Carl Gunnar Fossdal

Head of Department/Head of Research

(+47) 481 46 583
carl.gunnar.fossdal@nibio.no

Place
Ås H8

Visiting address
Høgskoleveien 8, 1433 Ås

Biography

Research on: Epigenetics, Genomics, Plant-pathogen interactions, Phytobiome, Forest health, Wood decay, Fungal enzymes

 

EDUCATION:

1999                Dr.Scient (PhD) in Biotechnology, NMBU (NLH), Norway
1991                Cand. Scient. (Master) in Biotechnology, Univ. of Oslo 

 

CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2016-Present   Head of Department  Dept. Forest Health, Division for Biotechnology and Plant Health, NIBIO, Norway

2015-2016       Research Professor Molecular biology
Dept. Forest Health, Division for Biotechnology and Plant Health, NIBIO, Norway

2006-2015       Research Professor Molecular biology
Dept. Forest Health, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Norway

2001-2006       Research Scientist Molecular Biology  Dept . Forest Genetics, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute (Skogforsk. NISK), Norway

2000                Researcher (3 months) Molecular Biology Biological Institute, University of Tromsø (UiT), Norway

 

MOBILITY:

2003           Forest Biotechnology Laboratory, Forest Sciences Centre, the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada . Travel grant from Skogforsk, Norway.

 

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST:

2015-present   Vice President of The Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS)
2016-present   Leader Group Member. The Norwegian Plant Network
2016-present   Representative EPSO for member institution NIBIO, Norway

 

TRACK RECORD: 61+ publications in international peer reviewed journals

https://scholar.google.no/citations?hl=no&pli=1&user=BkzOk4gAAAAJ

 

Scientific/project administration:

2017-2021 PI for Phytobiome SIS at NIBIO,  The Research Council of Norway (NFR) funded

2015-2018 PI for the NIBIO part of NMBU. FRIPRO project Epiclimate. NFR.

2010-2016 PI for Norwegian part of the large scale FP7 EU project ProCoGen # 289841

2010-2014 PI for the NFLI part of UMB. FRIBIO project MolMem # 191455. NFR.

2012-2015 Project leader (PI) for 2 NFLI GB projects

2002-2011 Project leader for in house Fungal and forest tree EST Database project at the Norwegian Forest Research Institute, Norway

2007      Project leader NFR project FORNY (Kommersialisering av FOU) Custom made  Real- Time PCR assays for detection of fungi in building materials. #179848

2006-2007 Project leader (PI) NFR funded BILAT project to establish

 

Journal Reviews:

https://publons.com/author/789125/carl-gunnar-fossdal#profile

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