Trine Hvoslef-Eide

Experience

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  Miljøverndepartementet

  Oct 1993 - Nov 1994

  Advisor

  Worked as advisor on the Norwegian Gene Technology Law of 1993. Head of the Norwegian delegation to OECD, Paris on Gene technology and to the Competent Authorities in EU on Deliberate Release of GM.

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  Akershus Venstre

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2004

  Leader
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  International Society of Horticultural Sciences

  Jan 2002 - now

  Member of the Council
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  Akershus fylkeskommune

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  Group leader of Venstre - the Liberal Party
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  NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences

  Oct 2005 - now

  This EnPe project (funded by Norad and administred by NTNU) is a collaboration between NMBU and 3 departments in Hawassa University (Main Project Coordinator Meseret Tesema) and University of Mekelle.We have 5 PhD students who work on biology and energy and 1 Research Fellow on social sciences from Ethiopia funded under this project. We work on Jatropha and Castor bean from various aspects on biology (3 PhD students, enrolled with BIOVIT) and bioenergy (2 PhD students, enrolled with REALTEK) at NMBU. Total budget for the project is NOK 10 Million. Show less We have currently 5 PhD students and 1 Research Fellow in this project funded by Norad. We also have 1 associated Phd student funded through Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the project leader on this in IITA, Dr. Leena Tripathi, Nairobi, Kenya. All PhD students are enrolled as students at BIOVIT (IPV).We work on viruses elimination and genotyping in sweet potato and nematode management and genotyping in Enset. Involved institutions: Hawassa University, Ethiopia (main partner in the South), Mekelle University, Ethiopia, University of Juba, South Sudan, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), East African Region (Tanzania and Kenya), NIBIO (Norway) and interact with EIAR in Ethiopia and CIP in Peru. Total budget for the project is NOK 18 Million. Show less Main tasks as a leader: Changed the Microscopy Unit to Imaging Centre Campus Ås, with a Strategic Action Plan in agreement with Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), Norwegian Veterinary School (NVH), later merged to NMBU. The following institutions were also part of the process; Nofima, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norwegian Institute for Forest and Landscapes and Norwegian Crop Research Institute (the latter two merged to Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy - NIOBIO).Introduced an electronic version of signing for use - enabling invoices made directly.Applied for new equipment and started getting funding for upgrades of the CORE facility. Show less

  • Norwegian Project Coordinator for EnPe Project on Clean and Renewable Bioenergy in Ethiopia

    Nov 2015 - now

  • Project Coordinator for NORHED Diseases in Sweet potato and Enset - Ethiopia and South Sudan

    Oct 2013 - now

  • Norwegian Project Leader of AnthoPLUS - an ERA-IB funded project

    Apr 2013 - Sept 2017

  • Head of Imaging Centre Campus Ås

    Sept 2010 - Oct 2015

  • Associate Professor

    Jul 1983 - Nov 2011

  • Prorector or Vice-President

    Oct 2005 - Sept 2009
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  International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

  Oct 2009 - Dec 2015

  Member of Board of Trustees

  Program Committee Chair 2010-2014

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  Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board (2019-2023)

  Apr 2019 - now

  Member

  Professor in Plant Sciences