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Researcher / Tromsø Arctic Simulation Center (TASIC) Department of Technology and Safety nikolai.figenschau@uit.no +4777644896 Tromsø You can find me here

Nikolai Figenschau

Job description

Head of the research aspect of TASIC, with the overall goal to collect one year of Arctic atmospheric data through the use of drones, satellites, and weather models.

  • Nikolai Figenschau, Jinmei Lu, Bjørn-Morten Erdal Batalden, Giuliana Panieri :
    Linking ship-associated emissions and resource development in the Arctic: Trends and predictions along the Northern Sea Route
    Ocean and Coastal Management 2024 DOI / ARKIV
  • Nikolai Figenschau, Jinmei Lu :
    Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Atmospheric Emissions from Shipping along the Northern Sea Route
    Sustainability 2022 DOI / ARKIV
  • Nikolai Figenschau, Jinmei Lu :
    Assessing the impact of recent and future ship traffic on regional air quality degradation along the Northeast Passage. From a sea ice hypothesis to resource-driven destinational shipping, and its impact on regional air quality
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 05. November 2025
  • Nikolai Figenschau, Giuliana Panieri, Jinmei Lu :
    Ship traffic and the associated emissions along the Northern Sea Route, a multi-year analysis.
    2023
  • Nikolai Figenschau, Matthias Forwick, Juho Junttila, Nicole Baeten, Aivo Lepland :
    Interaction of submarine tailings with natural sediments in three northern Norwegian coastal areas. Sedimentological, mineralogical and geochemical constraints
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 15. May 2018

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    Research interests

    Arctic, sustainable development and technology, environment, pollution

    Teaching

    Ocean Leadership's Executive Master's Programme


    Sustainable technology and environmental pollution, mainly from maritime shipping activity.

    SVF-1201 Environment and vulnerability in the Arctic

    SIK-2011 Environmental pollution and impact assessments.

     

    Researcher profile in Cristin
    Registrations in Munin
    ResearchGate
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-1142-766X

    Member of research group

    Sustainable Technology and Safety (STS)   Norsk innhold

    CV

    Ph.d i in natural science under the title: "Assessing the impact of recent and future ship traffic on regional air quality degradation along the Northeast Passage. From a sea ice hypothesis to resource-driven destinational shipping, and its impact on regional air quality."
    M.Sc. in geosciences with specialization in marine and environmental geology.

    Teknologibygget Tromsø 1.040


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