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Helene Muri is a Senior Scientist at NILU, and Adjunct Senior Researcher at NTNU's Department of Energy and Process Engineering.

Muri works in climate and environmental research, with a particular focus on  carbon dioxide removal, solar radiation modification (geoengineering), and quantification of emissions and emission reductions in e.g. the transport sector. She has published over 70 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to the IPCC's sixth assessment report in Working Groups 1 and 3. She chairs the European Marine Board Working Group on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal and has contributed to updates to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Muri is also an active research communicator with over 250 media contributions, including interviews with CNN, BBC and NRK, as well as op-eds in Aftenposten and Dagens Næringsliv.

She graduated from The University of Reading with a BSc (Hons) in Meteorology and earned a DPhil (PhD) in Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics from The University of Oxford, UK, in 2009.

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Dr. Amandip Sangha is a Senior Scientist at the Department of Digital Technologies at NILU. He holds a PhD in mathematics from the University of Oslo. His academic interests are in mathematical modelling, data science, ML/AI and HPC applied to fields related to climate and environment. 

He is motivated by contributing to socially useful research and knowledge development in the field of climate and the environment. 

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Azimil Gani Alam is holding an bachelor and master’s degree in mechanical engineering (ventilation & indoor air quality study) from University of Indonesia and Kookmin University South Korea with over six years of enthusiastic and certified experience in building energy and ventilation audits in Indonesia, Azimil Gani Alam has honed his expertise in this critical field.

He is now pursuing a PhD at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, focusing on developing a Novel User-Oriented Building Management System to Optimize Indoor Environment control in Educational Buildings under DiggMinSkole’s project with supervision and coordination by NILU, NAAF and Oslo Kommune.

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Thomas Walmsley works as an engineer at the department of monitoring and instrument technology. He has a master’s degree in Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (MSENVITOX) from NTNU where he in his thesis «Studies of environmental footprint in Brøggerdalen after rocket launching in Ny-Ålesund» did sampling, acid digestion and chemical analysis of trace elements and PCBs in sediment.

He is a part of the group that works on the Medusa GC-MS. He is also responsible for running the EC /OC where he analyses carbonaceous aerosols as a part of the monitoring projects as well as other projects on demand.

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Dr. Ayan Chatterjee is a Scientist at NILU Digital Technologies, Kjeller, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Kristiania University College, Oslo, with prior academic positions at the University of Agder and Simula R&D. Known for his interdisciplinary research, Dr. Chatterjee bridges fields such as Software Engineering, Data Science, Human-Centered AI, Data Mining, and Digital Health to foster innovation in academia, industry, and the public sector.

Dr. Chatterjee completed his master’s in software engineering at Jadavpur University, India, and holds a Ph.D. in ICT with a focus on eHealth from the University of Agder, Norway. His doctoral work focused on machine learning-based e-coaching for personalized health recommendations, pioneering methods in personal health data management and hybrid decision-making systems. His expertise spans Software Engineering, Data Science, and Knowledge Engineering, equipping him to tackle complex challenges in health and environmental sciences and driving user-centered, data-driven solutions that impact both research and industry.

An active contributor to European Union projects, Dr. Chatterjee leads or collaborates on Work Packages focusing on Data Science, Digital Health, Environmental Monitoring, and Software Engineering. His project leadership includes overseeing deliverables, coordinating tasks, and ensuring alignment with EU research goals. At Kristiania University College, he has designed and taught advanced courses like "Secure Software Development" and "AI for Cybersecurity" for master’s students, focusing on cybersecurity and software reliability and supervising thesis projects.

With an h-index of 24 and over 950 citations, Dr. Chatterjee shares his findings through conferences, presentations, and journals, and serves on the editorial board of Scientific Reports. His career goal is to advance as a Research Professor in Computer Science, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration to address real-world challenges in data analytics across diverse domains. Dr. Chatterjee’s work at the intersection of technology, environmental sustainability, and human well-being underscores his commitment to impactful, innovative research, contributing to meaningful advancements in science, education, and cross-sector collaboration.

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Dr Ekaterina Vorobeva works as a postdoctoral researcher at NILU since January 2024. Her project is a part of the Copernicus Climate Change Service Evolution (CERISE) project that aims to enhance the quality of the C3S reanalysis and seasonal forecast portfolio. In her postdoctoral research, Ekaterina will analyze snow forecasts produced by several leading meteorological centers in Europe and discuss the role of snow in land-atmosphere coupling.

Ekaterina holds a PhD degree from the Norwegian university of science and technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Her PhD project had a focus on utilizing ground-based observations of low-frequency sound waves (infrasound) to probe the dynamics of the middle atmosphere. A particular emphasis was put on studying gravity waves activity and the stratospheric polar vortex.

Ekaterina’s main research interests include but are not limited to (i) atmospheric dynamics and chemistry, (ii) middle atmosphere, (iii) remote sensing, (iv) atmospheric modelling.

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Dr Johannes Kaiser started working at NILU’s Department for Atmosphere and Climate as a senior scientist in 2023. He has over 25 years of experience with satellite-based remote sensing of fires and atmospheric composition, as well as data assimilation, inversion and climate monitoring.

Kaiser has been the lead developer of the Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS) of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) during 2007-2019 and from 2022 onwards. During his career, he has also built a Research Group on fire emissions at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) in Mainz, Germany. He managed the operational activities of the EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF) for the German national weather service (DWD) and run the scientific consultancy "SatFire Kaiser".

He founded the Interdisciplinary Biomass Burning Activity (IBBI) for IGAC, WMO and iLEAPS in 2012, and he is currently a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of for IGAC Global Emissions Initiative (GEIA). He has also worked for ECMWF, King's College London and the Universities of Zurich and Bremen.

Kaiser has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles with an h-index of 45 on Scopus. He has a PhD in Atmospheric Physics and Remote Sensing from the University of Bremen, Germany, and a Diploma (equiv. MSc) in Astrophysics from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany.

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Jean Froment is a researcher at the climate and research institute NILU.

Jean has conducted his PhD. at the Norwegian institute of Water Research (NIVA) and University of Oslo (UiO) focusing on Effect-Directed analysis (EDA). His post-doctoral experiences at the UFZ (Leipzig, Germany) and Stockholm University (Sweden) focused on performing nontarget analysis of biological and environmental samples.

Jean’s main research interests include the screening of environmental samples (particulate matter, water…) by chromatography (LC, or GC) coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometers (HRMS). Together with in vitro bioassays, nontarget analysis allows the detection of unexpected toxicants in the environment.

Jean is also passionate about the use of open-source software for the data processing of HRMS data and in silico tools to reveal the chemical composition and structure of unknown features.

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Assigned roles and positions at NILU Centre for Atmospheric Data

• Coordinator for all ACTRIS DC administrative operations

Responsibility

• Project leader for ACTRIS spin off projects e.g. ENVRI-HUB NEXT (ENVRI-Hub NEXT Project – ENVRI Community) and POLARIN (POLARIN – Polar Research Infrastructure Network)
• Coordinate ACTRIS DC administrative operations: like annual reporting (cost and activity), annual plans, organising board meetings
• Manage and contribute to ACTRIS spin off projects
• Project leader in larger/many projects; and responsible for the roles that follow; delegate, maintain an overview
• Contribute to EVDC and EEA COINS projects, also strengthen link to ACTRIS DC

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Bendik Østrem Svalastog works as a full-stack developer. His core competencies lie in DevOps, Java, discrete math, work methodologies and logic, and professional dissemination. He has a bachelor's degree in programming from the University of Oslo and in addition to his job, he is taking a master's degree in programming and system architecture at the same place, to strengthen academic depth and pursue an interest in research.

Bendik has had many jobs as a teacher, for both children and adults, and has brought it with him to NILU and held courses on Git and Test Driven Development (TDD) for colleagues. He has a diverse work experience from the corporate consulting industry and has worked with major players such as Telenor, Mesta, Vipps, Produsentregisteret, Ardoq, Digital Driver's License and the The Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection. He has also spent a year at the Frisch Centre as a research assistant on a project immediately after his studies.

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Huy Duong Gia is currently a PHD-candidate at Stiftelsen NILU (since 2023).

He has a Bachelor degree in Control engineering and Automation (from 2015 to 2019 at Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology), in which he learned about control engineering, embedded systems, electronic design (PCB) and IoT application.

He then moved on to become an Embedded systems engineer (from 2019 to 2021 at BKASIC Technology cooperation). In 2 years as an engineer, he designed and programmed (C language) embedded system for electronic products, especially with high-speed signal devices. He used IoT application to control the product over internet, and designed hardware (PCB) for embedded system, control board, and high frequency PCB.

Huy then earned his master's degree in Micro and Nano System Technology (from 2021 to 2023 at University of South-eastern Norway). Here he went to the tiny world to study Nano and Micro system technology, especially Photonics devices, Optics, and MEMS (Mechanic-Electronic Micro System) design.

Now he is working under the MISO project. His main focus is on developing ambient monitors for greenhouse gases (GHGs) with low power consumption for long-term deployment in the Arctic and wetlands. By integrating tinyML (Tiny Machine Learning), he aims not only to improve the accuracy and reliability of data collected from these sensors but also to reduce power consumption for prolonged use. The goal is to make air quality data in the Arctic and wetlands more accessible, accurate, and useful for researchers and the general public.