Employment history
Since 2018 I have been leading UiO:Energy and from 2023 UiO:Energy and Environment, one of three strategic priority areas at the University of Oslo. Prior to that, from 2011-2018 I headed the Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology (SMN). I have also had several research and teaching positions, and amongst other contributed to establishing a research school in solar cell technology as part of the The Norwegian Research Centre for Solar Cell Technology.
Academic background
I'm a theoretical chemist from UiO. In my master thesis I worked on methods for optimizing the structure of molecules, i.e. finding their most stable geometry. During my Ph.D. the focus was on implementing and applying methods for molecular dynamics.