Doctoral candidate Emilie Hernes Vereide impressed both the audience and the judges with her lecture on how anthropogenic sound in the ocean affects zooplankton. She received 18 out of 18 possible points from the judges in the final round, and won this year's Research Grand Prix in Bergen.
- It has been a fantastic opportunity to participate in the Research Grand Prix. Over several months, we have been challenged to communicate our research in entirely new ways, and it has been an incredibly enriching experience. Working on communication in this way is incredibly exciting, and it is especially pleasing to see that people are interested in the field of research and the project. When I get the opportunity to immerse myself in something I love for three years, it feels good to be able to share it with others, says Emilie Hernes Vereide.
Master's degree and supervisor from IBV
Emilie Hernes Vereide is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oslo, and is supervised by Josefin Titelman from the Department of Biosciences. She is an external candidate at the University of Oslo and is employed by the Institute of Marine Research, which she represented at the Research Grand Prix in Bergen. Emilie also obtained her master's degree from the Department of Biosciences at the University of Oslo. She will submit her doctoral thesis in December, and will defend it early next year.
Research Grand Prix
The Research Grand Prix is a communication competition for doctoral candidates and takes place over two rounds. In the preliminary round, the researchers have four minutes each to engage the audience and judges with their research. Only three advance to the final, where they have four more minutes to captivate the audience and judges. The Research Grand Prix is part of the Bergen Research Days, Forskningsdagene in Bergen.