PhD in astronomy, Stockholm university, 2002
MSc in astronomy/physics, Univ. of Oslo, 1996
BSc in physics, Univ. of Oslo, 1994
Pedagogics, courses:
University-level mathematics teaching course, Matric, 2015-2016 (100 hrs)
University pedagogics, PULS UiA, 2015-2016 (150 hrs)
Associate professor, Dept. of engineering sciences, University of Agder (2015 - )
Senior engineer, County governor of Vest-Agder, Section Climate and Environment (2014)
Project manager, Lista Bird Observatory (2011 - 2014)
Associate professor & Marie Curie Fellow, Niels Bohr Institute, Univ. of Copenhagen (2010 - 2011)
NFR researcher, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, Univ. of Oslo (2007 - 2010)
ESO Research Fellow, European Southern Observatory, Munich (2003 - 2006)
Postdoctoral researcher, Caltech/Spitzer Science Center, USA (2002 - 2003)
Physics, mathematics, astrophysics, ornithology
Courses taught at UiA:
MA 006 summer course mathematics
MA 157/159 mathematics 2 for computer engineering and renewable energy
MA 169 mathematics 1 for electrical engineering
FYS 119/120 physics for computer and electrical engineering
NAT 104 physics1 teacher education GLU 1-7
NAT 110 physics2 teacher education GLU 1-7
NAT 108 physics2 teacher education GLU 5-10 (Kristiansand)
Physics and applied mathematics
Asteroids and the two-body problem in celestial mechanics
Renewable energy
Characterization of solar irradiation Grimstad
Learning analytics
Students' use of video recorded lectures
Previous research:
Contract research
County governor of Vest-Agder, section Climate and Environment: “Utvalgte fuglearters bruk av Listastrendene”
County governor of Vest-Agder, section Climate and Environment: “Skisse til overvåkingsprogram for fugl-gårdsvindmølle”
Astrophysics research projects as Principal Investigator:
8m Very Large Telescope - European Southern Observatory
“The stellar velocity dispersion and M-sigma relation of post-starburst quasar host galaxies”
“High-mass star formation in luminous infrared galaxies”
“The dark side of Seyfert galaxies: A VLT/VISIR Pilot study of Obscured, Forbidden NeII”
”Science verification: Obscured, forbidden NeII in the Seyfert2 galaxy NGC7582”
Selected projects at other telescope facilities
2.5m Nordic Optical Telescope: “The M-sigma relation of red quasars”
ESO 3.6m + New Technology Telescope: “The influence of black hole mass and accretion rate on the FRI/FRII dichotomy”
2.5m Nordic Optical Telescope: “Variability screening of intermediate-mass black hole candidates”
Palomar 200inch: “The influence of black hole mass and accretion rate on the FRI/FRII dichotomy”
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