Completed PhDs

November 2023

Federico Lanza completed his PhD on November 3rd, 2023, as a joint international PhD degree between the Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques (LPTMS), CNRS at University Paris-Saclay in France and the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU, Norway

Thesis title: Optimal path for the flow of yield stress fluids

Her supervisors were Alberto Rosso, Alex Hansen and Laurent Talon


October 2023

Hursanay Fyhn completed her PhD on October 27th, 2023, at the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU

Thesis title: Dynamic pore network study of immiscible two-phase flow in porous media

Her supervisors were Alex Hansen and Knut Jørgen Måløy


October 2023

Astrid Fagertun Gunnarshaug completed her PhD on October 19th, 2023, at the Department of Chemistry, PoreLab, NTNU

Thesis title: Thermoelectric Phenomena in Lithium Ion Batteries and Thermogalvanic Cells

Her supervisors were Signe Kjelstrup and Odne Stokke Burheim


October 2022

Davood Dadrasajirlou completed his PhD on October 31st, 2022, at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, PoreLab, NTNU

Thesis title: Hyper-Viscoplastic Modelling of Clay Behaviour

His supervisors were Gustav Grimstad and Seyed Ali Ghoreishian Amiri


October 2022

Michael Tobias Rauter completed his PhD on October 5th, 2022 from the Department of Chemistry, PoreLab, NTNU

Thesis title: Fluid transport through nanoporous madia in the presence of phase transitions

His supervisors were Signe Kjelstrup, Sondre K. Schnell and Øivind Wilhelmsen


September 2022

Vilde Bråten completed her PhD on September 30th, 2022, at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, PoreLab, NTNU

Thesis title: Fundamental Aspects of Thermodynamics of Small Systems Investigated Through Molecular Simulations and Theoretical Descriptions

Her supervisors were Sondre K. Schnell and Øivind Wilhelmsen


May 2022

Olav Galteland completed his PhD on May 10th, 2022 at the Department of Chemistry, NTNU, Norway

Thesis title: Nanothermodynamics and Molecular Simulations of Fluids in Porous Media

His supervisors were Signe Kjelstrup, Bjørn Hafskjold and Dick Bedeaux


March 2022

Robin Sam Vacher completed his PhD on March 30th, 2022 from the Department of mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NTNU, Norway

Thesis title: Nanoscale trobological simulations of a semi-crystalline polymer

His supervisors were Astrid de Wijn and Sergio Armada Nieto


December 2021

Seunghan Song completed his PhD on December 9th, 2021 from the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU, Norway

Thesis title: Thermal Processing of semiconductor alloy core glass fibers

His supervisors were Ursula Gibson, Alex Hansen and Signe Kjelstrup


November 2021

Louison Thorens completed his PhD on November 17th, 2021, as a joint degree PhD between the Department of Physics, PoreLab, University of Oslo, Norway and the Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France

Thesis title: Unstable drainage of frictional fluids and magnetic control of the mechanical behaviour of confined granular media

His supervisors were Knut Jørgen Måløy, Eirik Grude Flekkøy, Mickaël Bourgoin and Stéphane Santucci


October 2021

Chuangxin Lyu completed his PhD on October 19th, 2021 from the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, PoreLab, NTNU.

Thesis title: Mechanical behavior of frozen saline clay: laboratory, field and numerical investigation

His supervisors were Gustav Grimstad and Seyed Ali Ghoreishian Amiri


June 2021

Eivind Bering completed his PhD on June 4th, 2021 at the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU

Thesis title: Stretching, breaking, and dissolution of polymeric nanofibres by computer experiments

His supervisors were Alex Hansen and Astrid de Wijn


April 2021

Fredrik Kristoffer Mürer completed his PhD on April 9th, 2021 from the department of Physics, NTNU

Thesis title: Diffractive X-ray Tomography of Oriented Mineralized Structures in Hierarchical Materials

His supervisors were Dag Werner Breiby, Magnus Borstad Lilledahl and Kristin Olstad


February 2021

Marco Sauermoser completed his PhD on February 19th, 2021 from the department of Chemistry, PoreLab, NTNU, Norway

Thesis title: Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and nature-inspired chemical engineering applied to PEM fuel cells

His supervisors were Signe Kjelstrup and Bruno G. Pollet


January 2021

Kristian Stølevik Olsen completed his PhD on January 29th, 2021 from the Department of Physics, PoreLab, UiO, Norway

Thesis title: Active and passive Brownian particles in complex environments

His supervisors were Eirik Grude Flekkøy and Knut Jørgen Måløy


November 2020

Magnus Aashammer Gjennestad completed his PhD on November 24th, 2020 at the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU

Thesis title: Modelling of two-phase equilibrium, stability nd steady-state flow in porous media

His supervisors were Alex Hansen, Signe Kjelstrup and Øivind Wilhelmsen


May 2020

Alberto Luis Bila completed his PhD on May 20th, 2020, at the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, PoreLab, NTNU

Thesis title: Experimental Investigation of Surface-Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles for Enhanced Oil Recovery

His supervisors were Ole Torsæter and Jan Åge Stensen


March 2020

Ailo Aasen completed his PhD on March 27th, 2020 from the Department of Energy and Process Engineering, PoreLab NTNU

Thesis title: Bulk and Interfacial Thermodynamics of Mixtures: From Aqueous Systems to Ultracryogenic Fluids

His supervisors were Øivind Wilhelmsen and Morten Hammer


December 2019

Jonas Tøgersen Kjellstadli completed his PhD on December 17th, 2019 from the Department of Physics, PoreLab, NTNU

Thesis title: Local Versus Equal Load Sharing in the Fiber Bundle Model

His supervisors were Alex Hansen and Asle Sudbø


December 2019

Monem Ayaz completed his PhD on December 16th, 2019 as a joint Phd degree between the Department of Physics, PoreLab UiO and the Department of Physics and Engineering at the University of Strasbourg, France.

Thesis title: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Cluster Morphologies and Dynamic During Biphasic Flow in Porous Media

His supervisors were Renaud Toussaint, Gerhard Schafer and Knut Jørgen Måløy


December 2019

Bahador Najafiazar completed his PhD on December 13th, 2019 from the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, PoreLab, NTNU

Thesis title: HyGreGel: A New Class of Gel Systems for Water Diversion by In-depth Reservoir Placement

His supervisors were Ole Torsæter, Torleif Holt and Jan Åge Stensen


December 2019

Reidun Cecilie Grønfur Aadland completed her PhD on December 5th, 2019 from the Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, PoreLab NTNU

Thesis title: Experimental Study of Flow of Nanocellulose in Porous Media for Enhanced Oil Recovery Application

Her supervisors were Ole Torsæter and Kristin Syverud


June 2019

Le Xu completed his PhD on June 21st, 2019 from the department of Physics, PoreLab UiO, Norway

Thesis title: Experimental Observations of Dissolution in Fractures in Circular Geometry

His supervisors were Knut Jørgen Måløy and Eirik Grude Flekkøy