| Basic Module in Pedagogic at the University of Bergen, Norway,
Fall-2005 - Spring-2006 |
| Post. Doc. at the University of Oslo, Norway, incl. one year stay at NASA/GSFC,USA, Jan-2000 - Dec-2001 |
| Doct. Scient. Degree (PhD), University of Bergen, Dec-1999 |
| Cand. Scient. Degree (MD), University of Bergen, Mar-1996 |
| Cand. Mag. Degree (BD), University of Bergen, 1995 |
| Sep-2004 - present: | Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway
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| Aug-2004 - Sep-2004: | Associate Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway
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| Jan-2004 - Jan-2007: | Associate Professor II, at the University of Oslo, Norway
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| Aug-2001 - Aug-2004: | Assistant Research Physicist, Space Sciences Laboratory,
University of California, Berkeley
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| Apr-1996 - Dec-1996: | Research Assistant at the space science group, Dept. of Physics,
University of Bergen |
| 2023 - present: |
Principal Investigator for the ALOFT flight campaign |
| 2015 - present: |
Co-Investigator for the XSI instrument on the SMILE mission, a joint ESA-CAS satellite mission |
| 2013 - present: |
Co-Investigator for FEGS, aircraft mission to study TGFs |
| 2013 - 2023: |
Leader of Birkeland Centre for Space Science, a Centre of Excellence |
| 2013 - 2018: |
Leader of TGF-MEPPA, an ERC Advanced Grant to study TGFs |
| 2009 - 2013: |
Scientific Co-Investigator on COBRAT, a French balloon to be flown over Sentral America to detect TGFs |
| 2009 - 2019: |
Scientific Co-Investigator on the XGRE intrument on 'Tool for the Analysis of RAdiations from lightNIngs and Sprites (TARANIS) |
| 2007 - 2010: | Project Manager of the Norwegian IPY-ICESTAR
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| 2007 - 2013: | Project Manager of the Norwegian Cluster studies
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| 2004 - present: |
Project Manager for the Norwegian contribution for the X-ray detector on ASIM and |
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Co-Investigator on the Atmosphere-Space-Interaction Monitor (ASIM) |
| 2004 - 2008: | Co-Investigator on YFF project
'Space Research and Technology Development Program'
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| 2003 - 2006: | Co-Investigator on a study of soft X rays from the Earth's
cusp by Chandra
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| 2001 - 2008: | Co-Investigator on the Polar
Ionospheric X-ray Imaging Experiment (PIXIE) on the Polar spacecraft
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| 2014-2016: | Member of ESA´s Solar System Exploration Working Group
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| 2012: | Member of scientific committee for KuaFu-ESA
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| Jun-2011: | Member of the Steering Committee for ESF TEA-IS (Thunderstorm Effects on the Atmosphere - Ionosphere System)
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| 2010: | National Coordinator for Internatonal Space Weather Inititiative (ISWI)
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| Jan-2011: | Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee for ILWS Scientific Workshop, Beijing August 2011
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| Mar-2007 - 2009: | Editor for Space Science in Geophysical Research Letter
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| Jan-2007: | Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee for 2 and 3 symposium of KuaFu
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| Jan-2008 - 2023: |
Scientific Discipline Representative - SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics) |
| May-2006 - 2023: |
National representative - SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics) |
| Aug-2005 - 2009: |
National representative in the IHY (Intrenational Heliospheric Year) program |
| Jul-2004 - Jul-2010: | Member of the steering committee for 'Interhemispherical Conjugacy Effects in Solar-Terrestrial
and Aeronomy Research' (ICESTAR) under SCAR.
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| Mar-2005 |
Working group for the Norwegian Space Center for the new Norwegian Space Program |
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| Sept-2020 - Oct-2024: | Advisor for PhD student Ingrid Bjørge Engeland, University of Bergen
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| | Her thesis The connection between lightning
currents, TGF intensities and Elves
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| Sept-2018 - Apr-2022: | Co-advisor for PhD student Anders Lindanger, University of Bergen
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| | His thesis Spectral Analysis of
Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes and Their
Connection to Lightning Discharges
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| Sept-2018 - Feb-2022: | Advisor for PhD student Chris Skeie, University of Bergen
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| Sept-2018 - May-2021: | Co-advisor for PhD student Carolina Maiorana, University of Bergen
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| | Her thesis Characteristics and Meteorological Environment of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes
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| June-2016 - Oct-2019: | Advisor for PhD student Anders Ohma, University of Bergen
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| | His thesis How Asymmetries in Geospace Evolve During Increased Tail Reconnection
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| Aug-2015 - present: | Advisor for PhD student Kjetil Albrechtsen, University of Bergen
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| Aug-2013 - Feb-2018: | Advisor for PhD student Alexander Broberg Skeltved, University of Bergen
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| | His thesis Evaluating production scenarios of terrestrial gammma-ray flashes
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| May-2013 - June 2017: | Advisor for PhD student Paul Tenfjord, University of Bergen
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| | His thesis Solar wind energy transfer and the asymmetric geospace
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| Jan-2012 - June 2016: | Co-advisor for PhD student Jone Reistad, University of Bergen
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| | His thesis Mechanisms responsible for asymmetric aurora between the conjugate
hemispheres
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| Jan-2011 - June 2014: | Advisor for PhD student Ragnhild S. Nisi, University of Bergen
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| | Her thesis Constraining the properties of Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes
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| Jan-2008 - present: | Advisor for PhD student Yngve Skogseide, University of Bergen
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| Jan-2008 - June-2012: | Advisor for PhD student Thomas Gjesteland, University of Bergen
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| | His thesis Properties of Terrestrial Gamma ray Flashes
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| Sep-2007 - Nov-2010: | Advisor for PhD student Karl Magnus Laundal, University of Bergen
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| | His thesis Auroral Imaging as a Tracer of Global
Magnetospheric Dynamics
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| Jan-2006 - May-2009: | Advisor for PhD student Kristian Snekvik, University of Bergen
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| | His thesis Observations of field aligned currents in
the plasma sheet
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| Jan-2005 - Feb-2008: | Co-advisor for PhD student Marita Sørbø, University of Bergen
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| Jan-2004 - Feb-2007: | Co-advisor for PhD student Camilla Sætre, University of Bergen
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| Jan-2002 - Mar-2005: | Co-advisor for PhD student Arne Åsnes, University of Bergen
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| 2023 : | 1 Master student finished
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| 2022 : | 1 Master student finished
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| 2020 : | 1 Master student finished
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| 2018 : | 1 Master student finished
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| 2017 : | 3 Master student finished
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| 2016 : | 1 Master student finished
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| 2015 : | 4 Master student finished
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| 2013 : | 1 Master student finished
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| 2012 : | 4 Master student finished
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| 2011 : | 1 Master student finished
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| 2010 : | 1 Master student finished
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| 2009 : | 1 Master student finished
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| 2008 : | 1 Master student finished
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| 2007 : | 4 Master student finished
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| 2022 - present: |
PHYS 251 (UiB): Near Earth Space - responsible and teach the first chapters |
| 2019 - present: |
PHYS 252 (UiB): Eksperimentelle metoder i romfysikk - Auroral X-rays and Gamma-rays from lightning |
| 2019 - May: |
Research School by BCSS, Bergen: Atmospheric Electricity and Hard Radiation from Thunderclouds |
| 2019 - Jan: |
SAINT winter school, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| 2018 - Jul: |
SAINT summer school, Barcelona, Spains |
| 2018 - Jan: |
SAINT winter school, Denmark |
| 2017 - Sep: |
Research School: Intelligent detectors, Bergen, Norway |
| 2016 - Nov: |
SCOSTEP/ISWI International Space Science School, Sangli, India |
| 2014 - Sept: |
SCOSTEP/ISWI International Space Science School, Lima, Peru |
| 2013 - Nov: |
SCOSTEP/ISWI International Space Science School, Nairobi, Kenya |
| 2008 - Nov: |
International Heliospheric Year - African Regional School, Enugu, Nigeria |
| 2005 - 2012: |
PHYS 251 (UiB: Det nære verdensrommet (The near space), Introductionary course in Space Science |
| 2005 - 2007: |
PHYS 111 (UiB): Mekanikk 1 (Mechanics) |
| 2004 - 2007: |
FYS 5610 (UiO): Magnetosfærefysikk og substormprosesser, A 10-day-course |
| on substorms and magnetic storms for researchers, Andøya, Norway |
| Dec-2015: | Co-organizing special session at AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, USA |
| Dec-2014: | Co-organizing special session at AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, USA |
| Jun-2014: | Co-organizing TEA-IS summer school in Collioure, France |
| Jun-2012: | Co-organizing TEA-IS summer school in Malaga, Spain |
| Oct-2010: | Organizing TGF session at E-CANES-ASIM workshop in Amsterdam
Norway |
| Jun-2010: | Organizing special session at the IPY Oslo Science Confernce,
Norway |
| Dec-2009: | Organizing special session at the AGU fall meeting, San Francisco,
USA |
| Apr-2006: | Organizing special session at the EGU meeting, Vienna,
Austria |
| Jun-2004: | Organizing breakout session at the GEM meeting, Snowmass,
Colorado |
| May-2004: | Organizing special session at the AGU spring meeting,
Montreal, Canada |
| Jun-2000 - Aug-2001: | Visitor at Laboratory for Extraterrestrial Physics, Goddard Space Flight Center, |
| NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA (part of Post. Doc) |
May-1998 - Aug-1998: | Visitor at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Company Advanced
Technology Center, |
| Palo Alto, California, USA (Part of Ph. D.
program) |