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PhD defense: Francine Schevenhoven
Many congratulations, Dr. Schevenhoven! Francine had a successful PhD defense Monday February 8 on the topic . "Training of supermodels - in the context of weather and climate forecasting".
Photo: Andreas H. Opsvik
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Tore in podcast with Miljødirektoratet (Norwegian Environment Agency)
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Our director Tore recently participated in a podcast in which he talked about the impact climate change has to society and to the nation. Link to the podcast is here. (In Norwegian)
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Report from the workshop Isotopes in Evaporation
I was organizing a Workshop on Isotopes in Evaporation on the 20th of October 2020, where invitation was sent to the whole Bjerknes centre. Articles from the literature were shared between the participants, who read them before coming to the one-day workshop. During the workshop, they first discussed the articles in small groups and then presented their analysis in the afternoon to all the participants.
The workshop was a success, and we want now to provide the Bjerknes community with a report on the workshop organization, including some participant feedback, and on its conclusions. This report has two aims. It describes some scientific results, but it is also written to help future organizers of similar literature discussions. We indeed offer recommendations for a productive and enjoyable workshop.
Link to the report.
Alexandra Touzeau
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The portrait
Name: Anna Hauge Braaten
Position: PhD Student
How long have you been at BCCR?: Since September 2018
Education: bachelor’s degree in Earth science and master’s degree in marine geology
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Background: I grew up in Stavanger, Norway and moved to Bergen in 2012. I did both my bachelor and master’s degrees here at UiB, and I also spent a semester at the University Centre in Svalbard studying arctic geology.
What is it you do exactly at work?: I work on reconstructing temperatures in the Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans over the past 5.3 million years, but with a particular focus on the Pliocene. My PhD is a part of Nele Mecklers C4T project (Climate Change across Cenozoic cooling steps reconstructed with clumped isotope thermometry).
Why climate research?: I became interested in climate research while living in Svalbard and seeing first-hand how rapidly things are changing in the Arctic region. It was the reason why I ended up doing a climate-related masters project, which directly led to my current PhD position.
What extracurricular activities do you have?: I enjoy cooking, running and hiking. I also started gardening last year, and I have a lot of plans for my vegetable garden this spring.
Do you have a favourite song, band or artist?: I mostly listen to audiobooks and podcasts
Your favourite food?: Homemade potstickers and chocolate cake
The best and worst about Bergen?: There is really nothing I don’t like about Bergen. I can’t even complain about the weather when it’s as nice as it’s been this winter.
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News from the PhD Forum:
Bonfire and varm eplemost at Skomakerdiket on 28 January 2021.
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With new snow, no wind and an ideal fireplace just around the corner, conditions for an outdoor PhD Forum meeting were great on Thursday two weeks ago.
In a team effort, we carried all necessary ingredients for a bonfire and hot drinks up to Skomakerdiket and enjoyed a very crisp but fun evening outside.
New PhDs were introduced and some of us made new experiences like grilling marshmallows or warming cold hands on a fire.
Sonja Wahl
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Upcoming PhD events.
- Build your academic CV. With Mahaut from BCCR. 22 February 2021 4pm, sign up here: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=9830672
The Bjerknes PhD Forum
The Bjerknes PhD Forum is open for all PhDs affiliated with the Bjerknes Centre.
The Forum intends to create a community for international and Norwegian PhD students from different research areas during their time in Bergen.
Our aim is to facilitate exchange among new and advanced PhD students as well as to distribute and preserve knowledge about “the way things work”.
We meet about once a month to network and discuss different aspects of the academic career and/or life in Bergen. Visiting PhD students and interns are welcome to join our activities.
The current PhD Forum Board members are:
Sonja Wahl (leader) – Sonja.wahl@uib.no
Maaike Zwier (co-leader) - maaike.zwier@uib.no
Elina Efstathiou (contact person for new PhDs) - Evangelia.Efstathiou@uib.no
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New faces
A warm welcome to new members of the Bjerknes community!
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Iris Thurnherr from Switzerland is a new scientist at the Geophysical institute. Her field is stable water isotopes, atmospheric dynamics and field and model studies. She will be affiliated with the Polar research theme at the Bjerknes Centre.
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Edson Silva from Brazil has started in a PhD position at NERSC. He has a Msc. in Remote Sensing and his field is Oceanography and Remote Sensing. He is a new affiliate to the Carbon research theme.
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New publications
Gya, R, Bjune, AE. Taking practical learning in STEM education home: Examples from do‐it‐yourself experiments in plant biology. Ecol vol. 2021; 00: 1– 7. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7207
Seddon, A.W.R. Special feature: measuring components of ecological resilience in long-term ecological datasets, 2021. Biology Letters 17: 20200881. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0881
Mooney, P.A.,Sobolowski, S.& Lee, H..(2020) Designing and evaluating regional climate simulations for high latitude land use land cover change studies, Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 72:1, 1-17, DOI: 10.1080/16000870.2020.1853437
Mooney, P.A., Lee, H., & Sobolowski, S. (2020). Impact of quasi‐idealized future land cover scenarios at high latitudes in complex terrain. Earth's Future, 8, e2020EF001838. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001838
Send us information about new publications: publications@bjerknes.uib.no
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Contribute to the Bjerknes Times!
Bjerknes Times is our internal bi-weekly newsletter. Send an email for all registering of lectures, publications, meetings, and other tips to post@bjerknes.uib.no
Join the Bjerknes Outreach Group!
Would you like to be involved in outreach activities? Join the Bjerknes outreach group, and you’ll get the opportunity to discuss your ideas with other enthusiastic outreachers. Whether you have plans for big or small projects, large or small audiences, traditional or innovative formats – or so far no specific plans at all – you’re very welcome.
Please, send an e-mail to gudrun.sylte@uib.no or ellen.viste@uib.no if you would like to have more information about the group.
BCCR on Flickr for photo sharing
We have many good photographers here at the Bjerknes Centre.We have a Flickr account for sharing good photos and possibly also illustrations. This can be useful when you need an illustrative photo. Check out our photostream
Send an e-mail to gudrun.sylte@uib.no or ellen.viste@uib.no if you would like to contribute.
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Setting course for the future
