Ph.d.-grad – Prøveforelesning og disputas. Thomas Luypaert, Fakultet for miljøvitenskap og naturforvaltning (MINA), forsvarer sin doktorgradsoppgave “Lydanalyse for overvåking av biologisk mangfold i tropisk regnskog”.
English title of the thesis
“Soundscape analysis for biodiversity monitoring in tropical rainforest ecosystems”
Norwegian title of the thesis
“Lydanalyse for overvåking av biologisk mangfold i tropisk regnskog”
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
“The benefits of disaggregating diversity metrics: a practical guide for conservation practitioners and field ecologists”
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence
Friday 8 September 2023, at 14:15 at Festsalen, Clock building
The disputation can be attended by using this Zoom-link: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/65845087603
All are welcome to attend, either physically or digitally, but please read the guidelines below before you open the link. This is to make sure that the disputation can be held without interruptions and noise.
Evaluation committee
First opponent: Dr. Zuzana Buřivalová, University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA
Second opponent: Dr. Oliver Metcalf, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Erik Trond Aschehoug MINA/NMBU
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Torbjørn Haugaasen (MINA/NMBU)
Co-supervisor(s): Professor Carlos Augusto Peres, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Guidelines for digital attendance:
- Do not use the camera.
- Mute your microphone.
- In Zoom you will first be placed in the waiting room. Please introduce yourself with your name, rather than with your IP address or computer name.
- If anyone has a question and wants to oppose ‘ex auditorio’, please write in the chat window of Zoom (1) “XY (your name) has a question" and (2) the question in brief. The chair of the defense will evaluate whether your question is opportune, and you will be given the word after the two opponents have concluded.
- When you are being given the word, you switch on your microphone and camera. Ensure briefly whether you are being heard.
- We advise you to test your own equipment before attending.
- The chat is not to be used for general discussions.
The doctoral thesis is available for public review. For those of you who want access to the thesis in pdf-form, please send an email to Brage Monsen – brage.monsen@nmbu.no