Knowledge areas

Research director, NINA

Key qualifications

• Research management
• Organizational work
• Biodiversity
• Environmental monitoring
• Climate and the environment
• International cooperation on environmental issues
• Invasive alien species (IAS), threatened species
• Epiphytic lichens

Education

• 1988-1994: Dr. Scient. in botany (plant ecology) at the University of Trondheim/NTNU (“Distribution, ecology and biomonitoring studies of epiphytic lichens on conifers")
• 1982-1984: Cand. Real in botany (plant ecology) at the University of Trondheim/NTNU
• 1978-1982: Cand. Mag. at the University of Trondheim, AVH/NTNU

Experience

• 2004-present: Research Director at Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA)
• 2000-2004: Researcher at Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
• 1993-2000: Researcher at Allforsk, NTNU
• 1988-1992: Doctoral fellowship at Dep. of Botany, Univ. of Trondheim/NTNU

Languages

Mother tongue: Norwegian. English (very good), German (fair)

Publications:

• Publications in CRIStin
• Other publications