- EksternYaw Opoku Agyei-Mensah
- ForskerAasim Ali
- EksternThea Tøien Bakken
- Scientist (PhD)Michael Bank
- ForskerMiguel Bao-Dominguez
- ScientistAndré Marcel Bienfait
- ForskerStepan Boitsov
- StipendiatAre Sæle Bruvold
- Forsker (PhD)Arne Duinker
- Scientist (PhD)Sylvia Frantzen
- Scientist (PhD)Lucilla Giulietti
- PostdoktorDidrik Hjertaker Grevskott
- EksternAnders Grødem
- ForskerBjørn Einar Grøsvik
- EksternAmalie Von Barner Tvedegaard Heim
- ForskerHilde Elise Heldal
- Chief EngineerHelge Hove
- StipendiatFredrik Håkonsholm
- Head of ResearchMarian Kjellevold
- EksternAndré Coetzee Kjærvik
- Scientist (PhD)Tanja Kögel
- Senior ScientistArne Levsen
- Senior ScientistBjørn Tore Lunestad
- Bistilling Professor IIMette Myrmel
- Senior ScientistAmund Måge
- Scientist (PhD)Bente Nilsen
- EksternThomas Tandrevold Næsheim
- EksternKaja Meek Olsen
- ForskerVera Radisic
- EksternAlice Refosco
- EksternThomas Skjerping
- StipendiatSarah Stoppel
- ForskerJulia Storesund
- ForskerCecilie Smith Svanevik
- EksternBenuarda Toto
- Scientist (PhD)Stig Valdersnes
- PhD-StudentMartin Wiech
- EksternSigurd Øyan
Seafood hazards
We map and survey contaminants in seafood including occurrence and effects of pollution along the Norwegian coast and ocean areas. Method development and surveillance of micro- and nano-plastic including nanoparticles is a priority area in the group. Our group is also investigating food security in a global context with participation in several international projects. Our monitoring and research provide a basis for advising the authorities, various industries and the general public on safe seafood, food security and environmental state related to activities along the Norwegian coast and ocean areas.
Our team has expertise in marine ecology, microbiology, nutrition, bioinformatics, ecotoxicology, environmental chemistry, analytical chemistry and parasitology and below are some examples of our research activities:
- Spatial and temporal surveillance of contaminants, parasites and marine bacteria
- Effects of discharges from the petroleum industry and radioactive pollution in Norwegian coastal and ocean areas
- Mapping and surveillance of contaminants in the ocean, sediment and biota.
- Documentation of antibiotic resistance in the ocean
- Investigating new marine resources such as seaweed and kelp, pacific oysters and mesopelagic species
- Research on how contaminants in the marine environment affects microbial ecology
- Global food security
- Surveillance of microplastic in the marine environment, biota and seafood
- In collaboration with our laboratories, method development of both known and emerging contaminants in seafood and the marine environment
(Former name of the group: Contaminants and biohazards)
Published: 27.10.2020