Visit from Rinaldo Poli - June-2024
Rinaldo Poli (middle) relaxing with Vidar R. Jensen (left) and Erwan Le Roux (right) after lectures & seminars. Excellent refreshments provided by the brewing club of the Dept. of Chem. PhD students.
Group picture - May-2024
Top row from left: Jannis Tripodianos, Vidar R. Jensen, Dmytro Lemeshchenko, Marco Foscato, Jonas B. Ekeli, Christian Sant Gjermestad, Giovanni Occhipinti, Leif Eric Hertwig, Iris Rami, Jonas Himmelstrup.Photo: Jin Sigve Mæland.
Immanuel's PhD defense - May-2024
The candidate and the “jury”, from left: Pascal Dietzel (committee leader), Immanuel Reim (candidate), Anna Kajetanowicz (opponent), and Xavier Solans Monfort (opponent).
New labs! - September-2023
During the summer of 2023, we were thrilled to moved into the brand new Energy Lab on the fourth floor of the Science Building. Together with the neighboring Health Lab, the new lab space constitutes 428 m2 state-of-the-art labs for materials/compounds discovery, jointly funded by the Norwegian Government and the UiB.
The picture shows UiB President, Margareth Hagen, and Deputy Mayor of Bergen, Eira Garrido, at the inauguration of EnergyLab & HealthLab. Photo: Jin Sigve Mæland.
A glimpse of the new Energy Lab. Photo: Jin Sigve Mæland.
A glimpse of the new Energy Lab. Photo: Jin Sigve Mæland.
The Unchained Labs Junior of the HTE@UiB facility, in the Energy Lab. Photo: Jin Sigve Mæland.
Covid19-adaption - June-2020
Shower-style curtain between the gloves of the glovebox to prevent spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Sondre's PhD defense - February-2020
Per-Ola Norrby (opponent) and Sondre discussing during the defense.
Christmas dinner - December-2019
Traditional Norwegian Christmas dinner at restaurant “Bryggeloftet” together with the Le Roux gang. From left: Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Morten Tysse, Jonas Ekeli, Immanuel Reim, Sven Thomas Nappen, Erwan Le Roux, Giovanni Occhipinti, Joakim Sjøthun Søvde, Lakshmi Suresh, Gabriel Jeantelot, Erik Flølo, Christian Sant Gjermestad, Wietse Smit, Marco Foscato, Fredrik Synnevåg Nesse, and Vidar R. Jensen.
Wietse's PhD defense - November-2019
Wietse concentrating at the blackboard during the defense.
The candidate, the “jury”, and the leader of the defense: From left: Lionel Delaude, Wietse Smit, Erwan Le Roux, Joelle Prunet, and George Francis.
Christmas dinner - December-2018
Traditional Norwegian Christmas dinner at restaurant “Bryggeloftet”. From left: Deryn E. Fogg, Erwan Le Roux, Morten Tysse, Simen Prang Følkner, Sven Thomas Nappen, Christian Sant Gjermestad, Immanuel Reim, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Vidar R. Jensen, and Marco Foscato.
Deryn Fogg's visit - August-2018
Dinner at restaurant “Marg og bein”. From left: Jonas Ekeli, Fredrik Synnevåg Nesse, Deryn E. Fogg, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Wietse Smit, Vidar R. Jensen, Marco Foscato, Giovanni Occhipinti, Raju Dey.
Excursion to the Hansa brewery - August-2018
At the Hansa brewery after sampling their products. From left: Wietse Smit, Marco Foscato, Giovanni Occhipinti, Fredrik Synnevåg Nesse, Vidar R. Jensen, Immanuel Reim, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Raju Dey.
Summer party - June-2016
Relaxing at the seaside in sunny Bergen. From left: Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Marco Foscato, and Giovanni Occhipinti.
Group picture - October-2015
Lunch at restaurant “Marg og bein”. From left: Anna Sobolewska, Wietse Smit, Marco Foscato, Bartosz Wozniak, Theresa Schilling, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Vidar R. Jensen, Vitali Koudriavtsev, Giovanni Occhipinti.
Marco's PhD defense - October-2015
Everyone is happy after the defense! From left: Peter Comba (opponent), Giovanni Occhipinti, Marco Foscato, Christophe Steinbeck (opponent), and Vidar R. Jensen.
Kick-off-meeting of the Idelab μAlgae-project - October-2014
The μAlgae-gang hard at work! From left: Veronika Solteszova, Giovanni Occhipinti, Tore Brembu, Marco Foscato, Trine Dale, Harald Throne-Holst, Atle Bones, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, and Tobias Boström.
Group picture - October-2014
Another sunny day in Bergen! From left: Nataliya Kostenko, Kjell Nedrelid, Giovanni Occhipinti, Vidar R. Jensen, Marco Foscato, Sondre Eliasson, Julien Engel (visiting PhD student from RWT Aachen University, group of Prof. Dr. C. Bolm), Marianne Volkmar, Vitali Koudriavtsev, and Wietse Smit.
Visit to C2P2 in Lyon - April-2014
France has more to offer than wine: the Bergen gang was happy to meet Nicolas (former postdoc in Bergen, Nicolas Merle, now at C2P2) again. From left: Vidar R. Jensen, Vitali Koudriavtsev, and Nicolas Merle.
Extended group picture - September-2013
Sometimes the sun is shining, even in Bergen! From left: Giovanni Occhipinti, Vidar R. Jensen, Marie-Sophie Zoch, Vitali Koudriavtsev, Jean Du Toit (guest from North-West University, South Africa), Mauricio Ayala Ortega, Marco Foscato, and Wietse Smit.
At the ISOM-XX Symposium, - Nara (Japan) - 2013
Vidar at the 20th International Symposium on Olefin Metathesis and Related Chemistry (ISOM XX) in Nara, Japan, July-2013. Photo: Torsten Porwol (Bergen Teknologioverføring).
Visit from Deryn Fogg (Univ. of Ottawa) - March-2013
From left: Deryn Fogg (Univ. of Ottawa), Giovanni Occhipinti, and Vidar R. Jensen on the top of Mount Ulriken. Photo: Torsten Porwol (Bergen Teknologioverføring).
Visit from Hai Lin (Univ. of Colorado Denver) - September-2012
From left: Pascal Dietzel (Univ. of Bergen), Vidar R. Jensen, and Hai Lin (Univ. of Colorado Denver) enjoying Norwegian-style moose burger and beer.
Marta Lill Sele's master's exam - 27.08.2012
le Swang (SINTEF/UiO, the examiner), Marta Lill, and Vidar relaxing after Marta Lill’s master’s exam.
At the NOTUR-2012 conference in Tromsø - June-2012
The “de-novo-gang” at the NOTUR-2012 conference in Tromsø, June-2012: Vishwesh Venkatraman (NTNU-Trondheim), Marco Foscato, and Mauricio Ayala Ortega. Photo: Bjørn K. Alsberg.
Wouter Heyndrickx's PhD Defense - 29.09.2011
The candidate, the “jury”, and the leader of the defense: From left to right: Ole Swang, Leif Sæthre, Wouter Heyndrickx, Luigi Cavallo, and Knut J. Børve.
At the EUCOMC 2011 conference in Toulouse - July-2011
Nicolas (right) and Vidar try some local French products in-between lectures…
Ingvild Follesø's master's exam - 23.06.2011
Andrew Weller (Univ. of Oxford, left), Ingvild Follesø, and Nicolas Merle relaxing after Ingvild’s master’s exam.
Elaine Olsson's PhD Defense - 14.01.2011
The candidate, the “jury”, and the leader of the defense: From left: Leif Sæthre, Heidi Erlandsen, Elaine Olsson, Per E. M. Siegbahn, and George Francis.
Group picture - May-2010
The group – May 2010. From left to right: Nicolas Merle, Vidar R. Jensen, Anika Rendelmann, Ingvild Follesø, Åsmund Singstad, Fredrik Rosberg Hansen, Elaine Olsson, Giovanni Occhipinti, Wouter Heyndrickx, Yury Minenkov.
At the EUCOMC-XVIII conference - Göteborg - 2009
Giovanni Occhipinti and Rinaldo Poli (LCC-Toulouse) enjoying the Gothenburg archipelago at the EUCOMC-XVIII conference in June-2009.
"Mini-workshop" - Bergen - June-2009
A break in the discussions during the “mini-workshop” on conformations of organometallic complexes, Bergen-2009. From left: Maria Gundersen Zahl, Elaine Olsson, Wouter Heyndrickx, Yury Minenkov, and Natalie Fey (Univ. of Bristol).
Relaxing at Bryggen after a hard day struggling with conformations. From left: Wouter Heyndrickx, Elaine Olsson, Giovanni Occhipinti, Yury Minenkov, and Natalie Fey (Univ. of Bristol).
At the ICOMC-conference - 2008
No lack of Norwegians at the ICOMC-conference in Rennes, July-2008. Back row from left: Hans-renè Bjørsvik (Univ. of Bergen), Giovanni Occhipinti (Univ. of Bergen), Vidar R. Jensen (Univ. of Bergen), Mats Tilset (Univ. of Oslo), Marianne Lenes Rosenberg (Univ. of Oslo). Front row from Left: Christian Meermann (Univ. of Bergen), Rannveig Litlabø (Univ. of Bergen), Hanne-Marthe Sommerfeldt (Univ. of Bergen), Tone Myhra (Univ. of Bergen, and Melanie Zimmermann (Univ. of Bergen).
Giovanni Occhipinti's PhD defense - June-2007
Giovanni (left) right after having “survived” the treatment of opponents Andreas Danopoulos (right) and Jeremy Harvey.
At the ISOM-16 conference - 2005
Giovanni Occhipinti waiting for “customers” during the poster session at the ISOM-16 conference in Poznan, Poland – August 2005.
Christmas party - 2004
The combined theory and spectroscopy group at the Julebord (“Christmas party”), December-2004. From left: Shiqiao Zhang, Manuel Sparta, Benjamin Haag, Giovanni Occhipinti, Leif Sæthre, Sindre Lillehaug, Oleksandr Loboda, Knut J. Børve, Velaug Myrseth Oltedal, Vidar R. Jensen.
