Background
Dr. philos. 1978
Cand. real. 1970
Director Natural History Museum (Aug.1999- April 2009)
Professor in Petroleum Geology, Norwegian University for Science and Technology
Manager Geological Research, Norsk Hydro ASA
Associate Professor in Sedimentology; later in Environmental Geotechnology/Geotechnics University of Oslo
Reservoir Geologist, Saga Petroleum ASA
Special fields
Geology, mineralogy and geochemistry
Resource geology
Research fields:
Fine grained sediments, clay/shale (quick clays, swelling minerals)
Environmental geology, pollution studies
Weathering, palaeoclimate
Petroleum geology, diagenesis