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Permanent positions

  • Morten Hjorth-Jensen : Professor in Physics at the University of Oslo
  • Anders Malthe-Soerenssen : Professor in Physics at the University of Oslo

    Post-docs

  • Simen Kvaal : Post-doc at CMA from December 1 2008. Presently at University of Tübingen, Germany.
  • Elise Bergli : University Lecturer at the University of Oslo from August 1 2010 till July 31 2011.
  • Jan Andreas Ekström : Post-doc from Vetenskapsrådet i Sweden. PhD from the University of Lund, Sweden. From September 1 2010.

    PhD students

  • Gustav Bårdsen : Thesis title: Coupled-Cluster theory and ab initio density functional theory for nuclear matter PhD stipend from CMA fall 2009. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and T. U. Helgaker. Field: Nuclear and computational physics
  • Gustav Jansen : Thesis title: Spherical Coupled-Cluster theory for open-shell systems. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and Gaute Hagen (Oak Ridge National Lab). Field: Nuclear and computational physics. PhD stipend from CMA fall 2008.
  • Jacob Berent Kryvi: Thesis title: Not yet determined Advisors: Jon Andreas Støvneng (NTNU) and M. Hjorth-Jensen (secondary). Field: Solid state and computational physics. PhD student from fall 2009 at NTNU.
  • Torquil MacDonald Soerensen : Thesis title: Monte Carlo simulations in finance and physics. CMA stipend from October 2005. Advisors: F.E. Benth. and M. Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Computational physics, stochastic analysis and computational finance
  • Patrick Merlot : Thesis title: Not yet determined. Advisor: Trygve Helgaker, Kenneth Ruud (UiT), M. Hjorth-Jensen (secondary). Field: Theoretical and computational quantum chemistry. PhD student at the center of excellence 'Center for theoretical and computational chemistry', UiO from fall 2009.
  • Camilla Kirkemo Nestande : Thesis title: Not yet determined. Advisor: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen. Field: computational physics. PhD student at the center of excellence 'Physics of Geological Processes', UiO from fall 2011.
  • Kjetil Thøgersen : Thesis title: Not yet determined. Advisor: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen. Field: computational physics. PhD student at the center of excellence 'Physics of Geological Processes', UiO from fall 2011.
  • Jørgen Trømborg : Thesis title: Not yet determined. Advisor: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen. Field: computational physics. PhD student at the center of excellence 'Physics of Geological Processes', UiO from fall 2011.

    Master of Science Students

    We welcome Sigve Bøe Skattum, Øyvind Gløersen, Jørgen Høgberget, Karl Leikanger, Arnfinn Paulsrud, Frank Olsen, Sarah Reimann as new Master of Science students from Fall 2011.
  • Sigve Bøe Skattum: Thesis title: Not yet assigned. Advisor: Field: Computational Physics
  • Øyvind Gløersen : Thesis title: Not yet assigned. Advisor: Field: Computational Physics
  • Christoffer Hirth : Thesis title: Not yet assigned. Advisor: Morten Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Computational Physics
  • Jørgen Høgberget : Thesis title: Not yet assigned. Advisor: Field: Computational Physics
  • Karl Roald Leikanger : Thesis title: Not yet assigned. Advisor: Field:
  • Frank Olsen : Thesis title: Not yet assigned. Advisor: Field: Computational Physics
  • Arnfinn Mihle Paulsrud : Thesis title: Not yet assigned. Advisor: Field:
  • Sarah Reimann : Thesis title: Not yet assigned. Advisor: Field: Computational Physics
  • Former Postdocs and their present occupation

  • Sølve Selstø : Post-doc at CMA from December 1 2008 till September 30 2010. Present occupation: Associate Professor at Oslo University College.

    Former PhD students and their present occupation

  • Jon Kerr Nilsen : Thesis title: Quantum Monte carlo and Data Management in Grid Middleware. PhD June 2010. Advisors: Alex Read (UiO) and M. Hjorth-Jensen (secondary). Field: Experimental particle Physics. PhD stipend from UiO from fall 2006. Present occupation: Researcher at the University of Oslo
  • Marius Lysebo : Thesis title: Cold Collisions of Atoms and Molecules PhD June 2010. Advisors: Leif Veseth (UiO) and M. Hjorth-Jensen (secondary). Field: Theoretical Physics. PhD stipend from UiO from fall 2006. Present occupation: Associate Professor at Oslo University College, Norway.
  • Maxim Kartamychev : Thesis title: Real and effective three-body interactions in nuclear systems. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and E. Osnes. Field: Nuclear and computational physics. Present occupation: Analyst in the Portfolio Analytics Department of the Bank of Norway.
  • Elise Bergli : Thesis title: Parquet theory in nuclear structure calculations. PhD February 2010. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and E. Osnes. Field: Nuclear and computational physics. Present occupation: University Lecturer at the University of Oslo.
  • Simen Kvaal : Thesis title: Analysis of many-body methods for quantum dots. PhD January 2009. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and R. Winther. Field: Numerical mathematics and computational physics Present occupation: Post-doc at CMA, University of Oslo.
  • Eirik Ovrum : Thesis title: Quantum information, formal and physical aspects. PhD June 2007. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and J.M. Leinaas (Physics, UiO). Field: Computational physics. Senior Researcher at Det Norske Veritas, Oslo, Norway.
  • Gaute Hagen : Thesis title: Effective interactions for weakly bound systems. NFR stipend from august 2001. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and J.S. Vaagen (UiB). PhD May 2005. Field: Nuclear and computational physics. Present position: Physicist and permanent staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA.

    Former Master of Science students and their present occupation

  • Camilla Kirkemo Nestande : Thesis title: Monte Carlo Simulation of CdHgTe devices . Advisor: Trond Brudevoll (FFI). Field: Computational physics. MSc October 2011. Present occupation: PhD student at Physics for geological processes.
  • Marte Hoel Jørgensen : Thesis title: Monte Carlo and density functional theory studies of quantum dots. Advisor: Morten Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Computational Physics. MSc June 2011. Present occupation: Researcher at Agresso.
  • Ivar Ursin Nikolaisen : Thesis title: Bose-Einstein condensation in trapped bosons: A quantum Monte Carlo analysis using OpenCL and GPU programming. Advisor: Morten Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Computational Physics. MSc June 2011. Present occupation: PhD student in informatics at NTNU, since fall 2011.
  • Dwarkanath Pramanik: Thesis title: Not yet determined. Advisor: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen. Field: Computational physics. MSc April 2011. Present occupation: job searching.
  • David Skålid Amundsen : Thesis title: Interface processes: Numerical modeling of contact phenomena at solid-solid interfaces. Advisor: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen. Field: Computational Physics. MSc June 2011. Present occupation: PhD student at University of Essex, UK.
  • Ole Halvard Sætran : Thesis title: Modeling the flow of dense suspensions through porous media. Advisor: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen. Field: computational physics. MSc February 2011. Present occupation: Researcher at the Norwegian defense institute.
  • Kjetil Thøgersen : Thesis title: Interface processes: Numerical modeling of contact phenomena at solid-solid interfaces. Advisor: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen. Field: Computational Physics. MSc June 2011. Present occupation: PhD student at Physics for geological processes.
  • Jørgen Trømborg : Thesis title: Interface processes: Numerical modeling of contact phenomena at solid-solid interfaces. Advisor: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen. Field: Computational Physics. MSc June 2011. Present occupation: PhD student at Physics for geological processes.
  • Yang Min Wang : Thesis title: Coupled-Cluster theory and addition spectra studies of quantum dots. Advisor: Morten Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Computational Physics. MSc June 2011. Present occupation: job searching.
  • Lars Eivind Lervåg: Thesis title: Monte Carlo studies of quantum dots. Advisor: Morten Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Computational physics. MSc November 2010. Present occupation: High-school teachr in Oslo.
  • Sigurd Wenner: Thesis title: Molecular dynamics simulations of nanoscale mechanical processes. Advisors: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen and Morten Hjorth-Jensen. Field: computational physics. MSc June 2010. Present occupation: PhD student at NTNU, Trondheim.
  • Magnus Pedersen Lohne : Thesis title: Coupled-cluster and density functional theory studies of quantum dots. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Computational physics. MSc June 2010. Present occupation: Researcher at Norsk Elektro Optikk, http://ww.neo.no
  • Håvard Sandsdalen: Thesis title: Monte Carlo and density functional theory studies of atoms. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. Field: computational physics. MSc June 2010. Present occupation: High-school teacher in Oslo.
  • Simen Sørby : Thesis title: Computational perspectives in the bachelor physics curriculum at the University of Oslo Advisors: Carl Angell and Morten Hjorth-Jensen. Field: computational physics. MSc March 2010. Present occupation: High-school teacher at OppegÃrd High-school.
  • Vegard Amundsen : Thesis title: Wavelet Analysis of Stress Related EDR Measurements. Advisor: Morten Hjorth-Jensen and Christian Tronstad. Field: Biomedical computing and computational physics. MSc January 2010. Present occupation: Field technical engineer, St. Jude Medical Norway AS.
  • Kristine Hermanrud : Advisor: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen. Field: computational physics. MSc December 2009. Present occupation: High-school teacher in Trondheim, Norway.
  • Islen Vallejo Henao: Thesis title: Parallelization of many-particle codes with Python. Advisor: Morten Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Computational physics. MSc November 2009. Researcher at NIVA.
  • Andreas Birkeli : Thesis title: A study of the the effects of adhesion and surface contact area on the coefficient of friction. Advisor: Anders Malthe-Sørenssen. Field: computational physics. MSc October 2009. Present occupation: Researcher at Norwegian Defense institute.
  • Patrick Merlot : Thesis title: Many-body approaches to quantum dots. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Solid state and computational physics. MSc September 2009. PhD student at the center of excellence 'Center for theoretical and computational chemistry', UiO.
  • Jacob Kryvi: Thesis title: Time-dependent study of quantum dots. Advisors: Jon Andreas Støvneng (NTNU) and M. Hjorth-Jensen (secondary). MSc June 2009. Field: Solid state and computational physics. PhD student at Department of physics, NTNU.
  • Johannes Rekkedal: Thesis title: Nuclear matter with coupled cluster theory. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and Gaute Hagen (Oak Ridge National Lab). MSc June 2009. Field: Nuclear and computational physics. PhD student at the center of excellence 'Center for theoretical and computational chemistry', UiO.
  • Lene Drøsdal Norderhaug: Thesis title: Finite element studies of quantum dots. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen and Xing Cai (IFI/Simula). MSc June 2009. Field: Solid state and computational physics. Researcher at CERN, Switzerland.
  • Rune Albrigtsen : Thesis title: Computational environment for many-electron systems. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. MSc April 2009. Field: Solid state and computational physics. System Developer at Agresso Research and Development.
  • Gustav Jansen : Thesis title: Many-Body theory of Hyperons. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. MSc June 2008. Field: Nuclear and computational physics. Present occupation: PhD student at CMA since August 1 2008.
  • Ole Petter Harbitz : Thesis title: Shell-Model studies of Carbon isotopes. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. MSc June 2008. Field: Nuclear and computational physics. Present occupation: works in the IT industry.
  • Sutharsan Amurgian : Thesis title: Neutrino bremsstrahlung processes in neutron stars. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. MSc June 2007. Field: Nuclear and computational physics. Present occupation: PhD student in materials science at UiO.
  • Jon Thonstad : Thesis title: Modified URCA processes in neutron stars Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Nuclear and computational physics. MSc June 2007. Works in the IT industry.
  • Carl Joachim Berdal Haga : Thesis title: Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen, H.P. Langtangen and H.M. Nilsen (CMA). MSc June 2006. Field: Atomic and computational physics. Present occupation: PhD student at Simula Research Lab.
  • Espen Flage-Larsen : Thesis title: Numerical studies of quantum dots MSc June 2006. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Solid state and computational physics. PhD in materials science at UiO November 2009. Present occupation: Post-doc in Materials Science at UiO.
  • Jon Nilsen : Thesis title: Bose-Einstein condensation in trapped bosons; a Monte Carlo analysis MSc July 2004. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and A. Polls (Physics, U-Barcelona, Spain). Field: Atomic and computational physics. Present occupation: PhD student in high-energy physics at UiO.
  • Victoria Popsueva: Pdf file for thesis MSc March 2004. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Solid state and computational physics. PhD November 2007 at UBergen. Present occupation: Associate Professor at Bergen Regional College.
  • Mateusz Marek Røstad : Thesis title: Monte Carlo simulations of light nuclei MSc August 2004. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Nuclear and computational physics. Present occupation: Researcher at the Norwegian Defense institute.
  • Simen Reine Sommerfelt: Pdf file for thesis MSc April 2004. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Atomic and computational physics. PhD in quantum chemistry, December 2009, UiO. Present occupation: postdoctoral fellow at Aarhus university, Denmark.
  • Simen Kvaal: Pdf file for thesis MSc April 2004. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and H.P. Langtangen (Simula/IFI, UiO). Field: Computational physics. PhD January 2009. Present occupation: postdoctoral fellow at CMA, University of Oslo.
  • Eivind Brodal: Thesis as pdf file MSc June 2003. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and R. Machleidt (U-Idaho, Moscow, USA). Field: Nuclear and computational physics. PhD December 2008 at the University of Tromsoe, Norway. Present occupation: Associate Professor at Telemark regional college.
  • Ronny Kjelsberg: Thesis as pdf file MSc November 2003. Advisor: M. Hjorth-Jensen. Field: Nuclear physics. Present position: Lecturer at Sør-Trøndelag University College.
  • Eirik Ovrum: Thesis as pdf file MSc June 2003. Advisors: M. Hjorth-Jensen and J.M. Leinaas (Physics, UiO). Present position: Researcher at 'Det Norske Veritas'. PhD June 2007. Field: Computational physics