Contact

PhD students

Pauke C. Schots
Scientific advisor
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
pauke.schots@uit.no

Christine Dybwad
Scientific advisor
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
christine.dybwad@uit.no

Educating a new generation of Arctic scientists is a major goal of the Nansen Legacy. That is why the project is home to 36 PhD students in the fields of Arctic paleoclimatology, oceanography, marine ecology, ecosystem modelling, climate modelling and development of enabling marine research technology. These young researchers were recruited from inside and outside Scandinavia, and are working at all the large universities in Norway. Over half of the PhD students in the project are women.

PhD students

Cheshtaa Chitkara

Cheshtaa Chitkara

PhD, Marine ecology

UNIS
PhD students

Christine Gawinski

PhD, Marine ecology

UiT
Christine T. Kollsgård

Christine T. Kollsgård

PhD, Marine geology

UiT
Eivind Kolås

Eivind Kolås

PhD/Alumnus, Physical oceanography

UiB
Elliot Sivel

Elliot Sivel

PhD/Alumnus, Ecological modelling

IMR
Eric Jorda Molina

Eric Jorda-Molina

PhD/Alumnus, Marine ecology

NORD
Evangelia Efstathiou

Evangelia Efstathiou

PhD, Climate dynamics

UiB
Evelyn Strombom

Evelyn Strombom

PhD, Fisheries ecology

UiO
Griselda Anglada-Ortiz

Griselda Anglada Ortiz

PhD/Alumna, Marine ecology

UiT
PhD students

Hugo Rubio Hurtado

PhD, wind energy

UiB
Ina Nilsen

Ina Nilsen

PhD/Alumna, Fisheries ecology

IMR
PhD students

Ivan Cautain

PhD/Alumnus, Benthic ecology

UiT
Jakob Dörr

Jakob Dörr

PhD/Alumnus, Climate dynamics

UiB
Jens Einar Bremnes

Jens Einar Bremnes

PhD, Marine robotics

NTNU
PhD students

Joel Vikberg Wernström

PhD, Taxonomy

UiT
Johanne Skrefsrud

Johanne Skrefsrud

PhD, Climate dynamics

UiB
Julia Giebichenstein

Julia Giebichenstein

PhD, Ecotoxicology

UiO
PhD students

Karoline Hokstad Barstein

PhD, Marine Cybernetics

NTNU
Karoline Saubrekka

Karoline Saubrekka

PhD, Marine ecology

UiO
Kjersti Kalhagen

Kjersti Kalhagen

PhD, Physical oceanography

UNIS
Maria Guadalupe Digernes

Maria Guadalupe Digernes

PhD, Marine chemistry

NTNU
Martí Amargant-Arumí

Martí Amargant-Arumí

PhD, Marine ecology

UiT
Muhammad Asim

Muhammad Asim

PhD/Alumnus, Machine learning

UiT
Natalie Summers

Natalie Summers

PhD, Marine ecology

NTNU
Oliver Hasler

Oliver Hasler

PhD, Engineering Cybernetics

NTNU
Robynne Nowicki

Robynne Nowicki

PhD, Marine ecology

UNIS
Ruochen Yang

Ruochen Yang

PhD/Alumnus, Marine technology

NTNU
PhD students

Shokoufeh Malekmohammadi

PhD, Atmosphere dynamics

UiB
Siv N. K. Hoff

Siv N. K. Hoff

PhD, Population genetics

UiO
Snorre Flo

Snorre Flo

PhD, Marine ecology

UNIS
Stephan Kohler

Stephen Kohler

PhD/Alumnus, Marine chemistry

NTNU
Thaise Ricardo de Freitas

Thaise Ricardo de Freitas

PhD, Marine ecology & geology

UiO
PhD students

Tiziana Durazzano

PhD, trait-based ecology

UiT
Tore Mo-Bjørkelund

Tore Mo-Bjørkelund

PhD, Marine technology

NTNU
Vanessa Pitusi

Vanessa Pitusi

PhD, Marine ecology

UNIS
VÃ¥rin Eilertsen

Vårin Trælvik Eilertsen

PhD, Marine geology

UiT
Yasemin Bodur

Yasemin Bodur

PhD, Marine ecology

UiT