Disputation and trial lecture - Lucas Dane Elliott

MSc in Biology Lucas Dane Elliott (UMAK/AMB) will Friday, November 15, 2024, hold his trial lecture and defend his thesis for the PhD degree in Natural Science.

Trial lecture on assigned topic will take place at 10.15:

«Ancient DNA in Conservation Biology»  

Later, at 12.15, he will defend his thesis entitled:

«Unlocking the potential of sedimentary ancient DNA» 

Evaluation Committee:

• Professor Mike Martin, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (1. opponent) 
• Researcher Tom van der Valk, Centre for Paleogenetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden (2. Opponent) 
• Professor Laura Jaakola, AMB, UiT (internal member and leader of the committee)  

Supervisors:

• Professor Inger Greve Alsos, UMAK , UiT
• Professor Ines Heiland, AMB, UiT
• Professor Anthony Brown, UMAK, UiT 

Streaming

Both defense and trial lecture will be streamed and recorded from Panopto:

Trial lecture

Disputation

The thesis is available in Munin.

Head of Department at UMAK Geir Rudolfsen will lead the disputation.