Christian Irgens disputerer mandag 27. august 2018 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen "Otolith structure as indicator of key life history events in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)".

Martin Wiech disputerer 23.05.18 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen Cadmium in Brown Crab Cancer pagurus in Norwegian Waters.

Sigrid Lind disputerer 9. mai 2018 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen «The northern Barents Sea during 1970–2016: From seabed to surface in the Arctic warming hotspot».

Florian Berg disputerer for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen fredag 4. mai med avhandlingen: “Population structure and dynamics of Atlantic herring - A case study of herring inhabiting marginal habitats in Landvikvannet and its vicinity”.

Melanie Underwood disputerer tirsdag 10. april 2018 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen "Understanding interactions between fish and trawl gear in order to improve catching efficiency and scientific sampling, with focus on methodological challenges".

Anne-Catrin Adam disputerer onsdag 14. mars 2018 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlingen: «Investigating the metabolic, transcriptomic and DNA methylation signatures of high dietary arachidonic acid in zebrafish – Epigenetic and transcriptional effects in the next generation»

Kristin Røen Fauske disputerer fredag 26. oktober 2018 for ph.d.-graden ved Universitetet i Bergen med avhandlinga: «Nutritional properties of protein sources on diet-induced obesity, hepatic lipid accumulation, and fatty acid composition in mice».