Endre Før Gjermundsen had his research base at UNIS, but was also affiliated with the Institute of Geosciences, University of Oslo, with co-supervisors Otto Salvigsen and Andreas Kaab, Department of Gesciences, and he was part of the MN-faculty's PhD programme.
He took his doctorate in 2013 about how big and active glaciers were in northern Spitsbergen on Svalbard during the Quaternary period, ie during the last glacial period. His doctorate was completed mainly by UNIS under supervisor Anne Hormiga (now employed at Gothenburg University) and partly at the Department of Geosciences,
Now he and his colleagues published their research results in an article in Nature Geoscience. The mountains in Spitsbergen, Svalbard are believed to be older than what we have thought.
Read the article and the interview with Endre Før Gjermundsen and co-authors at ScienceNordic (sciencenordic.com)
Reference:
Scientists discover mountains that haven’t changed in a million years. ScienceNordic, 25.9.2015
See also recently published research article:
Gjermundsen, E.F, Briner, J.P., Akcar, N., Forors, J., Kubik, P. W., Salvigsen, O., & A. Hormes. 2015. Minimal erosion of Arctic alpine topography during late Quaternary glaciation. Nature Geoscience, 2015-09-16(2015), doi:10.1038/ngeo2524