Contact us - who does what?

Visiting address
Institutt for biovitenskap, Biologen
Thormøhlens gate 53A, 2. et.
5006 Bergen

Postal address
University of Bergen
Department of Biological Sciences
Postbox 7803
N-5020 Bergen

Email
post@bio.uib.no

Info regarding events or other news can be sent directly to our newsletter: bionytt.bio@uib.no

Phone 
+47 55 58 44 00

Head of Department: Ståle Ellingsen

Assisting Head of Department: Jon Vidar Helvik

Head of Administration: Julie Stavnes

Head of Education: Øyvind Halskau

Below you will find a list of the department's academic divisions, along with contact information for the divison leaders. The divisions' main task is to administer teaching within their respective subject areas. The division leader can also connect you to relevant researchers and research environments within their field.

Contact us: studie.bio@uib.no

Beate Ulrikke Rensvik +47 55 58 22 41

• Section leader
• Coordinator for the IMBRSea programme
• Coordinator for the MSc programme in Biology, responsible for specializations: Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology, Environmental Toxicology and Microbiology
  • Book student counselling

Tommy Strand +47 55 58 44 09

• Coordinator for the ph.d. programme in Biology

Ingvil Roosendaal Sahr +47 55 58 44 81

• Coordinator for the MSc programme in Biology, responsible for the specializations: Fisheries Biology and Management, Marine Biology, Aquaculture Biology and Developmental Biology, and Physiology and Nutrition
  • Book student counselling

Linda Veka Hjørnevik +47 55 58 43 75

• Coordinator for the BSc programme in Molecular Biology
• Coordinator for the MSc programme in Molecular Biology
  • Book student counselling for BSc in Molecular Biology and MSc in Molecular Biology

Hilde Rief Armo +47 55 58 44 39

• Coordinator for the Integrated MSc programme in Fish Health-Aquamedicine
• Coordinator for the Integrated MSc programme in Aquaculture (civil engineer)
  • Book student counselling for Fish Health-Aquamedicine eller Aquaculture (civil engineer)

Tone Stokka +47 55 58 30 31

• Coordinator of KUSK (professional development programme for study advisors)
• Coordinator for the BSc programme in Biology
  • Book student counselling

Kjerstin Nilsen Nøkling +47 55 58 33 45

• Coordinator for research/workplace practice courses
• Coordinator for RAS601 Resirkulering i akvakultur (RAS)
• Coordinator for the Integrated Teacher's Programme and Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Biology)
  • Book student counselling

Grethe Aarbakke +47 55 58 42 36

• Coordinator for exams and teaching schedules for Molecular Biology courses (courses with MOL code)

Kristin Holtermann +47 55 58 26 84

• Advisor at bioCEED

Sverre Jarle Borch

• General inquiries (internal and external, both by phone, e-mail and in person)
• Collection and distribution of mail
• Receipt of parcels, sending of mail/parcels
• Access control (key card, office keys, reading room keys)
• Information work (including information on screens and in the calendar)
• Room bookings
• Orders for the administration
• Practical arrangements in connection with anniversaries, disputation, meetings and the like for the entire administration at BIO

Nina Hølland

• Management support - including reception of new staff, scheduling of meetings/booking of rooms, secretarial tasks (for the HSE and electoral boards), archiving (ePhorte), routine development, organization of events, management of IT accounts 
• Management of indoor areas - including distribution of offices and keeping track of allication of areas, tenants and agreements 
• Main contact towards the Estate management divison regarding indoor cleaning and maintenance
• Overseeing registration of scientific publications in the CRISTIN database
• Responsible for internal informational channels, databases and e-mail lists
• Back-up function for reception services

Knut Olav Daasvatn

• Application support and information for projects focussed on education (INTPART, Erasmus+ and more) and networking
• Main editor for the department's website and internal newsletter (BIO-nytt)
• User support for publishing on www.uib.no
• Management support tasks

Sjoukje Kuipers

• Support and advice on research proposals to the Norwegian Research Council, EU and other national and international research programmes
• Administrativ follow up of externally financed projects related to contracts, reporting and more
• Management support in relation to research in areas such as reporting, hearings, evaluations
• Tasks related to the follow-up of the department's research strategy in cooperation with the department management

Rannveig Nina Myklebust

• Administrative manager for the Sea Lice Research Centre
• Administrative coordinator for EMBRC Norway
• Support and advice on research proposals focussed on innovation and commersialization

Knut Olav Daasvatn (see above)

• Application support and information for projects focussed on education (INTPART, Erasmus+ and more) and networking

Maja K.R. Brix

• The Department's contact person at the Division of Research and Innovation

The HR staff are formally affiliated with the Faculty of Science and Technology, and divide their office time between the Faculty Secretariat and the Department, and have tasks related both to the Faculty and the Department.

Therese Myhre Odfjell

• Case management and supervision related to staff recruitment
• General HR case management

The finance staff are employed at the Faculty of Science and Technology and will have tasks for both the Faculty and the Department. The economists who have the most tasks at the department share office hours between the Faculty Secretariat and the Department.

The Faculty's finance section has used the UiBhjelp service portal as a system for receiving, distributing and answering questions and other inquiries from employees and students at the faculty. By reporting cases via this channel rather than e-mail to individuals, it is ensured that the inquiries will always be handled within a reasonable time, regardless of holidays and other absences with individuals.

The Faculty's financial tasks are divided between

• Business economists with responsibility for invoice processing, reimbursement of travel expenses (travel invoice) and other expenses, variable salary (hourly wage, fee) and control of bookings
• Project economists who provide support to project managers related to external projects in various phases: application, contract, operation and termination phase. This means, among other things. financial reporting, help with application budget and invoicing.
• Controllers responsible for the department's total finances, budget, forecast and accounting follow-up.

Economists:

• Kristina Håvås Hanson, controller
• Heidi Lappegård, project economist
• Anna Gradomska, project economist
• Siri Elisabeth Eide, project economist
• Jørgen Bjørkevik, project economist
• Henrik Tangen Karlsen, project economist
• Andreas Øyre Lindstrøm, purchaser
• Berit Storaker, business economist/specialist

• En An updated list of the departments (2.6.1-2.6.5) and university's safety areas and safety delegates can be found here.
• HSE-coordinator: Ann Kristin Frøyset

Ethanol requester / purchaser at BIO

• Solveig Thorkildsen
• Hilde Marie Kristiansen Stabell

Ethanol responsible persons at Bioblokken, TM55

• Rita Karlsen
• Ann Kristin Frøyset

Gas responsible person at BIO

• Ann Kristin Frøyset
• Substitute: Birte Töpper

BioVakten

• Person in charge: Frank Midtøy

Radiation safety responsible

• Birte Töpper

Coordinator for hazardous waste

• TM53 A/B-block: Hilde Stabell
• TM55 Bioblokken: Lindsey Moore and Erwan Lagadec

Person in charge responsible for the department's appliance to the requirements given by the laboratory animal regulations are fulfilled:

Head of department Ørjan Totland

Person(ell) with special control responsibility:

• Frank Midtøy
• Heikki Savolainen
• Sian Phillips
• Lars Are Hamre
• Arild Folkvord
• Frank Nilsen

The animal welfare unit

• Frank Nilsen (head)
• Arild Folkvord (deputy)
• Frank Midtøy
• Heikki Savolainen
• Sîan Phillips
• Lars Are Hamre.

Laboratory animal facilities

• Levendelaboratoriene: Manager Frank Midtøy
• Levendeavdeling, TM53A: N.N.
• Zebra fish lab, TM55: Room manager Sîan Kristin Phillips
• Sea lice lab, TM55: Room manager Lars Are Hamre
• Laboratory animal department, TM55: Room manager Heikki Savolainen
• Marine biological field station, Espelandsveien 232: Room manager Mette Hordnes

• Ann-Elise Olderbakk Jordal
• Øyvind Halskau
• Ruth-Anne Sandaa

• Field work contact:  Linn Cecilie Krüger, Linn.Kruger@uib.no     
• Research cruise contact:  Anne Gro Salvanes,  anne.salvanes@uib.no 

Travel coordinators at BIO

• Fish health: Christiane Trösse
• Environmental Biology and Aquaculture: Rita Karlsen og Cindy Pinto Pedrosa
• Ecology and Evolution: Dagmar Egelkraut
• Fisheries- and Marine Biology: Frank Midtøy og Heikki Savolainen
• Microbiology: Hilde Stabell og Hilde Rief Armo
• Molecular Biology: Linda Veka Hjørnevik
• Students: Beate Ulrikke Rensvik, Jonathan Soule

TM53A/B

Elzbieta Petelenz, 55 58 46 12

Bioblokken

Rita Karlsen, 55 58 46 25

Fire instructions for user representatives

TM53A (Biologen, block A)

1st floor Diep Ellertsen, animal facility / Tommy Strand, teaching area

2nd floor south Solveig Thorkildsen / administration Tone Stokka

3rd floor south Jonathan Soule / north Kenneth Meland

4th floor south Linn Cecilie Krüger / north Silje Östmann

TM53B (Biologen, block B)

1st floor Heikki Savolainen

2nd floor south Julie Skadal / north Bjørg Flatekvål

3rd floor south Anders Frugård Opdal / north Fekadu Yadetie

4th North Hilde Marie Kristiansen Stabell

5th floor south Ruth-Anne Sandaa / north Anita-Elin Fedøy

TM55 (Bioblokken)

1st floor sea lice lab Lars Hamre / animal facility Heikki Savolainen

3rd floor south Elsa Denker / north Heidi Kongshaug

4th floor Grethe Aarbakke 

5th floor Ann Kristin Frøyset / Sandra Ninzima

Fire instructions for site managers

Head Fire and Safety Engineer for UiB is Arild Shandiz Nessen, telefon 92 65 33 79