Research interests
Biogeochemistry of methane and carbon dioxide in the Arctic Ocean: sources, transport, and effects on climate and marine ecosystem; carbon pathways in the Arctic Ocean; ocean-sea ice-atmosphere interaction; continental shelf oceanography; sea-ice biogeochemistry and microbiology; cycling of dissolved organic matter in the ocean.
Education
| Nov 2008 – May 2013 | PhD in Chemical Oceanography, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway Thesis title: Arctic Ocean carbon biogeochemistry under climate change and ocean acidification. Supervisor: Richard Bellerby |
| Aug 2003 – Jun 2008 | Diploma specialist in Physical Oceanography, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia Thesis title: Multiyear variability of inorganic nutrients in the East-Siberian Sea ecosystem Supervisor: Oleg Savchuk |
Work experience
| May 2021 — present | Partner and Project Manager, Science Lead, HUB Ocean |
| Jul 2016 – Dec 2021 | Researcher, CAGE – Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, Dept. of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
| Aug 2013 – Jun 2016 | Postdoctoral researcher, CAGE – Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, Dept. of Geosciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
| Nov 2008 – Oct 2012 | PhD fellow, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, UniResearch Climate, Bergen, Norway |
| Jun-Sep 2008 | Engineer, Research Association ‘Typhoon’, Saint-Petersburg, Russia |
Scientific fellowships
| Jun-Aug 2007 | MARUM Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Germany Project: Phosphate speciation in sediments offshore Morocco Supervisor: Tobias Goldhammer |
Courses and certificates
2017-2018 PhD supervision (Forskningsveiledning), at Result (Ressurssenter for undervisning, læring og teknologi), Tromsø.
2017 Toktlederkurs, General Cruise Leader course, including «Toktlederkurs for toktledere og toktpersonell om bord FF «Kronprins Haakon», at Institute Marine Research (Havforskningsinstituttet), Tromsø.
2017 FSK-8005 Funding your research, at High North Academy, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
2016 FSK-8003 Leadership skills, at High North Academy, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
Student supervision
PhD
May 2014 – Nov 2018, Physical Oceanography/Modeling of methane flux, Pär Jansson
Jan 2017 – Nov 2022, Chemical Oceanography, DOM dynamics in methane seepage areas, Muhammed Fatih Sert
Project involvement
2015 — 2016, N-ICE2015, Norwegian young sea ICE cruise (coordinator: H. Steen, Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway)
2014 – 2017, MOCA, Methane emissions from the Arctic Ocean to the Atmosphere: Present and Future Climate Effects (coordinator: C. Lund Myhre, Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Oslo, Norway)
2010 – 2012 MEECE, Marine Ecosystem Evolution in a Changing Environment (coordinator: I. Allen, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK)
2010 – 2012 EPOCA, European Project on OCean Acidification (coordinator: J.-P. Gattuso, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, France)
2008 – 2011 MERCLIM, Marine Ecosystem Response to a changing CLIMate (coordinator: R. Bellerby, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Bergen, Norway)