Live Semb Vestgarden

Associate Professor
Department of Natural Sciences and Environmental Health
Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences
Campus Bø
I am an associate professor of biogeochemistry mainly working with soils and the conditions that determine whether plants and crops live and grow well in the soil.

Competences

  • Soil and water quality in natural and agricultural systems
  • Carbon and nutrient cycling in natural and agricultural systems
  • Climate effects on soil and nutrient cycling

CV

  • Cand. Agric (MsC) (1996) og Dr.scient (PhD) (2001)  from Agricultural University of Norway (now Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU) 
  • Researcher, Jorforsk (now NIBIO) - Carbon in soils, precision agriculture (2002-2005)
  • Postdoc, NMBU - effects of climate on C- and N-cycling in montane soils (2005-2008)
  • Associate professor in biogeochemistry, HiT/HSN/USN (2008-2013, 2015, 2025-)
  • Head of Department - Department of Natural Sciences and Environmental Health (2014, 2016-2024)

Publications in the Norwegian Research Information Repository