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Ongoing Master projects (2022 -2023):

Siri Charlotte Haugerud Rognan
Plastic degrading potential of Arctic deep-sea hydrothermal microbiomes
Main supervisor: Runar Stokke
Co-Supervisors: Katharina Sass and Ida Helene Steen

Christiana Naana Sam
Recombinant expression and biochemical characterization of cysteine proteases from Arctic deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
Main supervisor: Ida Helene Steen
Co-Supervisors: Hasan Arsın, Victoria Røyseth, Runar Stokke and Anita-Elin Fedøy
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Marte Leane Bleken Klemetsdal 
Fauna of cold seeps in the Arctic 
Main supervisor: Mari Heggernes Eilertsen 
Co-supervisors: Jon A. Kongsrud (UMB), Giuliana Panieri (UiT/CAGE)  

Marte Syvderud
Trophic ecology of hydrothermal vent fauna on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge
Main supervisor: Pedro Ribeiro
Co-supervisor: Furu Mienis (NIOZ)

Sofie Gjærlow
Characterisation of megabenthic community structure at the Fåvne hydrothermal vent field,and implications for environmental management of seabed mining
Main supervisor: Pedro Ribeiro
Co-supervisor: Steinar Sanni (UiS)

Haakon Arthur Pedersen (NTNU) 
VentFish: Diversity and trophic ecology of fish at hydrothermal vents on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge 
Main supervisor: Torkild bakken (NTNU)
Co-supervisors: Mari Heggernes Eilertsen, Nicolas Straube (UMB)

Fereshteh Hemmateenejad
Diversity, structure and environmental drivers of benthic epifaunal communities on Arctic cold seeps based on seafloor image analysis
ERASMUS+ Joint Master's Programme
Main supervisor: Alessandra Savini (U. Milano Bicocca)
Co-supervisors: Pedro Ribeiro (UiB), Giuliana Panieri (UiT), Luca Fallati (U. Milano Bicocca