Elisabeth Hansen

MSc in Biology Elisabeth Hansen (AMB) will Thursday 2 November 2023 hold her trial lecture and defend her thesis for the PhD degree in Natural Science.

Trial lecture will take place at 10.15:

"Micro-plastics, beyond exposure: what is evidence for toxicity generally and to wildlife specifically?

Examine and summarize published information on the nature, particularly the chemistry of micro-plastic compounds and on exposure of wildlife generally. Then focus on informing the audience of the state of knowledge on the effects/toxicity of these contaminants on wildlife.”

Later, at 12.15 she will defend her thesis entitled:

"Sublethal effects of environmental pollutant exposure in birds of prey:
Evaluating biomarkers of health as indicators of contaminant-mediated effects in two sentinel raptor species”

 Evaluation Committe:

• Senior scientist John Elliott, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Canada (1. opponent)
• Associate Professor Åsa Berglund, Umeå University, Sweden (2. opponent)
• Professor Jasmine Nahrgang, AMB (internal member and leader of the committee)

Supervisors:

• Associate Professor Sophie Bourgeon, AMB
• Senior Scientist Jan Ove Bustnes, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
• Senior Scientist Dorte Herzke, The climate and environmental research institute NILU

Streaming site

Both the defense and the trial lecture will be streamed and recorded from panopto:

• Trial lecture
• Disputation

Thesis

The thesis is available through Munin.

The disputation will be led by Professor Jasmine Nahrgang.