Student supervision

I regularly supervise students e.g. for Bachelor or Master thesis projects. Below you can find a list of past students and their projects, as well as a list of potential projects for future students. If you are interested in one of them, or have your own idea you'd like to explore, get in touch!

Available thesis projects:

• long-term mooring data from north of Svalbard - coherence between hydrographic time series across the Atlantic Water inflow. For an idea about the region and the mooring array, check out Renner et al., 2018 and Lundesgaard et al., 2021.

• connection between circulation and Antarctic krill distribution from short-term moorings in Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula

• modelling physical drivers of krill distribution around the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica

Current students:

• Anna Hollænder, DTU, MSc student, expected graduation Jun 2024

• Julie Sortland, UiT, MSc student, expected graduation Dec 2023 (main supervisor, co-supervisors Dr Polona Itkin, UiT, and Dr Jofrid Skarðhamar, IMR)

• Elena Bjørndalen, UiT, MSc student, expected graduation Jun 2023 (co-supervisor, main supervisor Dr Jofrid Skarðhamar, IMR)

Past students:

• Jens Bjørnstad, UiT BSc thesis advisor, completed May 2022.

thesis: Influence of the Gulf Stream and AMOC on Norway and its fjords

• Cléa Pavillon and Clément Bensimon, SeaTech Toulon, Master in Marine Engineering, 3-month work placement, Sep-Dec 2021.

• Menno Blom, University Centre of the Westfjords/IMR, Master of Resource Management, awarded May 2021 (main supervisor, co-supervisor Dr Katherine Dunlop, IMR)

thesis: Drivers of seasonal and diurnal particulate material load patterns in northern Norwegian fjords: Using ADCP backscatter to contribute to improvement of baseline knowledge and management

• Anna Hollænder, DTU Technical University of Denmark, BSc in Environmental Engineering, thesis completed Jan 2021

thesis: Upper ocean variability around the South Orkney Plateau, Antarctica, driven by large-scale climate patterns

• Daniel Fernández-Román, UiT, MSc student, awarded Jul 2020 (main supervisor, co-supervisor Dr Ingrid Wiedmann, UiT)

thesis: Interannual variability (2014-2019) of hydrography, fluorescence and nutrient distribution in Vestfjorden, Lofoten

• Lucie Goraguer, UiT, MSc student, awarded Jul 2020 (co-supervisor with Dr Ingrid Wiedmann, UiT)

thesis: Sympagic-pelagic coupling and vertical export in two seasonally ice-covered fjords

• Alexandra Stocker, University Centre of the Westfjords/IMR/UiT, Master of Resource Management awarded Oct 2019 (main supervisor, co-supervisor Dr Maaike Knol, UiT)

thesis: Sea Ice Variability: Implications for the Development of Maritime Activities around Svalbard

• Jade Midoli Goto, Aix-Marseille University, MSc student, graduated Jun 2019

Master internship report: Investigation of biological and physical drivers influencing distribution of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) around the South Orkney Islands

• Johanna Petersen, UiT, BSc thesis advisor, completed Dec 2018

thesis: CTD in Kaldfjorden

• Emily-Zoe Walker, University Centre of the Westfjords/UiT, Master of Resource Management awarded May 2018 (co-supervisor with Dr Ingrid Wiedmann, UiT)

thesis: Pelagic-Benthic Coupling in a Northern Norwegian Fjord Over Winter: Considering Seasonality in High-Latitude Aquaculture