Employment History

University of Bergen

  • January 2007 – Present, Associate Professor of Plant Ecology.

Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

  • January 2003 – December 2006, Forsker II.

Newcastle University

  • September 2001 – December 2002, Research Associate.
  • September 2000 – September 2001, Teaching Fellow.

Lancaster University

  • June 2000 – August 2000. Research Associate.
  • October 1999 – June 2000. Teaching Fellow.
  • October 1998 – October 1999. Research Associate.

Education & Qualifications

Newcastle University

  • 2000-2001 Newcastle University, Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

University of Wales, Aberystwyth

  • 1995-1998 PhD thesis title “Diatom stratigraphies of Lakes Awassa and Tilo, Ethiopia: Holocene records of groundwater variability and climate change.” Supervised by Dr H. Lamb.

Clare College, Cambridge University

  • 1991-1994 BA (Hons) 2.1 Natural sciences (Plant sciences) Upgraded to MA in 1998 Secondary subjects: Geology and Ecology