Employees
Administration
Philip André Reme
Managing Director
Degree: Dr. ing. Chemical Engineering.
Activities: Management, initiation of new projects, legal matters, participation in project steering groups.
Main research focus: Mechanical pulping and new biobased materials.
Email: philip.reme@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 922 46 537
Arild Blakstad
Administration and financial manager
Activities: Administration, HR and finances.
Email: arild.blakstad@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 930 44 552
Kristin Syverud
Research Manager
Degree: Dr. ing.
Area: Nanocellulose and Carbohydrate Polymers
Activities: Production, characterization, chemical modification and applications of nanocellulose.
Email: kristin.syverud@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 959 03 740
Øyvind Eriksen
Laboratory Manager
Degree: PhD
Activities: Paper physics, production of paper and application of nanocellulose in paper. Competence in chemical and physical properties of fibre based products. Project manager of the COMPETENCE project.
Email: oyvind.eriksen@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 452 14 106
Eva Kvernes Rygg
Administration consultant
Degree: Graphic designer and engineer
Activities: Administration, graphic design and chemical analysis
Email: eva.kvernes.rygg@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 466 14 337
Researchers
Sandra R. Fabià
Research Scientist
Degree: Phd
Activities: Production and characterization of nanocellulose. Competence in polymer chemistry and surface and colloid chemistry.
Email: sandra.fabia@rise-pfi.no
Phone: 47 932 36 247
Jost Ruwoldt
Research Scientist
Degree: PhD in Chemical Engineering
Activities: Colloid and polymer science, lignosulfonates, paraffin waxes and wax inhibition, biomass conversion.
E-mail: jost.ruwoldt@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 916 98 245
Marianne Ø. Dalheim
Research Scientist
Degree: PhD in Biotechnology
Acitivities: Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into biochemicals and materials. Competence in biopolymer chemistry, chemical and enzymatic modification of polysaccharides and characterization of structural and material properties of polysaccharides.
E-mail: marianne.dalheim@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 922 58 362
Jennifer Zehner
Research Scientist
Degree: PhD in Biophysics
Acitivities: Competence in microscale characterization and testing of material properties of polymers, biopolymers, and nanocomposite materials.
E-mail: jennifer.zehner@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 465 08 927
Gary Chinga Carrasco
Senior Research Scientist
Degree: Dr. ing.
Focus area: Biocomposites
Activities: Coordination and management of multidisciplinary projects, working with production of ultrapure nanocellulose, characterization and application in biomedical research and development. Lead scientist in the topics biocomposites and 3D printing, and with close cooperation with industry and R&D groups.
Email: gary.chinga.carrasco@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 908 36 045
Kai Toven
Senior Research Scientist
Degree: Dr. ing.
Activities: Lead scientist Biorefining and bioenergy. Working within bioenergy, biofuels and biorefining since 2005. Project leader for industry oriented projects within thermochemical conversion of biomass by fast pyrolysis and torrefaction.
E-mail: kai.toven@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 952 11 704
Javier Celaya-Romeo
Research Scientist
Degree: PhD
Activities: Research into thermochemical processes, biofuels and bioenergy. Pyrolysis of biomass. Commissioning and operation of experimental pilot plants. Characterisation of biofuels.
E-mail: javier.celaya@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 481 51 522
Andreas Lyng Nenningsland
Research Scientist
Degree: PhD in Chemical Engineering
Activities: Research into production and recycling of building materials. Production and characterization of nanocellulose from mechanical pulp and residual streams from food productions.
E-mail: andreas.nenningsland@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 971 73 598
Kathrin Mörseburg
Senior Research Scientist
Degree: Dr.techn.
Activities: Project manager within Fibre technology and applications area. Development of functionalized lignocellulosic fibre materials for innovative packaging applications. Air-laid forming, thermoforming and dry moulding of lignocelluosic fibres. Mechanical pulp processing, properties and characterization.
E-mail: kathrin.morseburg@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 402 37 506
Cornelis van der Wijst
Master of Science
Degree: MSc. Chemistry
Activities: Research into thermochemical processes and biorefining. Pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and waste streams. Pyrolysis equipment development and process optimalisation. Biocarbon engineering.
E-mail: cornelis.vanderwijst@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 904 79 803
Mihaela T. Opedal
Senior Research Scientist
Degree: PhD
Activities: Project leader for biorefinery projects: pretreatment and fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass, lignin conversion to value-added products and materials, production of fermentable sugars to protein from lignocellulose biomass. Process water chemistry and surface and colloid chemistry with application in pulp and paper industry.
E-mail: mihaela.opedal@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 918 79 630
Lars Johansson
Senior Research Scientist
Degree: PhD
Activities: Project manager of the SoftSens project, working with: Wood raw material, production of mechanical pulp (TMP/CTMP), process water chemistry, paper physics and papermaking furnish, circular economy and sustainable business in practice in the bio based industry.
Lead scientist in the area Fibre technology and fibre-based products, with close cooperation with industry and R&D groups.
E-mail: lars.johansson@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 920 41 686
Chiara Zarna
Master of Science
Degree: Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering (in progress: PhD in Mechanical Engineering)
Activities: Production and characterization of biocomposites, Computer-aided design and Finite Element Analysis. Competence in (Bio)-composite and textile engineering.
E-mail: chiara.zarna@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 918 46 789
Amalie Solberg
Research Scientist
Degree: PhD
Activities: Competence in biopolymer chemistry. Research into chemically modified polysaccharides, and polysaccharide-containing materials.
E-mail: amalie.solberg@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 466 12 275
Fredrik Heen Blindheim
Postdoctoral researcher
Degree: PhD in Organic Chemistry
Activities: Research into chemical modifications of biopolymers via organic synthetic methodologies.
E-mail: Fredrik.heen.blindheim@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 90529136
Eva Pasquier
Research Scientist
Degree: PhD
Activities: Preparation and characterization of biobased colloids. Development of fiber materials for packaging applications.
E-mail: eva.pasquier@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 475 19 520
Engineers
Ingebjørg Leirset
Senior Engineer
Degree: Cand. mag.
Activities: Chemical analysis.
Email: ingebjorg.leirset@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 466 12 104
Anne Marie Reitan
Senior Engineer
Degree: Enigineer
Activities: Chemical analysis
Email: anne.reitan@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 995 39 950
Berit Leinsvang
Senior Engineer
QA engineer
Activities: Structural, physical and optical characterization of pulp and paper, including standard laboratory equipment and SEM. Responsible for internal audits, quality assurance (QA), and health, safety and environment (HSE) areas at PFI.
E-mail: berit.leinsvang@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 977 07 644
Kenneth Aasarød
Senior Engineer
Degree: Bachelor Chemical Engineering
Activities and responsibilities: Thermogravimetric analysis including differential scanning calorimetry, thermal and physical properties of fiber based products and biocomposites, 3D-printing, production and characterization of nanocellulose, SEM
E-mail: kenneth.aasarod@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 996 08 953
Steinar Seehuus
Laboratory Technician
Degree: Laboratory technician
Activities: Various types of analysis in the laboratory. General maintenance of laboratories and equipment
Email: steinar.seehuus@rise-pfi-no
Phone: +47 916 20 386
Johnny K. Melbø
Laboratory Technician
Degree: Laboratory technician
Activities: General maintenance of laboratories and equipment. Also performing various types of analysis in the laboratory
Email: johnny.melbo@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 466 12 093
Kristin Stensønes
Engineer
Activities: Laboratory work, different analysis, sheet forming, viscosity measurements and contact angle.
E-mail: kristin.stensones@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 958 93 998
Marita Dørdal Helgheim
Engineer
Degree: Bachelor – Food Technology
Activities: Chemical analysis
E-mail: marita.dordal.helgheim@rise-pfi.no
Phone: +47 916 40 538

RISE PFI is part of RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden
RISE PFI is and internationally acknowledged research institute within processes and products based on lignocellulose. RISE PFI´s focus areas are Fibre technology and fibre-based products, Biorefining and Bioenergy and Biopolymers and Biocomposites.
Contact
- Høgskoleringen 6b
- NO - 7491 Trondheim
- firmapost@rise-pfi.no
- +47 73 60 50 65