Environmental & Forest Sciences
SustainableDevelopment sköpun for a liveable environment

Our Focus is on natural sciences, environmental sciences and forest sciences with emphasis on sustainability. We strve to increase and develop research and education in our fileds of speciality.
We are working towards increasing research and innovation in education in the field with domestic and international collaboration. Whe focus on the field of environment and land utilisation.

Doctoral Studies
Post Graduate Studies
Undergraduate Studies
Emphasis
Research

Project Manager: Hlynur Óskarsson
Long-term monitoring of the occurrence of anaerobic bacteria in waters of the ports of Faxaflóahafnir.
The monitoring consists of monthly sampling of surface water in 10 stations within the ports of Faxaflóahafnir, and the samples are analysed for e. coli and enterococcus. The results are published both monthly on the Faxaflóahafnir webpage and in an annual report.
THE PEOPLE
Head of Faculty: Isabel Barrio
Vice Head of Faculty: Ása Lovísa Aradóttir
Alejandro Salazar Villegas Assistant Professor
Anna Mariager Behrend PhD Student
Arngrímur Thorlacius Associate Professor
Bjarni Diðrik Sigurðsson Professor
Emmanuel Pierre Pagneux Assistant Professor
Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir Assistant Professor
Hlynur Óskarsson Professor
Jónína Sigríður Þorláksdóttir PhD Student
Jón Guðmundsson Assistant Professor
Laura Barbero Palacios Research assistant
María Svavarsdóttir Research Specialist
Mathilde F. Marie Defourneaux PhD Student
Ólafur Gestur Arnalds Professor
Pavla Dagsson Waldhauserová Program Director / Specialist
Páll Sigurðsson Program Director / PhD Student
Ragnhildur Helga Jónsdóttir Adjunct Lecturer
Ruth Phoebe Tchana Wandji PhD Student
Sólveig Sanchez PhD Student
Stephen John Hurling PhD Student