Where do you currently work and what is your title/position?
Professor at Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
What do you do? Do you use math in your position?
I am a Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway), and I also holds a part time Senior Scientist position in the Department of Mathematics and Cybernetics at SINTEF Digital. My positions at NTNU are within computational mathematics, i.e., development of new theories/methods within applied mathematics and numerical analysis to make robust and efficient numerical software programs for challenging applications in science and technology. Main areas of research are Adaptive Finite Element Methods (AFEM), Reduced Order Modeling (ROM), and Hybrid Analysis and Modeling (HAM) to enable predictive digital twins. I am chairing the FME NorthWind Scientific Advisory Committee and is the leader of the NTNU Energy Team Wind and the NTNU IE Team Digital Twin and co-chair the Gemini Centre Offshore Wind.
Have you received any awards or made any recent accomplishments you’d like to share? This can include promotions, new jobs, and memberships to boards and organizations.
I am a Past President of NoACM (2008-2010), and currently member of NoACM Executive Committee. I have been member of the ECCOMAS Executive Committee since 2013 and are now the President Elect an will serve as the President in the period medio 2026 – medio 2030. I received the IACM Fellow Award (International Association for Computational Mechanics, IACM) in 2010 and was elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA) in 2017.