I hold a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim (2015). My doctoral research coupled fluid mechanics and rock mechanics to simulate rock behavior during fluid injection for recovery processes. I also hold two Master’s degrees, in Mechanical Engineering and in Software Engineering.
From 2010 to 2017, I was a senior engineer at Petrell AS in Trondheim. There I contributed to develop a multiphysics near-wellbore simulator that industry uses in the North Sea. I joined IRIS in Stavanger as a research scientist in 2017 and continued at NORCE in Bergen from 2018. In 2021, I received a Fulbright grant for a research visit to the formation evaluation research group at the University of Texas at Austin, and I returned there as a visiting scholar in 2025 through the 3D GiG project.
My current research is in borehole geophysics and geosteering, focusing on the modeling and inversion of geophysical measurements e.g., deep-sensing borehole electromagnetic measurements. I lead 3D GiG (3D geological interpretation for geosteering of wells), funded by the Research Council of Norway and industry partners including Equinor, Aker BP, and Vår Energi. I will also lead EAGLE, a new Research Council of Norway project starting in 2027, which will jointly invert ultra-deep azimuthal resistivity and drill-bit seismic-while-drilling data. Both projects aim to improve real-time imaging of the formation around and ahead of the bit, supporting better-informed decisions in well placement in hydrocarbon and geothermal reservoirs.
My expertise spans mathematical modeling, geophysics, formation evaluation, fluid and solid mechanics, software development. I also represent NORCE in Hydrogen Europe Research.
