2020

Doctoral candidate Nina Schuhen at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Statistical post-processing of weather forecast ensembles: obtaining optimal deterministic and probabilistic predictions at multiple time scales for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Alexandra Zaputlyaeva at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Fluid geochemistry and migration processes at the Lusi mud eruption, Indonesia for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Zachary Scott McGraw at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Global radiative impacts of aerosol variations through mixed-phase and cirrus clouds for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Joost Martijn van den Broek at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis The role of subduction in the formation and evolution of continental fragments and microcontinents for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Claire Olga Maryse Aupart  at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Mechano-chemical feedbacks during serpentinization of ultramafic rocks for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Lina Hedvig Line at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Reservoir quality and prospectivity of Lower - Middle Mesozoic sandstones of the Barents Shelf for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Eivind Olavson Straume at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Paleoclimate in the Cenozoic time: Quantifying the role of North Atlantic plate tectonics and mantle processes for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Dmitrii Zastrozhnov at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Regional Structure and basin Development of the mid-Norwegian Volcanic Passive Margin: Anatomy of a Polyphased Rifted System for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Bikas Chandra Bhattarai at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Hydrologic model forcing over the Himalaya for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Sirikarn Narongsirikul at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Acoustic, elastic, and physical properties of overconsolidated sands and reservoir fluids – Experimental measurements, modelling, and implications for reservoir characterization, time-lapse seismic monitoring, and geomechanics for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Jørgen André Hansen at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Quantitative analysis of source, reservoir and cap rocks from the Norwegian Continental Shelf - An integrated study of geology, geophysics, petropyhsics and rock physics for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Jakob Brandt Utne Haldorsen at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Three-Component Borehole-Seismic Data for the degree of Doctor Philosophiae (Dr. Philos).

Doctoral candidate Katrine Fossum at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Jurassic - Cretaceous stratigraphic development of the Mandawa Basin, Tanzania: An integrated sedimentological and heavy mineral study of the early post-rift succession for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Aina Juell Bugge at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Aspects of automated seismic interpretation for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Anna Elisabeth van Yperen at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis From river to delta: down-dip changes in facies, architecture, and key stratigraphic surfaces in a low-accommodation setting for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Xue Yang at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Evaluation of regionalization methods for runoff prediction in ungauged basins in Norway for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Hossein Fazeli at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Modeling of CO₂-Water-Rock Interactions in Fractured Seals for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Björn Holger Heyn at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Geodynamics of Earth’s Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces Interaction with mantle flow, plume initiation, and core-mantle boundary deformation" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Doctoral candidate Inger Helene Hafsahl Karset at the Department of Geosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis "Enhancing the confidence in estimates of effective radiative forcing by aerosol through improved global modelling" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.