Professor in Petroleum Technology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology
	

Education:	
	-	 Sivilingeniør, Norw. Inst. for Technology (NTH), 1975
	-	 Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1978

Employment:
	-	STATOIL, 1975-1976
	-	SINTEF,    1979-1980
	-	NTH-NTNU, since 1980 

Research areas:	
	-    	Two-phase flow in pipes; pressure loss, dynamic stability
	-	Well inflow performance; horizontal wells
	-	Reservoir management, operations research, optimization


Memberships/service:
	-	Academic administrator Continental Shelf Development, Petr. Industry Courses, 1983 - 1991
	-	Member: Nordic Ministers Council's Collegium for Oil Technology.  1985 - 2002 
	-	Member: SPE Symbols & Metrication Committee, 1994 – 1997 
	-	Chairman: SPE Symbols & Metrication Committee, 1997 - 1999
	-	Chairman:  Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Gephysics, NTNU 1996 - 1998.
	-	Board member: The: Norwegian University Centre in St.Petersburg. 2002- 2005
	-	Program chairman: Trondheim chapter of  SPE  2002 – 2003
      	-	Chairman Trondheim chapter of SPE   2003-2004
	-	Member TONO (Norwegian composers association) 
	-    	Member NFF (Norwegian non-fiction authors association)