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 2025.
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Erik Friesl
PhD-candidates in HySchool and other participants during HySchool Days 2024.
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 (subject to change) | 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 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Kine Johnsen | Public policy co-production, visions & strategies – Understanding the New Hydrogen Hype in Norway and the EU | NTNU | ① | |||||
Moritz Langhorst | Using dynamic and multi-layer material flow analysis for hydrogen usage in high-temperature processes of the aluminium and steel industries | NTNU | ① | 4 | ||||
| Manika Manandhar | Life-Cycle Assessment of Green Hydrogen Fuels in the Heavy-Duty Transport Sector in Nepal | NTNU | ① |
TA2 Production
Name | Ph.D.-project title (subject to change) | TA1 | TA2 | TA3 | TA4 | TA5 | ||
| 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 PEM Electrolysis 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 | Performance and degradation of positrodes for proton ceramic electrolysers | 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 | |||||
Minh Chi To | Nanomaterial-Enhanced Metal-Organic-Framework Composites for Photocatalytic Water Splitting | UiS | ② | |||||
| Willow Dew | Palladium-based membranes for hydrogen and ammonia | NTNU | ② | |||||
| Kristoffer Skjelanger | Development of Mathematical and Physical models for Hydrogen Production in Rotating Systems | HVL | ② | |||||
| Liina Sangolt | Utilization of offshore wind for hydrogen production | UiB | ② | 3 | 5 | |||
| Anders Even Kvåle | Near-field electrospinning | UiB | ② | |||||
| Tomasz Skrzydlo | Catalytic Cracking of methane over metal and carbon-based catalysts | UiS | ② | |||||
| Sivagowri Shanmugaratnam | Green hydrogen production through photocatalytic water splitting | UiB | ② | |||||
Mikias Hailu Kebede | Adaption of the Electric Energy System for Large-scale Hydrogen Production in Norway | NTNU | ② | |||||
Ashika Dilshani Wackwella Gamage | Materials for Hydrogen Purification | UiS | ② | |||||
Aritro Banerjee | Design of Bio-electrochemical cells for Green hydrogen production | UiT | ② | |||||
| Dynamic operation of Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer System | UiO | ② |
TA3 Storage and distribution
Name | Ph.D.-project title (subject to change) | 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 | |||
| Wendpanga Jean Donald Minougou | PhD Fellowship in Geological Storage of Hydrogen | UiS | ③ | |||||
| Experimental reservoir physics for underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in porous media | 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 | |||||
| Vilde Gahr Sturtzel Lunde | Magnetocaloric materials for hydrogen liquefaction | UiO | ③ | |||||
Sadegh Ahmadpour | Hydrogen storage in porous media | UiS | ③ | |||||
| Emil Høj Jensen | Energy Storage Systems for the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources into the Power Grid | UiO | ③ | |||||
| Josef Kosler | Magnetocaloric Metal-oxides for Efficient H2 Liquefaction | UiO | ③ | |||||
| Hederson Majela do Nascimento | Novel Vacuum Insulation Concepts for Large-Scale Liquid Hydrogen Storage | NTNU | ③ | |||||
Pasindu Erange Yaddehi Guruge | Research Fellow in Structural Integrity of Long Span Suspension Bridges and Hydrogen Pipelines | UiS | ③ | |||||
Johan Raftevold Espelund | Numerical modellingof liquid hydrogen in insulated tanks | NTNU | ③ | |||||
| Hydrogen Storage Options for Decarbonizing Energy-Intensive Industries | NTNU | 1 | ③ | 4 | 5 | |||
| Spyridon Brouzas | A multi-objective framework for reliability and sustainability assessment of Hydrogen fuels in marine power systems | NTNU | 1 | 2 | ③ | 4 | 5 |
TA4 Applications
Name | Ph.D.-project title (subject to change) | 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 | ||||
Muhammad Salman | Green hydrogen from air (FAIR) | UiO | 1 | 2 | ④ | |||
| Liya Jacob | SiO reduction using Hydrogen | NTNU | ④ | |||||
Abinavnataraj Ramakrishnan | Metal organic Framewroks and Zeolites for Catalytic co2 Hydrogenation to Methanol | UiS | ④ | |||||
| Asutosh Mallick | Application of Hydrogen in Large Maritime PEM Fuel Cells | UiT | ④ |
TA5 Safety
02.04.2025