Jørgen Berge
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Publications outside Cristin
Vox videos (3x) from the Polar Night cruise in 2018:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msD4agiRTxM&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQliow4ghtU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3h4Xt9No9o
Video from the April cruise (combined Arctic SIZE and Arctic PRIZE projects):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHZvg_zTX00&feature=youtu.be
NRK programme "Schrødingers Katt" 25 March 2010 on underwater robotics and life in the Polar Night (starting at 09:10 - http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/628322/)
Research interests
Arctic marine biology, polar night, zooplankton, organisms associated with the Arctic sea ice, effects of climate change
CV
Curriculum vitae Jørgen Berge + 10-year track record
Personal information
First name, Surname: Jørgen Berge
Date of birth: 04 Nov 1970
Sex: Male
Nationality: Norwegian
Education
Year Faculty/department - University/institution - Country
2000. PhD (Dr. philos), UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
1996. MSc (Cand. scient), UiT The Arctic University of Norway , Tromsø, Norway
Positions - current and previous
Year Job title – Employer - Country
2021 - Dean Faculty of Bioscience, Fisheries and Economy
2018-2021 Professor and Vice Dean (Research) Faculty of Bioscience, Fisheries and Economy, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2018-2023 Adjunct Professor, Centre of Excellence AMOS, NTNU, Norway
2013-2021 Adjunct Professor, University Centre in Svalbard, Norway
2012-2017 Professor in marine biology, UiT
2008-2012 Professor in marine biology, University Centre in Svalbard, Norway
2003-2008 Associate Professor, University Centre in Svalbard, Norway
2001-2003 Postdoctoral fellow, UiT, Norway
Project management experience (only project lead listed)
Year Project owner - Project - Role - Funder
2003-2020 Project lead of 13 finished projects funded by NFR and/or private industry with a total budget of more than 170M NOK.
2020- PI Deep Impact – Artificial light in the Arctic, 12 M NOK from NFR (2020-2024)
2016- PI Arctic ABC Development, National infrastructure programme, 20M NOK funded by NFR (2016-2025)
Supervision of students (Total number of students)
Master's students: 20
Ph.D students: 8
10-year track record (2011-2021) – Jørgen Berge
International peer reviewed journal publications: 163
Book chapters (books edited): 6 (1)
International plenary/invited keynote lectures: >25
H-index (Hirsch index): 42*
I10-index: 124*
Total number of citations: 6803*
* Google Scholar, 2022-08-30.
Berge has developed a large and strong national and international network. Nationally, this is most evident by being the leader of the ARCTOS research network (www.arctos.uit.no) since 2012. Internationally, Berge is a member of the leader group of the Arctic Science Partnerships programme (www.asp-net.org), a network that now include key Arctic institutions from Canada, Greenland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany. Individual collaborators include Professor Geir Johnsen (NTNU, Norway – bio-optics and eco-physiology in relation to primary production, 19 co-authorships), Professor Finlo Cottier (SAMS, UK – physical oceanography, 17 co-authorships), Professor Asgeir Sørensen (Director CoE AMOS, Norway – cybernetics, autonomous platforms, 4 co-authorships), Professor Paul Renaud (APN, Norway – ecosystem structure and benthic coupling processes, 15 co-authorships), Professor John Cohen (UDel, USA – bio-optics and ecophysiology related to detection of light, 5 co-authorships), Professor Stig Falk-Petersen (APN, Norway – trophic interactions, pelagic ecosystems, 23 co-authorships), Dr Maxime Geoffroy (St. Johns, Canada – bio-acoustics, 7 co-authorships). For a full overview of national and international partners see www.mare-incognitum.no
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
Berge was awarded the Fram Centre and UiT prizes for excellence in science communication in 2015 and 2016, respectively, much due to the Polar Night exhibition (https://uit.no/ressurs/uit/mediebok/polarnight/) that has been on display in both Norway (Polarmuseet Tromsø, Svalbard Museum Longyearbyen), Russia, Canada and in the US (full scale in Anchorage, Alaska, reduced display in Washington and Boston). Berge also has an outstanding record from communication in national and international media (newspapers, TV, radio, and magazines, see outreach summary on www.mare-incognitum.no).
10 MOST INFLUENTIAL[1] PUBLICATIONS (chronological)
(Number of citations from Google scholar, 30 Aug 2022)
1. Berge J. Geoffroy M., Daase M. Et al. (2020) Artificial light during the polar night disrupts Arctic fish and zooplankton behaviour down to 200m depth. Communications Biology 3(1):1-8. Google citations: 30. Lead author and driving force behind the experiments.
2. Berge J, Johnsen G., Cohen J (Eds). POLAR NIGHT Marine Ecology: Life and light in the dead of night. Springer Nature. Advances in Polar Ecology vol(4): 375 pages. Google citations: 14. The book is based on >10 years of research that have been initiated and organized by Berge.
3. Ludvigsen, M., Berge, J., Geoffroy, M., Cohen et al. (2018). Use of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle reveals small-scale diel vertical migrations of zooplankton and susceptibility to light pollution under low solar irradiance. Science Advances Vol 4:1. Google citations: 66. One of three main authors (first three) responsible for the planning, execution of field experiments and data analyses.
4. Last K, Hobbs L, Berge J, Brierley A, Cottier F (2016) Moonlight drives ocean scale mass vertical migration of zooplankton during the Arctic winter. Current Biology 26 (2):244-251. Google citations: 140. Planned the field experiments with the first author, coordinated data collection.
5. Berge J, Daase M, Renaud PE, Ambrose WG, Darnis G. et al. (2015) Unexpected levels of biological activity during the polar night offers new perspectives on a warming Arctic. Current Biology 25:1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.024. Google citations: 147. Initiated, planned and driving force behind the multi-disciplinary campaigns at the base of this publication.
6. Berge J, Cottier F, Darnis G, Falk-Petersen S, Gabrielsen T et al (2015) In the dark: a review of ecosystem processes during the Arctic polar night. Progress in Oceanography http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.08.005. Google citations: 188. Planned and organized the work leading up to the paper, coordinated the writing.
7. Ware C, Berge J, Sundet JH, Kirkpatrick JB, Coutts ADM, Jelmert AJ, Alsos IG (2014). Climate change, non-indigenous species, and shipping: assessing the risk of species introduction to a high-Arctic archipelago. Diversity and Distributions 20 (1): 10-19. Google citations: 98. Supervising student (Ware).
8. Berge J, Varpe Ø, Moline MA, Wold A, Renaud PE, Daase M, Falk-Petersen S. (2012) Retention of ice-associated amphipods: possible consequences for an ice-free Arctic Ocean. Biology Letters doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0517. Google citations: 40. Driving force behind the work from planning to analysing and writing.
9. Søreide JE, Leu E, Berge J, Graeve M, Falk-Petersen S (2010) Timing of blooms, algal food quality and Calanus glacialis reproduction and growth in a changing Arctic. Global Change Biology. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02175.x. Google citations: 538. Project leader of the project that funded the research.
10. Berge J, Cottier F, Last KS, Varpe Ø, Leu E. et al. (2009). Diel vertical migration of Arctic zooplankton during the polar night. Biology Letters 5(1): 69-72, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.048. Google citations: 200. The first three authors jointly planned, executed and analysed all data.
Berge has had an increasingly high scientific production during his career, with an average of more than 11 papers each year since 2010. According to Web of Science Berge is the fifth highest ranking researcher in the world based on number of scientific articles with “Arctic” as the keyword during the last 10 years. During this period his main research activity and most important publications have been centered around biological processes during the Arctic polar night and winter. Since much of this work represents pioneering achievements in a new branch of marine biological science, citation rate and impact of these papers are likely to increase substantially in the years to come.
Expeditions and field experience
Berge has headed 2-3 research expeditions in the Arctic each year since 2003. This includes serving as PI on annual teaching/research expeditions with the RV Helmer Hanssen each autumn (UNIS courses AB202, 320 and 321) and since 2010 annual Polar Night land- or ship-based research expeditions. Berge has also lead extensive land-based campaigns, most notably the expeditions to Rijpfjorden (5x2 weeks) as part of the International Polar Year 2007-2008, and numerous smaller expeditions in and around Svalbard. Participated on a research expedition to the Antarctic on RV Polarstern in 2002.
Organization of conferences
2022 Head of the local organizing committee for Arctic Science Summit Week
2017 Member of the science committee, Arctic Change Quebec, Canada
2015 Polar Science week, Oban (UK) May 2015
2014 Head of the Polar night science session of at Arctic Change in Ottawa
2013 Permanent member of the board of Arctic Frontiers since 2013
2012 Head of the science committee at Arctic Frontiers 2012
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2018 - Fellow of Academia Borealis Northern-Norway’s Academy of Science and Letters
2016 UiT The Arctic University of Norway award for excellence in science communication
2015 The Fram Centre award for excellence in science communication
2008 - Fellow of the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, Norway
2001 - 2003 Personal postdoc scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council, Norway
1997 – 2000 Personal PhD scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council
[1] “influential” not necessarily in terms of number of citations, but also in terms of expected impact in the future