Current Position

Director/ Senior scientist, Department for Atmosheric and Climate Research 

NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH (NILU)

Born: 6. September 1966

Nationality: Norwegian

Sex: Male

Languages: Norwegian (native), English (very good)

Education:

Dr. Scient, Environmental/Inorganic Chemistry (1998-1999)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

Cand. Scient. Environmental/Analytical Chemisty (1991-1992)
University of Trondheim, College of Arts and Science.

Cand. Mag. Biology and Chemistry (1987-1990)
University of Trondheim, College of Arts and Science

Nominations & Societies

Member to the General Assembly and to the Managing committees to the EC-FP6 Network of Excellence on Atmospheric Composition Change (ACCENT) (March 2004-2009)

Member to the Commission of Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (CACGP) (2002->)

Member of the Environmental Assessment Group of the Eureka project EUROTRAC2, since 2001 as vice-chair until its termination in 2003.

National country contact of Norway for the World Meteorological Organisation - GAW programme (Global Atmosphere Watch)

National focal Point for UN-ECE CLRTAP ICP on Integrated Monitoring since 1994.

Member to the Coordinating group of the Norwegian forest monitoring programme.

Key expert, Acidification and Arctic haze; Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

Nominated Norwegian representative to the COST Action 729 - “Assessing and Managing Nitrogen Fluxes in the Atmosphere-Biosphere System in Europe”

Member to the Nordic Centre of Excellence (NCoE) BACCI - Biosphere Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions

Research interests

Interpretation of atmospheric composition observations

Biosphere-Atmosphere fluxes of nutrients and acidifying compounds and their effects

Physical and chemical characterization of particulate matter 

International cooperation, strategy development, emission abatement policies 

International capacity building and training on air pollution issues in developing countries

Positions and posts

March 1998-present; Director, Dept. for Regional and Global Pollution issues; Research and personal management (~16 employees)( www.nilu.no)

March 2001-present; Head of the EMEP Chemical Coordinating Center (www.emep.int). 

1992 – present; Scientist, Norwegian Institute for Air Research. Monitoring and Evaluation of Long Range Transported Air Pollutants. Responsible for the Norwegian monitoring activities on precipitation chemistry, sulphur and nitrogen components in air, and surface ozone.

1986-1992; Diving Instructor and Professional Diver, certified by the Norwegian Oil Department for diving on the Norwegian continental shelf. Diver in the Royal Norwegian Navy (Explosive Ordonance Disposal Unit).  

Publications

Author or co-author of more than 130 scientific reports, about 30 papers in peer reviewed literature.

Title of Dr. Science thesis; The atmospheric chemistry and deposition of major inorganic compounds in rural areas of Norway.

Full list is available at http://zardoz.nilu.no/~kjetil/publ.xls

Contact details

Tlf. +47 63898000 Mobile: +47 90146563

Fax. +47 63898050 E-mail: kt@nilu.no