Ola M. Johannessen
EU Descartes Laureate In Earth Science 2005, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center/Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Norway
Ola M. Johannessen (OMJ) is at present the Founding Director of the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) and the Mohn-Sverdrup Center for Global Ocean Studies and Operational Oceanography (MSC) in Bergen, which is a part of NERSC. He has also a tenured Chair in oceanography /remote sensing at the Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen (UoB) since 1987. He is the President of the Nansen Scientific Society, the President of the newly founded Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, the Chairman of the Guardian Board of the Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NIERSC) in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Chairman of the Board of the Nansen Center in Cochin, India, the Co-Chairman of the Board of the Nansen-Zhu Center at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing where he also formally is a Visiting Professor and the Chairman of the Board of the Bjerknes Climate Center in Bergen. He has also been elected to be the President of the recently founded "Norwegian Scientific Academy of Polar Research"
OMJ is presently involved in the following scientific fields: Global warming detection and prediction of the Arctic climate system, including sea ice, Greenland ice sheet and deep water formation and its impact on the thermohaline circulation; CO2 uptake and CO2 injection in the ocean, global change studies of marine ecosystems, marine pollution, harmful algae blooms, radioactive spreading in the ocean, Indian and Southern Ocean circulation studies and socio-economic impact studies of global change.
OMJ is the author and co-author of 490 publications of which 7 are books (6 Springer- 1 American Geophysical Union) and 137 are in referee journals, books and proceedings, (e.g. 8 in Science - 1 in Nature). The remaining publications are primarily Proceedings, Technical and Special Reports and reviews of different institutes and programs. OMJ has been the supervisor for 30 Master and PhD students. Presently he supervise 10 PhD students in Bergen, St. Petersburg and Beijing
Through his membership with the European Climate Forum (http://www.european-climate-forum.net/) (ECF) and the International Risk Governance Council (http://www.irgc.org/) (IRGC) OMJ has recently started to be involved in policy studies of the challenge of the long term climate change and risks and governance of global warming.
He has received 8 awards for his research and leadership. He was the Laureate of the EU Descartes Prize in Earth Science in 2005 for leading the project: Climate and Environmental Change in the Arctic (CECA). Furthermore he received the Nansen Foundation (founded in 1896 after F. Nansen with Fram returned to Norway) Fridtjof Nansen Medal for Outstanding Research in 2007 by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. This medal is an official Norwegian decoration.
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