Mona Johnsrud
Mona Johnsrud holds a Bachelor in Analytical Chemistry from Oslo College of Engineering (Oslo ingeniørhøgskole), 1982. Been with NILU since 1987.
Mona has more than 20 years’ experience in quality control/quality assurance of measurement data, including organizing, handling, processing and analysing data, and uses this experience to contribute to various NILU projects.
This includes tasks for the Norwegian National reference laboratory for air quality measurements, like training, audits, and quality control and facilitation of measurement data for ambient air quality from Norwegian cities and municipalities for reporting to EU.
Mona has also been involved with specifications, testing and user training in electronic software development projects (admin.luftkvalitet.info, AirQUIS Web).
Mona has previously served as employee representative in NILUs Board of Directors for 12 years and is since 2016 serving as a board member in the union NTL Forskningsinstitutter.
Tuan-Vu Cao
Tuan-Vu Cao received the PhD degree in electronics engineering from the University of Oslo in 2011 with the topic of micro-power sensor interface in nanometer CMOS technology. During his PhD, he stayed at ISN Lab at UC San Diego in a year to implement a frequency adaptive BFSK MICS band (402-405 MHz) transmitter Chip for biomedical application. He has a long experience in both Academia and Industry.
From 2011 to 2012, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) to design a Delta-Sigma Analog to Digital converter at 65nm CMOS technology.
From 2012-2018, he worked in Industry as Senior Engineer at WINS Instrumentation AS and Prediktor AS for various projects, such as monitoring nutrient food content, and wireless DST real time instrumentation. Since 2018, he has come back Academia by joining NILU where he is currently a Senior Scientist.
Tuan-Vu Cao has been running several national and EU projects at NILU:
- Horizon Europe project MISO - Autonomous Multi-Format In-Situ Observation Platform for Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Methane Monitoring in Permafrost & Wetlands; (2023-2026) (The PI and project coordinator)
-Horizon Europe project healthRiskADAPT - User-driven Health risk Assessment Services and Innovative ADAPTation options against Threats from Heatwaves, Air Pollution, Wildfire Emission and Pollen; (2024-2028) (The PI and project coordinator)
-Horizon Europe project scan2twin - Deep scans of existing buildings for rapid BIM and Digital Twin creation at low cost to unlock renovation wave through pre-commercial procurement (PCP) (2026-2030) (WP leader)
- EEA Grant project—HAPADS - a novel air mobile monitoring system enables end-users to make information-driven decisions to mitigate air pollution exposure; (2020-2023) (Co-PI and WP leader)
- EEA Grant project SmartFood project “Engaging citizens in food diversity in cities”; (2021-2024) (Co-PI and WP leader)
- NFR IKTPLUSS project: AirQMan: Low Latency Air Quality Management (2021-2025) (WP leader)
- NFR 273394- ‘‘Leopard-Wearable particle detector enabling safer working environments’’ (2018–2020) (Key Designer and Technical Coordinator)
His research interests include enabling technologies (advanced sensors, edge intelligence, IoT, etc...) and other autonomous systems for environmental monitoring and management.
Hilde Thelle Uggerud
Dr. Hilde Thelle Uggerud is a senior researcher at the Department of Environmental Chemistry and head of the Section for Metal and Inorganic Analysis. She works with analytical environmental chemistry and has particular expertise in plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and determination of metals in environmental samples.
Her professional focus is dispersion and long-distance transport of metals in the environment as well as biomonitoring of air quality, especially using moss as a biomonitor. She is also responsible for method development and validation.
Hilde has a science degree and a PhD from the University of Oslo, and extensive experience in project management. She is a quality manager with overall responsibility for NILU's laboratories accredited according to ISO/IEC 17025.
Pawel Rostkowski
Dr. Pawel Rostkowski is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Environmental Chemistry and Health Effects at NILU (Norway). He specializes in environmental analytical chemistry, focusing on identifying and characterizing emerging contaminants, particularly through non-target and suspect screening methods using high-resolution mass spectrometry.
Throughout his career, Rostkowski has developed innovative methods for detecting organic contaminants across various environmental matrices, products, and food contact materials.
In addition to his research, he plays an active role in various international scientific and regulatory organizations. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the NORMAN Association, which addresses emerging pollutants in Europe, and represents Norway in the European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET) Chemicals Expert Group.
He is also involved in BP4NTA (Benchmarking and Prioritization of Non-Target Analysis), an initiative focused on advancing non-target analytical techniques and establishing best practices for prioritizing unknown environmental contaminants. Furthermore, Rostkowski contributes as an expert in the ISO technical committee ISO/TC 147/SC 2/WG 85, dedicated to developing standards for non-target screening and enhancing methods for environmental monitoring and chemical risk assessment.
