Master students
If you are interested in one of the topics the group is studying, you are welcome to contact us. Here are the Master students currently working with or is associated with the group, graduated students further down:
| Name | Project title/Topic | Supervisor |
| Malou Platou Johansen | Fish communities in NE Greenland | Arve Lynghammar |
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Charlotte Amannt |
Population genetics of spinytail skate Bathyraja spinicauda |
Arve Lynghammar, co-supervisor Claudia Junge (IMR) |
Graduated Master Students
| Name | Year | Project title/Topic | Supervisor(s) |
| MSc. Nora Brække | 2023 | Whole genome sequencing reveals development of structured salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis Krøyer, 1838) populations among aquaculture net pens through production | Kim Præbel, co-supervisor Roy Dalmo |
| MSc. Joan Espígol Sotelo | 2022 | Global population genomic structure and demographics of humpback whales | Kim Præbel |
| MSc. Francisco Mascareño Suárez | 2022 | Identifying the genetic population structure knowledge gaps hindering an improved management of the spurdog (Squalus acanthias) stock in the Northeast Atlantic: a systematic review | Arve Lynghammar, Claudia Junge (IMR) |
| MSc. Juni Bjørneset | 2022 | Effects of environmental pollutants in killer whales cells in vitro |
Roy Dalmo, Heli Routti (NP) and Pierre Blévin (Akvaplan-NIVA) |
| MSc. Iselin Charlotte Weel Walther | 2022 | Genetic diversity and differentiation of velvet belly lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax) in the Northeast Atlantic | Arve Lynghammar, co-supervisor Claudia Junge (IMR) |
| MSc. Ingvill Tuhus Lunde | 2022 | Evaluation of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) as a natural sampler of environmental DNA and pathogens in aquaculture | Kim Præbel, co-supervisors Marta Turon and Owen Wangensteen |
| MSc. Jacob Christensen | 2022 | Phylogeny of Somniosus sleeper sharks: insights from newly sequenced mitochondrial genomes | Kim Præbel, co-supervisor Arve Lynghammar |
| MSc. Ingvild Ytterhus Utengen | 2022 | Working title: Characterizing searching behavior seen in Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) during feeding on overwintering herring at the Norwegian coast. | Audun Rikardsen, co-supervisors Emma Vogel, Meghan Van Ruiten (both UiT) and Martin Biuw (IMR) |
| MSc. Stine Skalmerud | 2022 | Working title: Diving and movement behavior of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) during foraging in the Barents Sea | Audun Rikardsen, co-supervisors Emma Vogel, Meghan Van Ruiten (both UiT) and Martin Biuw (IMR) |
| MSc. Stian Karlsen Kleiven | 2022 | Unexpected feeding behaviour inferred by DNA metabarcoding of Barents Sea skates | Arve Lynghammar, co-supervisors Owen Wangensteen, Claudia Junge (IMR) |
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MSc. Almudena Álvarez Fernández |
2021 | Presence and relative abundance of humpback whales, killer whales and potential prey items, in northern Norway as inferred from the analysis of environmental DNA from seawater samples | Kim Præbel, co-supervisors Owen Wangensteen and Julie Bitz-Thorsen |
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MSc. Meghan Van Ruiten |
2021 | A new look at whale behavior: identifying multiple spatial movement patterns of Norwegian killer whales | Audun Rikardsen, co-supervisors Emma Vogel and Martin Biuw (IMR) |
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MSc. Elmedina Husanovic |
2021 |
Assessing the effects of salmon aquaculture on fungal diversity in seawater and sediments through eDNA metabarcoding |
Marta Turon/Kim Præbel, co-supervisors Teppo Räma |
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MSc. Emilie Østby Granviken |
2021 |
Genomic characterization and insights of local adaptation in Norwegian juvenile lumpfish populations |
Kim Præbel, co-supervisor Mathilde Horaud |
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MSc. Griffin Hill |
2021 |
Transciptomic basis for differentiation of fjord and offshore Boreogadus saida (Polar cod) populations |
Kim Præbel, co-supervisor Filipe Figueiredo |
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MSc. Rebeca López Climent |
2021 |
Distribution, reproductive ecology, and colouration of the Arctic skate Amblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879) in the North Atlantic Ocean |
Arve Lynghammar |
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MSc. Ingrid M. Bruvold |
2021 |
Morphological variation in the redfish (Sebastes spp.) complex in Norwegian waters |
Arve Lynghammar, co-supervisors Torild Johansen (IMR) & Hannes Höffle (IMR) |
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MSc. Gengying Shao |
2020
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Mitogenomic phylography and speciation in polychaetes |
Melissa Brandner, co-supervisors Kim Præbel & Shripathi Bhat |
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MSc. Nathan E. Mertz
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2020
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eDNA metabarcoding of amoebic gill disease (AGD) pathogens exposes potential vectors and reservoirs
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Kim Præbel, co-supervisor Owen Wangensteen
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MSc. Gledis Guri
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2020
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Can aquaculture impact the surrounding biodiversity? A metabarcoding assessment
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Owen Wangensteen, co-supervisor Kim Præbel
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MSc. Simeon J. Mikalsen
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2020
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Addressing the aquatic vertebrate community of Vågsfjorden 2019 with the use of environmental DNA
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Arve Lynghammar, co-supervisors Kim Præbel & Owen Wangensteen
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MSc. Paulina Urban
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2019
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Marine invertebrates as samplers of eDNA
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Kim Præbel, co-supervisor Owen Wangensteen
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MSc. Simon Nordblad Schmidt
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2019
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Habitat and migration patterns of Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) in a river-fjord system in Northern Norway as revealed by a genome wide array of SNP markers
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Kim Præbel, co-supervisor Shripathi Bhat
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MSc. Sara Atienza
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2019
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DNA metabarcoding of deep-sea sediment communities using COI: community assessment, spatio-temporal patterns and comparison with the 18S rDNA marker
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Owen Wangensteen, co-supervisor Kim Præbel
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MSc. Kana Banno
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2019
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Investigating population genomic structure of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) in northern Norway using a random forest classification approach
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Kim Præbel, co-supervisor Shripathi Bhat
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MSc. Aleksander Pettersen
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2019
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Transcriptomics in Atlantic salmon
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Co-supervised by Shripathi Bhat
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MSc. Adam J. Andrews
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2018
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Climate-induced range expansions of marine fauna into the Arctic – what is the most likely colonisation route?
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Kim Præbel, co-supervisor Shripathi Bhat
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MSc. Magnus Nygaard
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2018
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Environmental DNA for assessing abundance of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) in salmon (Salmo salar) farms
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Kim Præbel, co-supervisor Owen Wangensteen
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MSc. Inaki Javier Tomey Roca
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2017
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Development of an environmental DNA assay for detection of Neoparamoeba perurans, aetiological agent of amoebic gill desease (AGD) in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)
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Kim Præbel
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MSc. Julie Bitz-Thorsen
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2017
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Population genomics of Norwegian killer whales (Orcinus orca)
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Visiting from U Copenhagen, DK, Co-supervised by Kim Præbel
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MSc. Mads Kristian Reinholdt Jensen
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2017
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Population genomics and morphological analysis reveals two sympatric populations of lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) in the western Baltic Sea, Denmark
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Visiting from U Copenhagen, DK, Co-supervised by Kim Præbel
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MSc. Alice Marri
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2017
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POPs in two populations of polar cod (Boreogadus saida, Lepechin 1774) from NE Greenland: correlating contamination and biological parameters
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Visiting from U Siena, I, Co-supervised by Kim Præbel
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MSc. Aintzane Santaquiteria Gil
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2016
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Mitogenomic characterization and phylogenetic position of the oldest living vertebrate species - the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus L.)
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Kim Præbel
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MSc. Mari Hagenlund
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2013
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Detection of possible source(s) and introduction history of the non-native European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) in Lake Storsjøen
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Visiting from U INN, N, Co-supervised by Kim Præbel
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MSc. Marjorie Couton
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2012
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Adaptive radiation of the European whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus (L.), in the Pasvik watercourse: the genetic description of a new morph
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Kim Præbel, co-supervisors PA Amundsen & R Knudsen
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