we should design the chemistry of our extraction systems, and development of models to predict appropriate experimental conditions in order to eliminate the need for empirical optimization.
Skills - how I may be able to help you
- Sample preparation - particularly towards bioanalysis
- High-throughput and/or sensitive LC-MS method development and operation
- Simultaneous analysis of many substances by LC-MS
- Design-of-experiments (DOE) methodology and analysis
- Multivariate data analysis
- Basic machine learning and programming in MATLAB
Teaching activities
Teaching students of pharmacy at UiO at bachelor and master level. Courses include:
- FARM1100 - Farmasøytisk kjemi
- FARM2130 - Legemiddelanalyse
- FARM5000 - Masterforberedende emne i farmasi
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FRM-KJM9930 – Bioanalysis - Forefront Technologies and Applications
Academic background
- Postdoc position since 2021, Department of Pharmacy, University of Oslo
- PhD in drug analysis. Department of Pharmacy, University of Oslo (2021)
- Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2018)
Awards
- PharmaSchool H.C. Ørsted medal as top graduate from School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2018).