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Pågående og fullførte mastergrader

Masterstudententer er en viktig del av det tverrfaglige forskingsmiljøet ved Senter for dyphavsforskning. Våre masteroppgaver dekker en rekke ulike temaer innen geologi og biologi. Les om prosjektene deres ved å trykke på linkene under, eller se hva tidligere studenter har gjort her.

Pågående masterprosjekter

Kristoffer Nilsen, BIO, veileder: 

Live Helleren, BIO, veileder: 

Rebecca Hamre-Liseth, BIO, veileder: 

Ã…se Inderberg, GEO, veileder: 

Gustav Finne Møller Aarup-Kristensen, GEO, veileder: 

Henrik Grude, GEO, veileder: 

Hermund Nese-Røsten, GEO, veileder: 

Ingrid Sortland, GEO, veileder: 

Kari Skeie, GEO, veileder: 

Karoline Skumsnes Jensen, GEO, veileder: 

Kristian Sverrir Svendsen, GEO, veileder: 

Magnus Sandberg Pettersen, GEO, veileder: 

Mari Grimstad Hestenes, GEO, veileder: 

Martha Krohn-Hanse, GEO, veileder: 

Sara Borchgrevink, GEO, veileder: 

Thyra Strand, GEO, veileder: 

Vegard Buarø Pettersen, GEO, veileder: 

Vegard Sundve NygÃ¥rd, GEO, veileder: 

Zander Engum St. John Warrington, GEO, veileder: 

Masteroppgaver

Fullført i 2025

Student: Guro ØdegÃ¥rdstuen, Veileder: Runar Stokke 

Structure-Based Discovery of Putative Novel Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Chitinases

 

Student: Noemí Segura-Solé, Veileder: Ida Helene Steen

Syntrophic Interactions Between Anaerobic Methanotrophic Archaea and Sulfate Reducing Bacteria in Arctic Vents

 

Student: Emilie Werness, Veileder:  Ida Helene Steen

Enrichment of a new species of sulfate-reducing bacteria from the Loki´s Castle hydrothermal vent field

Fullført i 2024

Student: Audun Aass Roseth (2024), Supervisor: Pedro Ribero:

Characterisation of epibenthic community structure on the DeepInsight seamount, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge

 

Student: Liem Østrådt-Jennings (2024), Supervisor: Pedro Ribero:

Assessing the efficiency of low-impact methods for benthic biodiversity surveys in the Arctic deep-sea

 

Student: Live Helleren (2024), Supervisor: Rolf B. Pedersen:

Geochemical characteristics of the Jøtul Hydrothermal Vent Field, Kniepovich Ridge.

 

Student: Rebecca Hamre-Liseth (2024), Supervisor: Rolf B. Pedersen:

Vulkansk utvikling av den ultrasakte Knipovichryggen


Student: Maria Storstein (2024): 

Preservation of fluid copper isotope ratios in a Fe-Zn rich hydrothermal chimney


Student: Enza Magnier (2024), Supervisor: Desiree Roerdink:
The age of the Archean Cooke Bluff barite deposit in the Pilbara craton


Student: Karen Vistnes Haugsvaldstad (2024), Supervisor: Ingunn Torseth:

Forvitring av dypmarine sulfidavsetninger i Norskehavet


Student: Eirik Valdar (2024), Supervisor: Sabina Strmic Palinkas:

Evolution of ore forming fluids at the Jonsfjorden gold prospect, Svalbard


Student: Eirik Siira (2024), Supervisor: Rolf B. Pedersen:

Molloy kjernekompleks: petrologiske studier av mantelprøver

 

Student: Synne Langelo Wågbø (2024), Supervisor: Rolf B. Pedersen:
Hydrotermisk påvirkning av bergarter i forkastningssoner ved Mohnsryggen

 

Student: Heine Rugland (2024), Supervisor: Bjarte Hannisdal:

Quantifying Last Glacial Earth System Interactions

 

Student: Karen Vistnes Haugvaldstad (2024), Supervisor: Ingunn Thorseth

Forvitring av dypmarine sulfidavsetninger i Norskehavet

 

Hedvig Villmark (2024), Supervisor: :

Evaluating survival and relative abundance of bacterial species in an invitro model of fecal commensals

 

Ivan Patrick Tualla (2024), Supervisor: :

Identification, expression, and biochemical characterization of plastic-degrading enzymes from extremophilic bacteria at the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridges (AMOR) deep-sea hydrothermal vents

 

Hallvard Jacobsen (2024), Supervisor: :

Characterization of the novel strain Pseudodesulfovibrio. sp. ægir

 

Emilie Kristine Nygaard (2024), Supervisor:

Identification, production and characterization of novel marine enzymes

 

Ramsha Iqbal (2024), Supervisor:

Heterologous production, purification and substrate usage of a variant of the marine globupain protease

 

Heine Rugland (2024), Supervisor: Bjarte Hannisdal

Quantifying earth system interactions during the last glacial period

 

Anna Tomine R. Sørensen (2024), Supervisor:

Revisiting the fauna of the Jan Mayen vent fields

 

Maja Lian Jæger (2024), Supervisor:

Geochemistry and geochronology along the Mohns Ridge

 

Susann Rüdiger (2024), Supervisor:

Analysis of the prokaryotic groups evading universal primers in deep sea sediments

 

(2024), Supervisor:

Metamorphic Growth of Elongate Olivine of Extreme Size from Nordværnes, Northern Norway

 

Ida Færestrand Solberg (2024), Supervisor:

Formation of manganese crust along the spreading axis – degree of hydrothermal influence

 

Thilde Jusine Tønnessen Voje (2024), Supervisor:

Fluorinating the oceanic crust: probing the cryptic fluoride sink in seafloor hydrothermal systems 

 

Marte Bleken Klemetsdal (2024), Supervisor:

Fauna of cold seeps in the Arctic

Fullført i 2023

Katrine Almås (2023), supervisor:

Tracing copper from source to sink during acid mine drainage at Røros Kobberverk, E Norway

Erik Lund-Tønnesen (2023), supervisor:

Characterization of Benthic Megafauna Community Structure at One Newly Discovered Hydrothermally Active Site on Mohn’s Treasure, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, Employing Image Analysis

Marte R. Syvderud (2023), supervisor:

Trophic ecology of peripheral fauna at the FÃ¥vne hydrothermal vent field on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge

Sofie Gjærlow (2023), supervisor:

Characterisation of Megabenthic Community Structure at the FÃ¥vne Hydrothermal Vent Field, with Implications for Environmental Management of Seabed Mining

Solveig Adine Osjord (2023), supervisor:

Visualizing three-dimensional variations in the geochemistry of black smokers

Idar Martin Knutsen (2023), supervisor:

Listvenite formation at Gråberget, east-central Norway. A natural analogue for geological CO2 sequestration involving sulphide mineralization.

Martine Jansen Berge (2023), supervisor:

The behaviour of (heavy) metals during alkaline mine drainage from the abandoned Feragen chromite mines, East-Central Norway

Anders Lund (2023), supervisor:

Environmental consequences from the mining industry at Litlabø, Stord

Lotte Johannessen (2023), supervisor:

Investigating multiple sulfur isotope variations in active hydrothermal chimneys and fluids from the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridges

Fullført i 2022

Marie Wold (2022), supervisor:

Geochemistry of sulfide mineralization from the FÃ¥vne vent field, the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridges

Tonje Kilhavn (2022), supervisor:

Experimental investigation of the Stability of nickel in low temperature olivine environments

Karen Moltubakk (2022), supervisor:

Detecting anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to sulfate reduction in hydrothermal sediments

Amalie Skjold Mathiassen (2022), supervisor:

Bottom structures in the Aurlandsfjord/FlÃ¥m: Active or inactive leakage structures (pockmarks) - formation, age and (bio)geochemical processes

Sunniva Alsaker (2022), supervisor:

Mineralization in hydrothermal systems mapped in the Solund-Stavfjord Ophiolite Complex - Geochemical characterization in shear zones related to the oceanic stage

Fullført i 2021

Halfdan Arstein (2021), supervisor:

Deciphering the metamorphic framework of ophiolite alteration and devolatilization at Linnajarvi, N-Norway 

Sondre Olai Spjeld (2021), supervisor:

Metagenomics-based discovery of novel carbohydrate degrading enzymes from deep-sea hydrothermal in situ enrichments; expression, purification and characterization

Simen Saltvedt (2021), supervisor:

The formation of the ophiolitic terrane of SW Norway - relationships between immature island arc volcanic sequences and trondhjemitic complexes on Bømlo

Trond Fjellet (2021), supervisor:

Geochemical characteristics of the volcanogenic massive sulfied mineralizations on Bømlo and Stord islands, Sunnhordaland, SW Norway

Frida Riple Forsberg (2021), supervisor:

Geochemical characteristics of the gold-bearing quartz veins in the Lykling area, Bømlo, SW Norway

Desiree Maloney (2021), supervisor:

Identification of microplastics in oceanic water samples

Matz Sagebakken Slotnes (2021), supervisor:

Detrital zircon provenance of the Bremnes Complex on Bømlo, SW Norway

Amalie Skreden Erga (2021), supervisor:

A detailed field and geochemical investigation of the volcanic sequence in the VÃ¥ganes-area: The Solund-Stavfjord Ophiolite Complex

Øystein Brandsæter Asserson (2021), supervisor:

Geobiokjemiske prosesser i bunnsedimentene i Førdefjorden

Chanakan Boonawa (2021), supervisor:

Geochemistry of novel vent fluids from the newly discovered 72.2 degrees N ("NPD/Hel") hydrothermal system on the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge

Rasmus Rikter-Svendsen (2021), supervisor:

Distribution of thermochemical output and associated ecosystens at Loki's Castle hydrothermal field

Fullført i 2020

Halfdan Arstein (2021), supervisor:

Deciphering the metamorphic framework of ophiolite alteration and devolatilization at Linnajarvi, N-Norway 

Sondre Olai Spjeld (2021), supervisor:

Metagenomics-based discovery of novel carbohydrate degrading enzymes from deep-sea hydrothermal in situ enrichments; expression, purification and characterization

Simen Saltvedt (2021), supervisor:

The formation of the ophiolitic terrane of SW Norway - relationships between immature island arc volcanic sequences and trondhjemitic complexes on Bømlo

Trond Fjellet (2021), supervisor:

Geochemical characteristics of the volcanogenic massive sulfied mineralizations on Bømlo and Stord islands, Sunnhordaland, SW Norway

Frida Riple Forsberg (2021), supervisor:

Geochemical characteristics of the gold-bearing quartz veins in the Lykling area, Bømlo, SW Norway

Desiree Maloney (2021), supervisor:

Identification of microplastics in oceanic water samples

Matz Sagebakken Slotnes (2021), supervisor:

Detrital zircon provenance of the Bremnes Complex on Bømlo, SW Norway

Amalie Skreden Erga (2021), supervisor:

A detailed field and geochemical investigation of the volcanic sequence in the VÃ¥ganes-area: The Solund-Stavfjord Ophiolite Complex

Øystein Brandsæter Asserson (2021), supervisor:

Geobiokjemiske prosesser i bunnsedimentene i Førdefjorden

Chanakan Boonawa (2021), supervisor:

Geochemistry of novel vent fluids from the newly discovered 72.2 degrees N ("NPD/Hel") hydrothermal system on the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge

Rasmus Rikter-Svendsen (2021), supervisor:

Distribution of thermochemical output and associated ecosystens at Loki's Castle hydrothermal field

Fullført i 2019

Thomas Viflot (2019), supervisor:

Evidence for extensive conductive cooling and microbial carbon transformations in diffuse hydrothermal fluids from Loki´s Castle Vent Field

Martin Kjeilen Steinseide (2019), supervisor:

Altered rocks along faults annd fractures in the Norwegian strandflat - hydrothermal alteration fluids or Jurassic deep weathering?

Hannah Babel (2019), supervisor:

Metabolic properties of hyperthermophilic sulfate-reducing archaea of the genus Archaeoglobus in deep-sea hydrothermal vent systems

Ida Marie LervÃ¥g (2019), supervisor:  

Characterization of novel viral proteins - A potential for bioprospecting

Christine Holberg Østensvig (2019), supervisor:

A faunistic study of the amphipod-fauna of Hjeltefjord, West Norway

Solveig Lie Onstad (2019), supervisor:

Seafloor accretion along a magma starved spreading ridge

Fullført i 2018

Henrike Wilborn (2018), supervisor:

Formation proceses and environment for jasper and chert deposits on the West coast of Norway: a textural and geochemical study

Fullført i 2017

HÃ¥vard Stubseid (2017), supervisor:

Geological evolution and stratigraphic relationships of the ophiolitic terrane in the outer Hardangerfjord area: evidence from geochronology and geochemistry

Vilde Bakke (2017), supervisor:

Volcanic rocks at the Møre Marginal High: geochemistry, petrogenesis and emplacement mechanisms

Andreas Lambach Viken (2017), supervisor:

Accretionary history of Lower Ordovician island arc complexes on Bømlo: evidence from detrital zircon dating and geochemical data

Andreas Sæbø (2017), supervisor:

Izu-Bonin rear-arc magmatism: geochemical investigation of volcanoclastic material

Randi Storeide (2017), supervisor:

Geochemistry of lava samples collected near the oceanic detachments at 13°N along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Tarje Lyngtveit (2017), supervisor:

Geochemical and microtextural characteristics reflect the formation mechanics of laminated iron deposits at the Perle & Bruse and Troll Wall vent fields

Signe Haukelidsæter (2017), supervisor:

Textural and geochemical characteristics of iron deposits at the Jan Mayen vent field: implications for formation mechanisms

Ole Johan Hornenes (2017), supervisor: Filipa Marques

Unraveling distinctive sulfide mineralization and hydrothermal alteration on shallow seafloor hydrothermal systems

Cassandra Berntsen (2017), supervisor:

Benthic ecology and trophic interactions at Loki's Castle vent field

Hilde Dybevik (2017), supervisor:

Revision of the family Heteropiidae (Porifera, Calcarea) in the northernmost North Atlantic Ocean

Nicholas Hawkes (2017), supervisor:

Epibenthic megafauna associated with sponge grouns formed by the unique glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii in Emerald Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada

Tone Ulvatn (2017), supervisor:

A reverse taxonomic approach to assess the community composition of sponge grounds in the Nordic Seas

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Sist oppdatert: 16.03.2026