Knowledge areas

Key qualifications

• Population biologists with expertise in seabird ecology, including
• Time-series studies of demography, feeding ecology, trophic interactions and other climate-related responses of seabirds since 1981.
• National mapping and monitoring of seabird distribution and population trends.
• Studies of seabird movements (using satellite transmitters and loggers), morphometry and population origin.
• Environmental impact assessments and vulnerability modelling, e.g. related to seabirds and offshore oil exploration.
• Well experienced with respect to electronic data processing and statistical analyses.
• Scientific supervisor for a number of MSc students and some experience as a university lecturer and examiner.
• Long experience in administration and science managing at the project, programme and department levels, and administrative head of NINA's field station in Røst.

Education

• June 1992: Dr. scient. (PhD), Univ. Trondheim. Thesis: "Food supply as a determinant of reproduction and population development in Norwegian Puffins Fratercula arctica".
• June 1985: Cand. real. (MSc), Univ. Oslo. Thesis: "Population structure and reproduction of a box-nesting population of Great Tits Parus major L. in Ringerike".

Experience

• Research scientist, Directorate for nature mangement (to 1988) and NINA (from 1988)
• 1981-date: Project leader of studies on seabird ecology in Røst, Norland 
• 2005-2023: Scientific co-ordinator of the SEAPOP programme (www.seapop.no)
• 1993-2005: Co-leader of the National seabird monitoring programme and the National seabird mapping registry 
• 1999-2000: Research Director, Division for Terrestrial Ecology, NINA.
• 1988-91, 1996-99 and 2000-02: Assistant research director, Division for Terrestrial Ecology, NINA
• 1988-2004: Project leader of many seabird projects related to offshore oil exploration, including land- and sea-based seabird mapping, modelling of impacts and oil pollution control, and EIAs. 

• Staff member, Oslo Bird Ringing Centre, Zool. Museum Oslo (ZMO) 
• Scientific and administrative co-worker, Røst Seabird Project (1.5 years). 
• Quality control of systematics, ZMO collection of foreign bird skins (1 year)
• Morphometry of auks killed in three different oiling incidents
• Assistant teacher at a graduate field-course in freshwater ecology (4 terms)
• Shorter field-work assignments: 
  • Avifaunal inventories (3 seasons)
  • Research on snow bunting migration, Andøya Air Base (3 seasons)
  • Alpine rodent cycles, Finse Research Station (1 season)

Training

• Communication (2006)
• Marketing (1997, 1999-2000)
• Laboratory Animal Science: FELASA category C researcher (1998)
• Project administration (1994)
• The Svalbard course (1987)

Languages

Norwegian and English excellent, German limited

Conference contributions

• 16 papers in conference proceedings, including 10 on international events
• 55 abstracts of conference talks, including 48 on international events
• 18 posters on international conferences
• 85 oral conference presentations, including 26 on international events

Professional societies

• National coordinator of the SEAPOP programme (www.seapop.no/en/) (from 2005)
• Member of Joint ICES/OSPAR/HELCOM Working Group on Seabirds (JWGBird, former WGSE) (from 2000)
• Member of CAFF Circumpolar Seabird Group (CBird) (from 1995)
• Member of the Norwegian-Russian Group of Seabird Experts (from 1989)
• Member of Editorial Board, Seabird (from 2008)

Publications:

• Publications in CRIStin
• Other publications