PhD defence by Lene Klubben Sortland

PhD defence by Lene Klubben Sortland

When

09. jul 13:00 - 16:00

Where

Online

Host

DTU Aqua

PhD defence

PhD defence by Lene Klubben Sortland

Lene Klubben Sortland will defend her PhD thesis, "Surviving the journey. The migration of smolts from river to sea".

Smolts of brown trout (Salmo trutta; top) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar; bottom) captured in the River Erriff, Ireland.

Lene Klubben Sortland, DTU Aqua, will defend her PhD thesis, "Surviving the journey. The migration of smolts from river to sea", on Wednesday, 9 July 2025 at 13.00.

You can follow the defence online on Teams via this link 

A copy of the thesis is available for reading at DTU Aqua. Please contact PhD Coordinator Susan Zumbach Johannesen, szjo@aqua.dtu.dk or Lene Klubben Sortland, lesor@aqua.dtu.dk

Examiners

  • Senior Researcher Sebastian Politis, DTU Aqua (chair)
  • Senior Research Scientist Ingebrigt Uglem, NINA, Norway
  • Professor Jaakko Erkinaro, LUKE, Finland

Chair at the defence

  • Professor Anders Koed, DTU Aqua

Supervisors

  • Principal Supervisor: Professor Kim Aarestrup, DTU Aqua
  • Co-supervisor: Researcher Kim Birnie-Gauvin, DTU Aqua
  • Co-supervisor: Senior Researcher Niels Jepsen, DTU Aqua

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