Welcome, Kristine!

Hello all, I am very excited to be pursuing my PhD here at UiB as a member of Prof. Dietzel’s research group.

I was born and raised in Oregon, USA, where I took my bachelor’s at Portland State University, but I moved to Norway two years ago to attend NTNU where I completed my master’s in Organic Chemistry. The main focus in my research both during undergraduate and graduate studies has been in alternative energy and I am glad to be continuing work with these applications in mind. I will be working with MOFs for the electrochemical transformation of carbon dioxide to formic acid as a means of chemical energy storage.

Outside of chemistry I love listening to music, dancing ballet, doing photography, and going for hiking and skiing trips, among other things.