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Asia Alsgaard

Asia
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Asia Alsgaard

Early human marine subsistence in South Africa

SapienCE Centre of Excellence on Early Sapiens Behaviour (Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: asia.alsgaard@uib.no

Asia has some wild stories from the field in our podcast series

                                                                              

Jeremy Beller

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Jeremy Beller

Early human adaptation to shifting coastlines in southern Africa

SapienCE Centre of Excellence on Early Sapiens Behaviour (Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion

Recruitment call: 3

Contact: jeremy.beller@uib.no

 

Ola Gunhildrud Berta

Ola Berta
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Ola Berta

Social anthropology on changing human-ocean relations

Department of Social Anthropology

Recruitment call: 2, Outgoing (Radboud University, Netherlands)

Contact: ola.berta@uib.no

Get to know Ola in his profile article!

João Bettencourt

Joao
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Joao Bettencourt

Physical fjord oceanography

Geophysical Institute

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: joao.bettencourt@uib.no

Kurt Heinrich Wogau Chong

Kurt
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Kurt H. Wogau Chong

Climate and early human development in coastal Southern Africa

Department of Earth Science & SapienCE Centre of Excellence on Early Sapiens Behaviour

Recruitment call: 2

Contact: kurt.chong@uib.no

Virginie Comorge

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Virginie Comorge

Salmon louse biology and immunemodulation 

Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

Recruitment call: 2

Contact: virginie.comorge@uib.no

Meet Virginie in her Profile article

 

Gillian Damerell

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Gillian Damerell

Air-sea interactions

Geophysical Institute

Recruitment call: 2

Contact: gillian.damerell@uib.no

Damaris Benny Daniel

Damaris
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Damaris B. Daniel

Marine aspects related to human health

Department of Clinical Medicine

Recruitment call: 2

Contact: Damaris.Daniel@uib.no

Paul Dees

Paul Dees
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Paul Dees

Marine biogeochemical hazards 

Geophysical Institute

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: paul.dees@uib.no

In this podcast episode you can learn a bit more about a favourite norwegian pastime that Paul has been embracing: mushroom hunting!

 

Chloe Game

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Chloe Game

Informatics for marine sustainability

Department of Informatics

Recruitment call: 4

Contact: chloe.game@uib.no

Konstanze Haubner

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Konstanze Haubner

Ice-ocean interactions

Department of Earth Science

Recruitment call: 2

Contact: konstanze.haubner@uib.no

Monica P. Hernandez

 

 

Regulatory and governance challenges related to ocean sustainability

Faculty of Law

Recruitment call: 5

We are looking forward to welcoming Monica to Bergen in early 2025!

Frida Snilstveit Hoem

Frida Hoem
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Frida Snilstveit Hoem

Climate and marine biogeochemical cycling

Department of Earth Science 

Recruitment call: 3

Contact: frida.hoem@uib.no

Bashar Khorbatly

Bashar
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Bashar H. Elkhorbatly

Mathematical and statistical methods for marine sustainability

Department of Mathematics

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: bashar.elkhorbatly@uib.no

Aistė Klimašauskaitė

Aiste
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Aiste Klimasaukaite

Epistemic, value-based, and societal aspects of marine sustainability

Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: aiste.klimasauskaite@uib.no

Aiste talks to Juan about blue economy and optimism in this episode of the podcast series

 

Daniel Koestner

Daniel Koestner
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Daniel Koestner

Optical ocean technology

Department of Physics and Technology

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: daniel.koestner@uib.no

It's not all about optics - Daniel's also famous for his video game music!

 

Le Ba Vinh

Le Ba Vinh
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Le Ba Vinh

Marine natural product chemistry

Department of Chemistry

Recruitment call: 4

Contact: vinh.ba@uib.no

Morgane Le Saout

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Morgane Le Saout

Ocean observation technology

Department of Earth Science

Recruitment call: 3

Contact: Morgane.Saout@uib.no

Samaneh Abolpour Mofrad

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Samaneh Abolpour Mofrad

Topological and geometric machine learning for marine sustainability

Department of Informatics

Recruitment call: 1, Outgoing (Imperial College, London, UK)

Contact: samaneh.a.mofrad@uib.no

Nazar Mohamed

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Nazar Mohamed

Marine aspects related to human health

Department of Clinical Medicine

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: nazar.mohamed@uib.no

Claudiu Eduard Nedelciu

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Claudiu Eduard Nedelciu

System dynamics and ocean-human interactions

Department of Geography

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: claudiu.nedelciu@uib.no

How's Ed settling into life in Bergen?

Leila Neimane

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Leila Neimane

Regulatory and governance challenges related to ocean sustainability

Faculty of Law

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: Leila.Neimane@uib.no

Israel Paul Nyarubeli

Israel
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Safety and working conditions for maritime workers

Department of Psychosocial Science

Recruitment call: 3

Contact: israel.nyarubeli@uib.no

Mauro Passarella

Mauro
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Mauro Passarella

Deep-sea mineral resources

Department of Earth Science

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: mauro.passarella@uib.no

Ellie Pryor

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Ellie Pryor

Climate and early human development in coastal Southern Africa

Department of Earth Science & SapienCE Centre of Excellence on Early Sapiens Behaviour

Recruitment call: 4

Contact: ellie.pryor@uib.no

Md Jamilur Rahman

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Sustainability within marine geology/geophysics

Department of Earth Science

Recruitment call: 3, Outgoing (University of Kiel, Germany)

Contact: md.j.rahman@uib.no

Shreesha Sadashiva Rao

Shreesha
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Shreesha Sadashiva Rao

Fish immunology

Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: shreesha.rao@uib.no

Want to hear a bit more about Shreesha and his research into vaccines and lumpfish? Check out his podcast episode, hosted by Juan

Get to know Shreesha in his profile article

Bichitra Nanda Sahoo

Bichitra
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Bichitra Nando Sahoo

Smart marine sensor technology, acoustics & nano technology

Department of Physics and Technology - SFI Smart Ocean

Recruitment call: 2

Contact: bichitra.sahoo@uib.no

Håkon Sandven

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Håkon Sandven

Marine optics

Department of Physics and Technology

Recruitment call: 2, Outgoing (University of Glasgow, UK)

Contact: hakon.sandven@uib.no

Zoran Šargač

Zoran
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Zoran Sargac

Marine larval biology

Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

Recruitment call: 2

Contact: zoran.sargac@uib.no

Learn more about Zoran and his love of parasites in his profile article!

Amit Sharma

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Amit Sharma

Safety and working conditions for maritime workers

Department of Psychosocial Science

Recruitment call: 2, Outgoing (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

Contact: amit.sharma@uib.no

Paul Thomas

Paul Thomas
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Smart marine sensor technology, acoustics & nano technology 

Department of Physics and Technology - SFI Smart Ocean

Recruitment call: 2

Contact: paul.thomas@uib.no

Juan Manuel Valero Rodríguez

Juan
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Juan Manuel Valero Rodríguez

Coastal ecology

Department of Biological Sciences (BIO)

Recruitment call: 1

Contact: juan.m.rodriguez@uib.no

Master of the podcast series interviews, researching the secret life of algae!

Hear more about Juan and his research in his profile article

Rosa María Vargas-Magana

Rosa
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Rosa Vargas-Magana

Mathematical and statistical methods for marine sustainability

Department of Mathematics

Recruitment call: 2

Contact: rosa.vargas@uib.no

Thomas Völker

Thomas
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Thomas Volker

STS research on responsible and circular aquaculture

Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities

Recruitment call: 2 

Contact: thomas.volker@uib.no                  

Liaqat Zeb

Liaqat
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Liaqat Zeb

Marine natural product chemistry

Department of Chemistry

Recruitment call: 2

Contact: Liaqat.Zeb@uib.no

Alumni

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