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Marine and maritime research is one out of six strategic areas of research within NTNU. These thematic areas have been established in an effort to strengthen the cross-disciplinary research between relevant faculties and departments.
A wide range of research groups are involved in the Marine Strategic Area (NTNU Marine Coastal Development, see list, right), representing six of the seven faculties at NTNU. The multidisciplinary research activity within NTNU Marine Coastal Development is organised into the following three scientific domains:

Ocean Space Research – Methodological and technological development for research on living and non-living resources

This domain includes marine research with a major focus on methodological and technological systems for research on utilisation and conservation of marine living and non-living resources. Research topics cover technological, scientific and societal aspects, and there is a main focus of developing new instrumentation and systems and to use these widely for scientific purposes in many disciplines.

Fisheries and Aquaculture – Science, engineering and societal research

The domain involves aquaculture and fisheries research, including harvesting of non-fish marine biomass. Aquaculture has a main focus on marine aquaculture, in particular engineering aspects of different production systems, the sustainability of those production systems, and the fundamental natural scientific and engineering disciplines of aquaculture engineering. Fisheries research has a main focus on fishing technology and sustainable fisheries with a broad societal perspective.

Marine Resource Processing – Sustainable Marine Resource Processing and Technology

The domain includes important downstream aspects of marine resources, including fish, other animals, macroalgae and genetic marine resources. Important issues are raw materials and their quality and treatments, process engineering, energy chain studies, including super-cooling and super-freezing, marine biotechnology, advanced industrial applications of biopolymers and other products, seafood design issues, and management of sea food value chain.
NTNU offers an international Master of Science in Marine Coastal Development, which is a two-year international, multidisciplinary programme.

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PhD Defense Overview

Defense	Author	Department	Title
2009	Ms. Sigrid Hakvåg	Biotechnology	Antibiotic-producing bacteria from the surface microlayer in the Trondheim fjord, Norway (Link will be filled in when available)
2009	Ms. Ida Aursand Grong	Biotechnology	Low-field NMR and MRI studies of fish muscle.
2009	Ms. Heidi Moe	Konstr. Teknikk	Strength Analysis of Net Structures
2008	Ms. Line Elisabeth Sundt-Hansen	Biology	Cost of rapid growth in salmonid fishes
2008	Mr. Trond Moxness Kortner	Biology	The role of androgens on previtellogenic oocyte growth in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): Identification and patterns of differentially expressed genes in relation to stereological evaluations.
2008	Ms. Chai Qian	Engineering Cybernetics	Modelling, estimation and control of biological wastewater treatment plants.
2008	Mr. Geir Solgaard	Biotechnology	Calanus finmarchius as a potential basic feed ingredient
2008	Ms. Anita Nordeng Jakobsen	Biotechnology	Compatible solutes and docosahexaenoic acid accumulation of thraustochytrids of the Aurantiochytrium group.
2008	Ms. Anne Sissel Duun	Biotechnology	Superchilling of muscle food – Storagestability and quality aspects of salmon (Salmo salar), cod (Gadus morhua) and pork.
2008	Mr. Morten Stickler	Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering	Anchor ice formation and habitat choice of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr in steep streams
2008	Mr. John Refsnes	Marine Technology	Nonlinear model-based control of slender body AUVs
2007	Ms. Anne Skjetne Mortensen	Biology	Toxicogenomics of aryl hydrocarbon- and estrogen receptor interactions in fish: mechanisms and profiling of gene expression patterns in chemical mixture exposure scenarios.
2007	Mr. Per-Arvid Wold	Biology	Functional development and reponse to dietary treatment in larval Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) Focus on formulated diets and early weaning.
2007	Mr. Kasper Hancke	Biology	Photosynthetic responses as a function of light and temperature: Field and laboratory studies on marine microalgae.
2007	Mr. Morten Alver	Engineering Cybernetics	Modelling, instrumentation and control in marine larviculture.
2007	Mr. Nadav Skjøndal-Bar	Engineering Cybernetics	A dynamic model of fish growth.
2007	Mr. Misimi Ekrem	Engineering Cybernetics	Computer vision for quality grading in fish processing.
2007	Ms. Revilija Mozuraityte	Biotechnology	Oxidation of marine phospholipids in liposomes.
2007	Mr. Herman Helness	Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering	Biological Phosphorus Removal in a Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor
2007	Mr. Jon Olaf Olaussen	Economics	On the Economics of an Atlantic Salmon Recreational Fishery
2007	Mr. Ruben Patel	Electronics and Telecommunication	Surveillance of Marine Resources by use of Stationary Platforms and Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUVS)
2007	Ms. Ingrid Bouwer Utne	Productions and Quality Engineering	Sustainable Fishing Fleet; a Systems Engineering Approach
2007	Ms. Astrid Svee	Electronics and Telecommunications	Development and Testing of an Acoustic Plankton Recorder
2006	Mr. P. Andreas Svensson	Biology	Female coloration, egg carotenoids and reproductive success: gobies as a model system.
2006	Mr. Anders J. Fjellheim	Biology	Selection and administration of probiotic bacteria to marine fish larvae.
2006	Ms. Anna Maria Billing	Biology	Reproductive decisions in the sex role reversed pipefish Syngnathus typhle: when and how to invest in reproduction.
2006	Mr. Nils Egil Tokle	Biology	Are the ubiquitous marine copepods limited by food or predation? Experimental and field-based studies with main focus on Calanus finmarchius.
2006	Ms. Kari Mette Muruvoll	Biology	Levels and effects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in seabirds. Retinoids and α-tocopherol – potential biomarkers of POPs in birds?
2006	Ms. Eva Falch	Biotechnology	Lipids from residual fish raw materials. Quality assesment by advanced analytical methods.
2006	Mr. Karl Johan Reite	Marine Technology	Modeling and Control of Trawl Systems
2006	Trond Rørvik Størseth	Chemistry	Chrysolaminarans from marine diatoms - Structural characterization and potential as immunostimulants
2005	Mr. Kjartan Østbye	Biology	The European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus (L.) species complex: historical contingency and adaptive radiation.
2005	Mr. Anders Gravbrøt Finstad	Biology	Salmonid fishes in a changing climate: The winter challenge.
2005	Mr. Lasse Mork Olsen	Biology	Interactions between marne osmo- and phagotrophs in different physiochemichal environments.
2005	Mr. Eugen Gravningen Sørmo	Biology	Organochlorine pollutants in grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pups and their impact on plasma thyrid hormone and vitamin A concentrations.
2005	Ms. Siri Lise Søvik	Biotechnology	Characterization of enzymatic activities in by-products from cod species.
2005	Ms. Matilde Skogen Chauton	Biotechnology	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy of marine microalgae: Metabolic profiling and species discrimination from High-Resolution Magic Angle Spinning NMR analysis of whole-cell samples
2005	Ms. Sylvi Gaut	Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering	Factors Influencing Microbiological Quality of Groundwater from Potable Water Supply Wells in Norwegian Crystalline Bedrock Aquifers
2005	Mr. Arne Fredheim	Marine Technology	Current Forces on Net Structure
2004	Ms. Rasa Slizyte	Biotechnology	Hydrolysis of cod (Gadus morhua).
2004	Mr. Emmanuel Joshua Gereta	Biology	The importance of Water Quality and Quantity in the Tropical Ecosystems, Tanzania
2004 (2003)	Ms. Lisbeth Hultmann	Biotechnology	Endogenous proteolytic enzymes – Studies of their impact on fish muscle proteins and texture.
2003	Mr. Eldar Åsgard Bendiksen	Biology	Environmental effects on lipid nutrition of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr and smolt.
2003	Ms. Åsa Alexandra Borg	Biology	Sex roles and reproductive behaviour in gobies and guppies: a female perspective.
2003	Mr. Per Magne Walde	Energy and Process Engineering	Transport phenomena in dehydration of fish muscle
2003	Ms. Ingvild J. Haug	Biotechnology	Fish gelatin from cold water fish species. Physical and rheological characterisation of fishgelatin and mixtures of fish gelatin and kappacarrageenan.
2002	Mr. Espen Granum	Biotechnology	Metabolism and function of b-1,3-glucan in marine diatoms.
2002	Mr. Kjetil Rasmussen	Biotechnology	Marine biofouling – microbial adhesion to non-solid gel surfaces.
2002	Mr. Arnor Jensen	Structural Engineering	Evaluation of concepts for loading of hydrocarbons in ice-infested waters
2001	Mr. Jan Ove Evjemo	Biology	Production and nutritional adaptation of the brine shrimp Artemia sp. as live food organism for larvae of marine cold water fish species.
2000	Mr. Sigurd Einum	Biology	Maternal effects in fish: Implications for the evolution of breeding time and egg size.
2000	Mr. Odd A. Gulseth	Biology	Seawater tolerance, migratory behaviour and growth of Charr (Salvelinus alpinus) with emphasis on the high Arctic Dieset charr on Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
2000	Mr. Pavlos Makridis	Biology	Methods for the microbial control of live food used for the rearing of marine fish larvae.
2000	Ms. Ingrid Salvesen	Biology	Microbial ecology in early stages of marine fish: Develpoment and evaluation of methods for microbial management in intensive larviculture.
2000	Mr. Jo Arve Alfredsen	Engineering Cybernetics	Effects of conditioning on free-ranging fish: A theoretical and experimental study.
2000	Mr. Svein Jarle Horn	Biotechnology	Bioenergy from brown seaweeds.

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Ocean Space Research – Methodological and technological development for research on living and non-living resources

Fisheries and Aquaculture – Science, engineering and societal research

Marine Resource Processing – Sustainable Marine Resource Processing and Technology

PhD Defense Overview