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The administration at BIO consists of expedition and management support, the study section and research support, all of which have their workplace on Marineholmen. The department also has resources from the finance section and the HR section at MatNat, but these people do not have a permanent workplace on Marineholmen.
Contact information
Visiting address
Institutt for Biovitenskap, Biologen
Thormøhlensgate 53A, 2. et.
5006 BERGEN
Postal address
University of Bergen
Department of Biological Sciences
Postbox 7803
N-5020 Bergen
Email
post@bio.uib.no
Phone
+47 55 58 44 00
Department management
Head of department: Ørjan Totland
Assisting Head of Department: Jon Vidar Helvik
Head of administration: Julie Stavnes
Head of education: Anne Elisabeth Bjune
Academic divisons (faggrupper)
Below you will find a list of the department's academic divisions, along with contact information for the divison leaders. The divisions' main task is to take care of teaching within their respective subject areas. The division leader can also connect you to relevant reseearchers and research environments within their field.
Ecology and Evolution Divison - John-Arvid Grytnes
Microbiology Divison - Gunnar Bratbak
Fish Health Divison - Are Nylund
Fisheries and Marine Biology Divison - Arild Folkvord
Environmental Biology and Acquaculture Divison - Jon Vidar Helvik
Molecular Biology Division - Øyvind Halskau
Study section
Contact us: studie@bio.uib.no
Beate Ulrikke Rensvik +47 55 58 22 41
- Section leader
- Coordinator for the master's programme in Biology, responsible for the Biodiversity, Evolution and ecology, Environmental Toxicology and Microbiology specializations
Tommy Strand +47 55 58 44 09
- Coordinator for the PhD programme in Biology
Ingvil Roosendaal Sahr – 55 58 44 81
- Coordinator for the master's programme in Biology, responsible for the Fisheries Biology and Management, Marine Biology, Aquaculture Biology and Developmental Biology, and Physiology and Nutrition specializations.
Lill Kristin Knudsen +47 55 58 45 29
- Coordinator for the bachelor’s programme in Molecular Biology
- Coordinator for the master’s programme in Molecular Biology
Tone Stokka – 55 58 30 31
- Coordinator for the bachelor's programme in Biology
Kjerstin Nilsen Nøkling - 55 58 33 45
- Coordinator for research/workplace practice courses
- Coordinator for the Teacher's education and Practical teaching programmes
Kristin Holtermann – 55 58 26 84
Marthe Gjerstad Hodneland – 55 58 44 39
- Coordinator for the integrated master's programme in Fish Health
- Coordinator for the civil engineer programme in Aquaculture and Seafood
Grethe Aarbakke – 55 58 42 36
- Coordinator for exams and teaching schedules for Molecular Biology courses (courses with a "MOL"-code)
Reception and admin
- General inquiries (internal and external, both by phone, e-mail and in person)
- Collection and distribution of mail
- Receipt of parcels, sending of mail / parcels
- Access control (key card, office keys, reading room keys)
- Information work (including information on screens and in the calendar)
- Room bookings
- Orders for the administration
- Practical arrangements in connection with anniversaries, disputation, meetings and the like for the entire administration at BIO
- Management support - including reception of new staff, scheduling of meetings/booking of rooms, secretarial tasks (for the HSE and electoral boards), archiving (ephorte), routine development, organization of events, management of IT-accounts (SEBRA)
- Management of indoor areas - including distribution of offices and keeping track of allication of areas, tenants and agreements
- Main contact towards the Estate management divison regarding indoor cleaning and maintenance
- Overseeing registration of scientific publications in the CRISTIN database
- Responsible for internal informational channels, databases and e-mail lists
- Back-up function for reception services
- apprentice
- Application support and information for projects focussed on education (INTPART, Erasmus+ and more) and networking
- Main editor for the department's website and internal newsletter (BIO-nytt)
- User support for publishing on www.uib.no
- Management support tasks
Research administration
- Support and advice on research proposals to the Norwegian Research Council, EU and other national and international research programmes
- Administrativ follow up of externally financed projects related to contracts, reporting and more
- Management support in relation to research in areas such as reporting, hearings, evaluations
- Tasks related to the follow-up of the department's research strategy in cooperation with the department managemen
- Administrative manager for the Sea Lice Research Centre
- Administrative coordinator (temporary, 40%) affiliated with the Nygårdshøyden sør campus development project
Knut Olav Daasvatn (see above)
- Application support and information for projects focussed on education (INTPART, Erasmus+ and more) and networking
Human resources (HR)
The HR-staff are formally affiliated with the Faculty of mathematics and natural sciences, and divide their office time between the Faculty secretariat and the department and have tasks related both to the Faculty and the Department.
- Supervision and case management related to staff recruitment
- General HR case management
Karoline S. Christiansen (on leave until 2023)
- Case management and supervision related to staff recruitment
- General HR case management
Mathilde Høgalmen (substitute until the end of 2022)
- Case management and supervision related to staff recruitment
- General HR case management
Finance
The finance staff are employed at the Faculty of mathematics and natural sciences and will have tasks for both the Faculty and the Department. The economists who have the most tasks at the department share office hours between the Faculty secretariat and the Department.
The Faculty's finance section has used the UiBhjelp service portal as a system for receiving, distributing and answering questions and other inquiries from employees and students at the faculty. By reporting cases via this channel rather than e-mail to individuals, it is ensured that the inquiries will always be handled within a reasonable time, regardless of holidays and other absences with individuals.
The faculty's financial tasks are divided between
- Business economists with responsibility for invoice processing, reimbursement of travel expenses (travel invoice) and other expenses, variable salary (hourly wage, fee) and control of bookings
- Project economists who provide support to project managers related to external projects in various phases: application, contract, operation and termination phase. This means, among other things. financial reporting, help with application budget and invoicing.
- Controllers responsible for the department's total finances, budget, forecast and accounting follow-up.
ECONOMISTS:
- Forthun, Daniel, controller
- Lappegård, Heidi, project economist
- Gradomska, Anna, project economist
- Eide, Siri Elisabeth, project economist
- Karlsen, Eirin, project economist
- Karlsen, Henrik Tangen, project economist
- Lindstrøm, Andreas Øyre, pruchaser
- Storaker, Berit, business economist/specialist