Category: New faces

Here you will find presentations of our new staff members and long-term guests.

New member of staff – Tianyuan Wang

Hello, I am Tianyuan and am quite happy to be in Bergen and join in such a big community. While ever been to Finland for a short exchange program during my undergraduate, I have never been to Norway before, and…

New member of staff – Sjur Barndon

Hello, I’m Sjur and very excited to be here! I’m mainly here to do glacier modelling as a research assistant with the PPF-Alpine project lead by Suzette Flantua. I am from Bergen and I did my master’s on ice sheet…

New member of staff – Yu-Chen Ding

Hello everyone! My name is Yu-Chen, but you can call me Wayne. I’m from Taiwan and started my PhD on March 24. This is my first time living in the beautiful city of Bergen, and its rainy weather reminds me…

New member of staff – Petra Hribovšek

Hi everyone, my name is Petra Hribovšek and I’ve started my Postdoc position last year (I’m a bit late with my BIOnytt message) in Deep Sea Biology Research Group, led by Ida Helene Steen, associated with Centre for Deep Sea…

New member of staff – Lin Li

Hi, I’m Lin! I’m so excited to be here and to meet all of you. I’m from China, and this is my first time in Bergen. There’s certainly a lot of rain here—but just as abundant is the warmth and…

New member of staff – Erlend Hartvigsen

Hei!  My name is Erlend, and I will be working in a temporary position as a student adviser while Ingvil Roosendaal Sahr is on parental leave.  My main tasks will be to handle student exchange – both outgoing and incoming,…

New member of staff – Christian Nilsson

Hello! My name is Christian and I’m a new PhD student at the Department of Biological Sciences and the Centre for Deep-Sea Research. I’ve just moved to Bergen from the city of Gothenburg, Sweden and will now embark on my…

New member of staff – Thea Fossum Krog

Hi, My name is Thea, and I just started my four-year PhD in fish immunology. Originally from Trøndelag, but I have lived in Bergen for the past 5 years as I have taken both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in…