Active PhD-candidates
On this page you will find an overview of the current Ph.D.-students in HySchool.

PhD-candidates in HySchool and their supervisors during HySchool Days 2023.
Main content
The doctoral project of each student falls under one main Topical Area (circled), but can include elements from the other four TAs.
- TA1 Society and environment
- TA2 Production
- TA3 Storage and distribution
- TA4 Applications
- TA5 Safety
TA1 Society and environment
Name | Ph.D.-project title | TA1 | TA2 | TA3 | TA4 | TA5 | ||
Brynhild Stavland | Safety Regulation of Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier in Society | UiS | ① | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Vedant Ballal | Environmental sustainability analysis of integrating theH2-economy with the bio-economy | NTNU | ① | |||||
Claudia Cheng | Hydrogen: A new industry for the low-carbon energy transition in Arctic Norway | UiT | ① | |||||
Isabelle Viole | Energy storage systems for a sustainably-powered telescope | UiO | ① | 3 | 4 | |||
Environmental sustainability analysis of H2 production and use in Norway | NTNU | ① | ||||||
Martina Fantini | Sustainable Aviation Futures in Norway: Visions and Trajectories | NTNU | ① | 3 |
TA2 Production
Name | Ph.D.-project title | TA1 | TA2 | TA3 | TA4 | TA5 | ||
Torbjørn Egeland-Eriksen | Energy management for a novel hybrid energy storage system for the integration of renewable energy sources into the power grid | UiO | ② | 3 | 4 | |||
Thomas Ferriday | Improving the Membrane Electrode Assembly of an Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyser - A Study of Interfacial Electrochemistry | UiA | ② | |||||
Jonas Himmelstrup | Design of Novel Catalysts for Homogeneous Ammonia Synthesis | UiB | ② | |||||
Marcello Costamagna | Towards sustainable ammonia production: development and implementation of evolutionary algorithms for catalyst design | UiB | ② | |||||
Lucas Cammann | Plantwide control for flexible operation of electrolysis systems | NTNU | ② | 5 | ||||
John Senith Fernando | Carbon Capture and Gas SeparationTechnology | UiS | ② | 5 | ||||
Exploring the Synergy of DFT and Volcano Plot Analysis for the Discovery of Innovative Catalysts in CO2 Hydrogenation | UiO | ② | ||||||
Leif Eric Hertwig | Design of Novel Catalysts for Homogeneous Ammonia Synthesis | UiB | ② | |||||
Megan Heath | Towards reducing the anodic Ir loading in PEM water electrolyzers | NTNU | ② | |||||
Marius Fredriksen | Modelling, Optimization and Control of Electrolyzer Systems | NTNU | 1 | ② | 5 | |||
Alicia San Martin Rueda | In-situ characterization of perovskites using advanced techniques | NTNU | ② | |||||
Øyvind Lindgård | Formulation and experimental validation of models for degradation and performance of catalytic layers for water electrolysis | NTNU | ② | |||||
Mengxin Wu | UiO | ② | ||||||
Luyang Wang | Minority bulk and surface proton conduction in ceramic positrodes for proton ceramic electrochemical cells | UiO | ② | |||||
Stine Roen | Electrochemical characterization of mixed conducting ceramic positrodes for water splitting in electrolysis | UiO | ② | |||||
Patrick Ewerhardt | Characterization and simulations of model electrodes in proton ceramic electrochemical cells | UiO | ② |
TA3 Storage and distribution
Name | Ph.D.-project title | TA1 | TA2 | TA3 | TA4 | TA5 | ||
Abhishek Banerjee | Structure and Dynamics in Hydrogen-Rich Alloys for Hydrogen Storage | UiS | ③ | |||||
Muhammad Baqir Hashmi | Performance Assessment of Hydrogen fueled Gas Turbines | UiS | ③ | 4 | 5 | |||
Emil Høj Jensen | Energy Storage Systems for the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into the Power Grid | UiO | ③ | |||||
Liina Sangolt | Utilization of offshore wind for hydrogen production | UiB | 2 | ③ | 5 | |||
Wendpanga Jean Donald Minougou | PhD Fellowship in Geological Storage of Hydrogen | UiS | ③ | |||||
Experimental reservoir physics | UiB | ③ | 5 | |||||
Mehmet Fazıl Kapçı | Material Integrity of Titanium Alloys for Hydrogen Energy Applications | NTNU | ③ | |||||
Sahra Louise Guldahl-Ibouder | Development of Novel Materials for Low-Temperature Ammonia Cracking | NTNU | ③ | 4 | ||||
Ingrid Marie Stuen | Supply Chain Losses and Quality Degradation for Large Volume Hydrogen Transport Chains | UiB | ③ | 4 | 5 | |||
Paula Endrös | Designing hydrogen resistant Ti-6Al-4V parts manufactured by Electron Beam Melting | NTNU | ③ |
TA4 Applications
Name | Ph.D.-project title | TA1 | TA2 | TA3 | TA4 | TA5 | ||
Reyhaneh Banihabib | Development of Real-Time Smart Data Analytic Tools for Monitoring and Optimum Operation of MGT Systems | UiS | ④ | |||||
Kinza Huma | Synthesis, structure and dynamics of oxyhydrides | UiS | ④ | |||||
Giulia Collina | Hydrogen technologies to decarbonise the glass and aluminium sectors | NTNU | ④ | 5 | ||||
Keivan Afshar Ghasemi | Study of Zero-Carbon Fuels for Internal Combustion Engines | NTNU | ④ | |||||
Experimental study of low-carbon fuel injection and combustion in marine engines | NTNU | ④ | ||||||
Duc Duy Nguyen | Combustion of ammonia and hydrogen fuelmixtures in marine engine | NTNU | ④ | |||||
The use of hydrogen as a reducing agent innthe production of rutile and ferro manganese alloys | NTNU | ④ | ||||||
Elena Baboi | Safe Operations in Hydrogen-based Industry | NTNU | 1 | ④ | 5 | |||
Giulia Fede | H2GLASS: Hydrogen technologies and smart production systems to decarbonise the glass and aluminum sectors | NTNU | ④ | |||||
Jiyong Shin | Combustion Dynamics | NTNU | ④ | 5 |
TA5 Safety
Name | Ph.D.-project title | TA1 | TA2 | TA3 | TA4 | TA5 | ||
Alessandro Campari | Loss Prevention and Operational Safety of Hydrogen Technologies | NTNU | 3 | 4 | ⑤ | |||
Alice Schiaroli | Performance of hydrogen storage components exposed to fire with focus on cryogenic equipment | NTNU | 3 | ⑤ | ||||
Federica Tamburini | Liquid hydrogen transport and use | NTNU | 3 | ⑤ | ||||
Leonardo Giannini | Loss Prevention and Operational Safety of Hydrogen Technologies | NTNU | 3 | ⑤ | ||||
Efthymia Derempouka | Hydrogen as energy carrier in society: risk picture, risk awareness and public acceptance (HySociety) | UiB | 1 | ⑤ | ||||
Matthijs van Wingerden | Chemical inhibition of hydrogen explosions | UiB | ⑤ | |||||
Melodia Lucas | Improved modelling of hydrogen explosions | UiB | ⑤ | |||||
Farhana Yasmine Tuhi | Reliability and resilience of green hydrogen production systems | NTNU | 2 | ⑤ | ||||
Petar Bosnic | Development of a CFD methodology to reduce the hazards of hydrogen and ammonia systems in maritime and industrial sectors | USN | ⑤ | |||||
Anna Marie Lande | Mitigation of Hydrogen Explosions | USN | ⑤ | |||||
Lucas Claussner | Modelling of Loss of Containment Consequences of Hydrogen Technologies | NTNU | ⑤ |
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