Head of Department
Drilling Engineering
- Dr Bernt S. Aadnøy, Professor (coordinator)
- Dr Mesfin Belayneh, Associate Professor
- Dr Kjell Kåre Fjelde, Professor
- Dr Eirik Kårstad, Associate Professor
- Dr Olav Gerhard Haukenes Nygaard, Adjunct Professor
- Dr Erik Skaugen, Professor
- Dr Claas Van der Zwaag, Adjunct Professor
Gas and Hydrates
- Dr Jann Rune Ursin, Professor (coordinator)
- Dr Runar Bøe, Associate Professor
- Dr Thor Martin Svartås, Associate Professor
- Dr Rune W. Time, Professor
Petroleum Geosciences
- Dr Alejandro Escalona, Associate Professor (coordinator)
- Lisa Bingham, B.A., Research Science Assistant
- Dr Robert James Brown, Associate Professor
- Dr Arild Buland, Adjunct Associate Professor
- Dr Nestor Cardozo, Associate Professor
- Dr Willy Fjeldskaar, Adjunct Professor
- Dr Paul Henry Nadeau, Adjunct Associate Professor
- Dr Sylvia Nordfjord, Adjunct Associate Professor
- Dr Rodmar Ravnås, Adjunct Associate Professor
- Dr Christopher Townsend, Adjunct Associate Professor
- Dr Udo Zimmermann, Associate Professor
Petroleum Investment and Decision Analysis
- Dr Reidar Bratvold, Professor
Production Engineering
- Dr Thor Martin Svartås, Associate Professor (coordinator)
- Dr Runar Bøe, Associate Professor
- Dr Aly A. Hamouda, Professor
- Dr Helge Hodne, Associate Professor
- Dr Helene Schei, Professor
- Dr Arild Saasen, Adjunct Professor
- Dr Anatoly Zolotukhin, honorary professor for international relations
Reservoir Engineering
- Dr Svein M. Skjæveland, Professor (coordinator)
- Hakan Aksulu, MSc, Research Science Assistant
- Dr Tor Austad, Professor
- Dr Steinar Evje, Professor
- Dr D. G. Hatzignatiou, Adjunct Professor
- Dr Aksel Hiorth, Associate Professor
- Dr Hans Kleppe, Associate Professor
- Jostein Kolnes, MSc., Associate Professor
- Dr Leif Larsen, Adjunct Professor
- Karl Audun Lehne, Msc., Associate Professor
- Dr Merete V. Madland, Associate Professor
- Dr Tina Puntervold, Postdoc
- Dr Skule Strand, Associate Professor
- Dr Jann Rune Ursin, Professor
Laboratory engineers and technicians
- Unni Hakli, Chief Engineer (lab manager)
- Dr Jostein Djuve, Senior Engineer
- Sivert Bakken Drangeid, Head Engineer
- Andreas Habel, Head Engineer
- Dr Reidar Inge Korsnes, Chief Engineer
- Svein Myhren, Head Engineer
- Inger Johanne M.-K. Olsen, Staff Engineer
- Dr H.A. Rabenjafimanantsoa, Senior Engineer
- Ola Ketil Siqveland, Senior Engineer
- Kim André Nesse Vorland, Head Engineer
- Jorunn Vrålstad, Head Engineer
PhD students at UiS and IRIS
- Rajib Ahsan
- Hossein A. Akhlaghi Amiri
- Pål Østebø Andersen
- Irina Chursina
- Wei Ke
- Seyed Ahmad Mirhaj
- Thanusha Naidoo
- Svitlana Rasheva
- Alexander Romanov
- Vahid Alipour Tabrizy
- John Emeka Udegbunam
- Barbara Wrobel
- Jan Einar Gravdal (IRIS)
- Liv Almås Carlsen (IRIS)
- Hans Petter Lohne (IRIS)
- Erich Christian Suter (IRIS)
PhD students placed in the industry
- Moustafa Dernaika (ResLab Reservoir Laboratories AS)
- Alf Kristian Gjerstad (Teknova AS)
- Mohammad Ali Rajaieyamchee (Weatherford)
- Lorents Reinås (Statoil)
- Bizhan Zangiabadi (ACL Consulting)
Administration
- Heidi Moen, Secretary
- Stine Thu Førland, Secretary (student adviser)
- Kathrine Molde, Higher Executive Officer (human resources)
- Hege Rosså, Senior Executive Officer (student adviser)
