Nils Gunnar Kvamstø is the new CEO at IMR
Onsdag 1. februar deltar havforskningsdirektør Nils Gunnar Kvamstø i panelet «Food on the Move» under Arctic Frontiers i Tromsø.
Photo: Eivind Senneset / IMRPublished: 03.01.2022
Nils Gunnar Kvamstø (57) is looking forward to embarking on a six-year tenure, as the CEO at the Institute of Marine Research.
“I am excited, proud and motivated to take on the job together with the skilled staff at IMR. IMR is one of the largest marine research institutes in Europe, and important for the society we live in, the world around us and the challenges we face: The goal of sustainable resource management, climate change and the protection of biodiversity. High quality ocean management must be based on research and knowledge, which IMR delivers to society”, Kvamstø says.
Meteorologist and professor
Nils Gunnar Kvamstø grew up in Arna outside Bergen. He is a meteorologist and professor in the field.
He comes to IMR from the position of marine dean at the University of Bergen, where he has had a long and eventful career, both as a researcher and leader.
Among other things, he worked with climate modeling and analysis, and was central in the development of the climate modeling activity at the Bjerknes Center for Climate Research and in the establishment of the Bergen Offshore Wind Center.