Knowledge areas

• Cartographic communication
• GIS, spatial analysis and modelling
• Remote sensing (airborne LIDAR, Landsat, SENTINEL)
• Spatial ecology
• Landscape modelling/metrics
• Spatial planning and Impact assessment (footprints and cumulative impacts)
• Onshore/offshore wind power (siting, micro-siting, mitigating measures and env. design)
• Power lines (collision risk for birds, routing)
• Green infrastructure and ecosystem accounting
• Mapping/prediction modelling of risk areas and dispersal vectors for alien marine species.

Key qualifications

• Cartography, GIS and remote sensing
• Spatial modelling and analysis
• Tool development (ESRI ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online/Enterprise, Google Earth Engine)
• Cloud computing (Google Earth Engine)
• Project management and counseling 

Education

• BSc in Geography, Cartography, Biology and environmental management
• Master studies (geographical science theory, GIS and remote sensing)

Experience

• 2006 current: Senior Engineer (GIS-Coordinator/Analyst), NINA, Norway
• 2001-2006:  Higher Executive Officer, County Governor of South Trøndelag, Norway
• 1999-2001: Staff Engineer, Norwegian Mapping Authority, Norway
• 1998-1999: University Lecturer (part time), Univ. of Tromsø (dep. Narvik) Norway
• 1996-2000: Lecturer, Narvik high School, Norway 
• 1991-1994: Course instructor, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

• 2023-2023:  Updraft modelling at Moifjellet, project manager and responsible for modelling, project for Statkraft
• 2023-2023: Development of a Cumulative Impact Assessment tool for birds in Norwegian Offshore Waters: Trollvind OWF as a case study.
• 2022-2025:  Multicriteria analysis of the technical, environmental and social factors triggering the PIMBY principle for Wind technologies (WENDY), responsible for tool development, EU-project
• 2022-2026:  Visualizing avian migration across Norway supporting sustainable coastal and offshore wind energy development (VisAviS), WP-leader responsible for tool development, NRC/industry-project
• 2022-2022:  Knowledge status for human impact of important nature areas in the Trondheim fjord, WP-leader responsible for spatial analysis, project for the Trøndelag Conty council
• 2021-2025:  Marine spatial planning and cumulative impacts of blue growth on seabirds (MARCIS), responsible for tool development, NRC/industry-project
• 2021-2025:  Footprint and Impacts of Renewable Energy (FIREPLUG), WP-leader responsible for tool development, NRC/industry-project
• 2021-2024: Participatory mapping of ecosystem services and sustainable development of landscapes GEOPROSPECTIVE), WP-leader responsible for spatial modelling and tool development, internal NINA project
• 2020-2021:  Google Engine updraft app for bird-friendly micro-siting of wind-turbines, project manager responsible for tool development, internal NINA project
• 2018-2022:  Bird-friendly design of power lines (BirdPOL), WP-leader responsible for spatial analysis, NRC/industry-project
• 2017-2020:  Spatial assessment of environment-economy trade-offs to reduce wind power conflicts (WindLand), WP-leader responsible for tool development, NRC-project
• 2017-2020: Integrative Management of Green Infrastructures Multifunctionality, Ecosystem integrity and Ecosystem Services. Quantifying the multiple functions, ecosystem services and benefits provided by green infrastructures (GI) in different contexts from rural to urban (IMAGINE), responsible for tool development, EU BioDiversa project
• 2017-2019:  Nordic-Baltic Collaboration on e-Infrastructures for Biodiversity Informatics (DeepDive), WP-leader, Nordic Research counil project  
• 2016-2019: Experimental ecosystem accounting for urban ecosystems, responsible for the segmentation work package, responsible for tree canopy modelling, NRC-project
• 2015-2017:  Sustainable Development of Wind Power in West Lithuania, WP-leader responsible for tool development, EEA-project. 
• 2012-2017:  Innovative mitigation tools for avian conflicts with wind turbines (INTACT), WP-leader responsible for tool development, NRC/industry-project
• 2013-2014:  The Consensus-based Siting project (ConSite), project manager responsible for tool development, NRC/industry-project (FME CEDREN)
• 2011-2014:  Indo- Norwegian IPBES project on capacity building in biodiversity informatics for enhanced decision making, improved nature conservation and sustainable development”, Project manager, project for the Norwegian Ministry of foreign affairs.
• 2011-2013:  The preparatory eInfrastructure project LifeWatch Nordic, Project manager, Nordic Research counil project 
• 2009-2014:  Optimal Placement of powerlines (OPTIPOL), WP-leader responsible for tool development, NRC/industry-project (FME CEDREN)
• 2008-2011: LifeWatch e-Science and Technology Infrastructure (preparatory phase), project member, EU-project
• 2007-2011: Pre- and post-construction studies of conflicts between birds and wind turbines in coastal Norway, WP-leader responsible for tool development, NRC/industry-project (FME CEDREN)
• 1999-d.d.: Project member in national/international R&D-projects (coastal zonal planning, remote sensing of water quality, WEB GIS- portals) and topographic mapping projects (GEOVEKST)

• 2022-2022: Peer-reviewer for the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (Elsevier, Level 1)
• 2022-2022: Project reviewer for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
• 2019-2019: Peer-reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (World Scientific, Level 1)
• 2015-2022.: Staff representative in the NINA General Board
• 2006-d.d.: GIS coordination and counselling (NINA)
• 2006-d.d.: Various guest lectures and external sensor assignements (NTNU)
• 2001-d.d.: Scientific dissemination (oral presentations, posters, peer-reviewed papers and technical reports)
• 1996-2000: Pedagogic experience (high-school and University level)

Training

• PhD-course, "Spatial MCDA" (University of Trento and London School of economics) 
• Phd-course, "Modelling Patterns and Dynamics of Species Occurrence" (University of Oslo) 
• Two year EU program, "Realisation/management of Research Infrastructures" (EU-Commision, Prague, Trieste) 
• Summer school in Cartography (Helsinki Technical University)
• GIS and remote sensing courses (software vendors, the Norwegian mapping agency and NTNU)
• Data publishing workshop (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
• Event Core data workshop (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
• Sample based data workshop (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
• Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their services (Norwegian Environmental Agency) 
• Board work (Styreforeningen)
• Preparations for Sentinel 2 in Europe (Norwegian Space Agency)
• Application process H2020 (Norwegian Research Council)
• Language courses (Russian) at the Adult Education Association
• PADI Open Water Scuba Diver

Languages

• Norwegian (native proficiency)
• English (professional working proficiency)
• German (limited working proficiency)
• Russian (elementary proficiency)

Conference contributions

• CWW 2023 (speaker, Croatia 2023), The EERA DeepWind Conference (speaker, Norway 2023), CWW 2019 (keynote, Scotland 2019), The VIND conference (speaker, Sweden 2017), The Conference on Sustainable Development of Wind Power in West Lithuania (speaker, Lithuania 2016), the European Conference on Operational Research (speaker, Poland 2016), the Nordic eInfrastructure Collaboration Conference (speaker, Finland 2015), Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (speaker, Norway 2020), the Geospatial World Forum (speaker, the Netherlands 2013), the European ESRI User conference (speaker, Norway 2012), the French National Centre for Space Studies (speaker, France 2004), Satellite-based Information Systems for Coastal Areas and Lakes- EU project review meeting (speaker, Belgium 2004). 

• The Trondheim fjord conference (Norway 2023), The EERA DeepWind Conference (Norway 2023), The Urban EEA conference (Norway 2020), the Living Norway seminar (Norway 2019), the AquaNor conference (Norway 2019), the annual Urban ecosystem accounting symposium (Norway 2018), the KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden 2017), the AlterNet Conference (Belgium 2017), the Conference on Wind Energy and Wildlife impacts (Portugal 2017), the ILTER Coordinating Commitee Meeting (South-Africa 2016), The Centre for Environmental Design of Renewable Energy conference (Norway 2016), workshop on collaboration on e-Infrastructures for Biotelemetry Research (Sweden 2015), the AquaNor conference (Norway 2015), the European Long Term Ecological Research Network Conference (Austria 2015), the Ministry of Environment and Forests (India 2015), the European LifeWatch Stakeholder Board Meeting (Greece 2014), the International LTER Conference (Chile 2014), workshop in the EEA-project on Sustainable Development of Wind Power in West Lithuania (Lithuania 2014), the LifeWatch Nordic meeting (Iceland 2013), the EUBON Symposium (Germany 2013), the 10.th International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management (USA 2012), the IAIA conference (Portugal 2012), the kick-off conference in the Indo- Norwegian collaboration project on capacity building in biodiversity informatics for enhanced decision making, improved nature conservation and sustainable development (India 2011), the Nordic LifeWatch meeting (Sweden 2011).

Professional societies

• 2014-2019: National coordinator, Norwegian Long Term Ecological Network (LTER)
• 2014-2019: Norwegian delegate, International LTER Coordinating Committee 
• 2013-2014: Nordic coordinator, Nordic LifeWatch research infrastructure network 
• 2012-2014: National coordinator, Norwegian LifeWatch research infrastructure network 
• 2006-d.d.: NINA delegate in the Norwegian Spatial Data Infrastructure (GEONORGE)

Publications:

• Publications in CRIStin
• Other publications