Eivind Handegard (Fakultet for miljøvitenskap og naturforvaltning (MINA)) forsvarer sin ph.d.-avhandling "Effekten av alder på artsantall og artsammensetning av kryptogamer i boreal skog" fredag den 18. oktober, 2024.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis:
"Old trees as Biodiversity Hotspots in Boreal Forests"
Norwegian title of thesis:
"Effekten av alder på artsantall og artssammensetning av kryptogamer i boreal skog"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture:
"Using species traits to predict responses to habitat loss and fragmentation"
Time and place for the trial lecture and the public defence:
Friday 18 October 2024, at 14.15 at Festsalen, Clock building
The disputation can be attended by using the following link in Zoom: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/66281291556
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: Professor Bengt-Gunnar Jonsson (Mid Sweden University, Sweden)
Second opponent: Dr. Sarah Jovan (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, USA)
Committee coordinator: Professor Johan Asplund (MINA/NMBU)
Supervisors:
Main supervisor: Associate Professor Siri Lie Olsen (MINA/NMBU)
Co-supervisors: Professor Mikael Ohlson (MINA/NMBU), Dr. Ivar Gjerde (NIBIO) and Dr. Magne Sætersdal (NIBIO).
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.