Per-Olav Moksnes new professor in marine ecology
Per-Olav Moksnes has been promoted to Professor of Marine Ecology with Focus on Management at the University of Gothenburg for his research, teaching and collaboration on eelgrass management and restoration.
Congratulations! How does it feel to be a professor?
“Thank you very much, it feels really good. I feel a bit proud that my research and pedagogical work has reached a level that resulted in this appointment. It has been quite a long process, including finding time to take the compulsory pedagogical courses required for promotion today, but it has been rewarding courses and nice now when everything is completed,” says Per-Olav Moksnes.
What does this promotion mean to you?
“It's great that my research area ‘marine ecology with a focus on management’ now has a professor. It’s a confirmation of the work and results that I and my colleagues in the interdisciplinary research group Zorro have achieved over a long period of time, and hopefully the appointment can strengthen the subject and attract students and younger researchers to the area. The appointment may not change my daily work very much, but it opens up for me to contribute in more ways to the college and the Department, including examinations of doctoral students.”
And now... What is your next step?
“Within my interdisciplinary research group Zorro, working on issues related to eelgrass management and restoration, we have recently received a major grant from Formas, and the group is therefore currently expanding with new colleagues, post docs and PhD students. It is really fun and stimulating to work with a large group of talented younger colleagues and students, and I am very much looking forward to developing the research area together with them.”
Interview : Annika Wall
