Active PhD-candidates
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The doctoral project of each student falls under one main Topical Area (circled), but can include elements from the other four TAs.
- TA1 Society and environment
- TA2 Production
- TA3 Storage and distribution
- TA4 Applications
- TA5 Safety
TA1 Society and environment
Name | Ph.D.-project title | TA1 | TA2 | TA3 | TA4 | TA5 | ||
| Brynhild Stavland | Safety Regulation of Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier in Society | UiS | ① | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Vedant Ballal | Environmental sustainability analysis of integrating theH2-economy with the bio-economy | NTNU | ① | |||||
| Claudia Cheng | Hydrogen: A new industry for the low-carbon energy transition in Arctic Norway | UiT | ① | |||||
| Environmental sustainability analysis of H2 production and use in Norway | NTNU | ① | ||||||
| Martina Fantini | Sustainable Aviation Futures in Norway: Visions and Trajectories | NTNU | ① | 3 | ||||
| Kine Johnsen | Public policy co-production, visions & strategies – Understanding the New Hydrogen Hype in Norway and the EU | NTNU | ① | |||||
Moritz Langhorst | Using dynamic and multi-layer material flow analysis for hydrogen usage in high-temperature processes of the aluminium and steel industries | NTNU | ① | 4 | ||||
| Manika Manandhar | Life-Cycle Assessment of Green Hydrogen Fuels in the Heavy-Duty Transport Sector in Nepal | NTNU | ① |
TA2 Production
Name | Ph.D.-project title | TA1 | TA2 | TA3 | TA4 | TA5 | ||
| Jonas Himmelstrup | Design of Novel Catalysts for Homogeneous Ammonia Synthesis | UiB | ② | |||||
| Marcello Costamagna | Towards sustainable ammonia production: development and implementation of evolutionary algorithms for catalyst design | UiB | ② | |||||
| Lucas Cammann | Plantwide control for flexible operation of electrolysis systems | NTNU | ② | 5 | ||||
John Senith Fernando | Carbon Capture and Gas SeparationTechnology | UiS | ② | 5 | ||||
| Exploring the Synergy of DFT and Volcano Plot Analysis for the Discovery of Innovative Catalysts in CO2 Hydrogenation | UiO | ② | ||||||
Leif Eric Hertwig | Design of Novel Catalysts for Homogeneous Ammonia Synthesis | UiB | ② | |||||
| Megan Heath | Towards reducing the anodic Ir loading in PEM water electrolyzers | NTNU | ② | |||||
Marius Fredriksen | Modelling, Optimization and Control of Electrolyzer Systems | NTNU | 1 | ② | 5 | |||
Alicia San Martin Rueda | In-situ characterization of perovskites using advanced techniques | NTNU | ② | |||||
| Øyvind Lindgård | Formulation and experimental validation of models for degradation and performance of catalytic layers for water electrolysis | NTNU | ② | |||||
| Mengxin Wu | UiO | ② | ||||||
Luyang Wang | Minority bulk and surface proton conduction in ceramic positrodes for proton ceramic electrochemical cells | UiO | ② | |||||
| Stine Roen | Electrochemical characterization of mixed conducting ceramic positrodes for water splitting in electrolysis | UiO | ② | |||||
Patrick Ewerhardt | Characterization and simulations of model electrodes in proton ceramic electrochemical cells | UiO | ② | |||||
Minh Chi To | Green hydrogen production | UiS | ② | |||||
| Willow Dew | Palladium-based membranes for hydrogen and ammonia | NTNU | ② | |||||
| Kristoffer Skjelanger | Development of Mathematical and Physical models for Hydrogen Production in Rotating Systems | HVL | ② | |||||
| Liina Sangolt | Utilization of offshore wind for hydrogen production | UiB | ② | 3 | 5 | |||
| Anders Even Kvåle | Near-field electrospinning | UiB | ② | |||||
| Tomasz Skrzydlo | Catalytic Cracking of methane over metal and carbon-based catalysts | UiS | ② | |||||
| Sivagowri Shanmugaratnam | Green hydrogen production through photocatalytic water splitting | UiB | ② | |||||
Mikias Hailu Kebede | Adaption of the Electric Energy System for Large-scale Hydrogen Production in Norway | NTNU | ② | |||||
Ashika Dilshani Wackwella Gamage | Materials for Hydrogen Purification | UiS | ② | |||||
Aritro Banerjee | Design of Bio-electrochemical cells for Green hydrogen production | UiT | ② | |||||
| Dynamic operation of Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer System | UiO | ② |
TA3 Storage and distribution
Name | Ph.D.-project title | TA1 | TA2 | TA3 | TA4 | TA5 | ||
| Abhishek Banerjee | Structure and Dynamics in Hydrogen-Rich Alloys for Hydrogen Storage | UiS | ③ | |||||
| Muhammad Baqir Hashmi | Performance Assessment of Hydrogen fueled Gas Turbines | UiS | ③ | 4 | 5 | |||
| Wendpanga Jean Donald Minougou | PhD Fellowship in Geological Storage of Hydrogen | UiS | ③ | |||||
| Experimental reservoir physics | UiB | ③ | 5 | |||||
Mehmet Fazıl Kapçı | Material Integrity of Titanium Alloys for Hydrogen Energy Applications | NTNU | ③ | |||||
| Sahra Louise Guldahl-Ibouder | Development of Novel Materials for Low-Temperature Ammonia Cracking | NTNU | ③ | 4 | ||||
| Ingrid Marie Stuen | Supply Chain Losses and Quality Degradation for Large Volume Hydrogen Transport Chains | UiB | ③ | 4 | 5 | |||
| Paula Endrös | Designing hydrogen resistant Ti-6Al-4V parts manufactured by Electron Beam Melting | NTNU | ③ | |||||
| Vilde Gahr Sturtzel Lunde | Magnetocaloric materials for hydrogen liquefaction | UiO | ③ | |||||
Sadegh Ahmadpour | Hydrogen storage in porous media | UiS | ③ | |||||
| Emil Høj Jensen | Energy Storage Systems for the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into the Power Grid | UiO | ③ | |||||
| Josep Kosler | Magnetocaloric materials for liquefaction of hydrogen | UiO | ③ | |||||
| Hederson Majela do Nascimento | Novel Vacuum Insulation Concepts for Large-Scale Liquid Hydrogen Storage | NTNU | ③ | |||||
Pasindu Erange Yaddehi Guruge | Research Fellow in Structural Integrity of Long Span Suspension Bridges and Hydrogen Pipelines | UiS | ③ | |||||
Johan Raftevold Espelund | Numerical modellingof liquid hydrogen in insulated tanks | NTNU | ③ | |||||
| Hydrogen Storage Options for Decarbonizing Energy-Intensive Industries | NTNU | 1 | ③ | 4 | 5 |
TA4 Applications
Name | Ph.D.-project title | TA1 | TA2 | TA3 | TA4 | TA5 | ||
| Reyhaneh Banihabib | Development of Real-Time Smart Data Analytic Tools for Monitoring and Optimum Operation of MGT Systems | UiS | ④ | |||||
Kinza Huma | Synthesis, structure and dynamics of oxyhydrides | UiS | ④ | |||||
Giulia Collina | Hydrogen technologies to decarbonise the glass and aluminium sectors | NTNU | ④ | 5 | ||||
Keivan Afshar Ghasemi | Study of Zero-Carbon Fuels for Internal Combustion Engines | NTNU | ④ | |||||
| Experimental study of low-carbon fuel injection and combustion in marine engines | NTNU | ④ | ||||||
Duc Duy Nguyen | Combustion of ammonia and hydrogen fuelmixtures in marine engine | NTNU | ④ | |||||
| The use of hydrogen as a reducing agent innthe production of rutile and ferro manganese alloys | NTNU | ④ | ||||||
| Elena Baboi | Safe Operations in Hydrogen-based Industry | NTNU | 1 | ④ | 5 | |||
| Giulia Fede | H2GLASS: Hydrogen technologies and smart production systems to decarbonise the glass and aluminum sectors | NTNU | ④ | |||||
Jiyong Shin | Combustion Dynamics | NTNU | ④ | 5 | ||||
Muhammad Salman | Green hydrogen from air (FAIR) | UiO | 1 | 2 | ④ | |||
| Liya Jacob | SiO reduction using Hydrogen | NTNU | ④ | |||||
Abinavnataraj Ramakrishnan | Metal organic Framewroks and Zeolites for Catalytic co2 Hydrogenation to Methanol | UiS | ④ | |||||
| Asutosh Mallick | Application of Hydrogen in Large Maritime PEM Fuel Cells | UiT | ④ |
TA5 Safety
Name | Ph.D.-project title | TA1 | TA2 | TA3 | TA4 | TA5 | ||
| Alice Scharoli | Performance of hydrogen storage components exposed to fire with focus on cryogenic equipment | NTNU | 3 | ⑤ | ||||
| Leonardo Giannini | Loss Prevention and Operational Safety of Hydrogen Technologies | NTNU | 3 | ⑤ | ||||
| Efthymia Derempouka | Hydrogen as energy carrier in society: risk picture, risk awareness and public acceptance (HySociety) | UiB | 1 | ⑤ | ||||
| Matthijs van Wingerden | Chemical inhibition of hydrogen explosions | UiB | ⑤ | |||||
| Melodia Lucas | Improved modelling of hydrogen explosions | UiB | ⑤ | |||||
| Farhana Yasmine Tuhi | Reliability and resilience of green hydrogen production systems | NTNU | 2 | ⑤ | ||||
| Petar Bosnic | Development of a CFD methodology to reduce the hazards of hydrogen and ammonia systems in maritime and industrial sectors | USN | ⑤ | |||||
| Anna Marie Lande | Mitigation of Hydrogen Explosions | USN | ⑤ | |||||
| Lucas Claussner | Modelling of Loss of Containment Consequences of Hydrogen Technologies | NTNU | ⑤ | |||||
Abhishek Subedi | Safety Solutions for Hydrogen Storage and Transport | NTNU | 3 | 4 | ⑤ | |||
Dikshya Bhandari | Identifying and Mitigating Risks in Hydrogen Energy for Safer Integration | UiS | 2 | ⑤ | ||||
Kangxue Zheng | Chemical inhibition of hydrogen explosions | UiB | ⑤ | |||||
| Modelling of physical phenomena for safety analysis and risk assessment | NTNU | ⑤ | ||||||
S A Shibly Sadik | Dispersion characterization of Hydrogen and Ammonia releases | USN | ⑤ | |||||
| Hyunjoon Nam | Safety analysis framework for Autonomously Operated Zero-Emission Marine Vessels | NTNU | 4 | ⑤ | ||||
| Donghun Lee | Empirical Systems Approach for Safe Zero-Emission Transportation Systems | NTNU | ⑤ |
07.03.2025