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Meet the research team at Ahus, our national and international collaborators. Get in touch with us.

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    Hege Vangstein Aamot

    Researcher, PhD — Principal Investigator

    hege.vangstein.aamot@ahus.no

    Dept. of Microbiology and Infection Control, Ahus.

    Researcher and molecular biologist with expertise in nanopore sequencing, metagenomics, and pathogen genomics. 

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    Truls M. Leegaard

    Assoc. Professor, PhD, MD

    tlee@ahus.no

    Ahus / Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo.


    Specialist in medical microbiology and antibiotic resistance. Member of RespiraNet.

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    Knut Stavem

    Professor, PhD, MD

    knut.stavem@medisin.uio.no

    Health Services Research Unit, Ahus / University of Oslo.

     

    Specialist in health research services, health economics, and lung medicine.

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    Milan Stosic

    Researcher, PhD

    milan.stosic@ahus.no

    Dept. of Microbiology and Infection Control, Ahus.

     

    Expert in bioinformatics for next-generation sequencing.

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    Lise Lund-Berven

    Head of Section, PhD

    lise.berven@ahus.no

    Dept. of Microbiology and Infection Control, Ahus.

     

    Head of Section for Research and Development. Special expertise in host biomarkers in infection.

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    Kushi Kushekhar

    Researcher , PhD

    x.kushekhar@ahus.no

    Dept. of Microbiology and Infection Control, Ahus (PATHFINDER).

     

    Translational immunologist with expertise in biomarkers in cancer and infections.

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    Mathias Lundberg

    PhD Student, MSc

    mathias.lundberg@ahus.no

    Dept. of Microbiology and Infection Control, Ahus.

     

    Experienced in molecular diagnostics.

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    Karin Helmersen

    Senior engineer, MSc

    karin.helmersen@ahus.no

    Dept. of Microbiology and Infection Control, Ahus.

     

    Specialist in molecular diagnosis including Nanopore mNGS.

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    Karl Erik Müller

    Senior registrar in infectious diseases, post-doctoral fellow and researcher, MD PhD

    kamull@vestreviken.no

    Vestre Viken HF Drammen / University of Bergen.

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    Lars Heggelund

    Senior physician, MD PhD

    lars.heggelund@vestreviken.no

    Vestre Viken HF Drammen / University of Bergen.

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    Kira Waagner Birkeland

    PhD Student, MSc

    Dept. of Microbiology, Innlandet Hospital Trust

    Nanopore mNGS specialist for neurological infections. Instrumental in establishing this technology at Innlandet Hospital Trust.

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    Paula Mölling

    Associate Professor, PhD

    paula.molling@regionorebrolan.se

    Örebro University and University Hospital Örebro, Sweden.

     

    Molecular biologist with expertise in NGS and infection diagnostics.

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    Thomas Demuyser

    Assistant Professor, PhD

    Thomas.Demuyser@vub.be

    Anacura – Labo Nuytinck, Evergem.

    AIMS – Artificial Intelligence supported Modelling in clinical Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

    LAMB – Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Universiteit Antwerpen.

     

    Clinical microbiologist, with expertise in molecular microbiology and genome sequencing in clinical practice.

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    Maria Bjerke

    Asst. Professor

    maria.bjerke@uzbrussel.be

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

     

    Head of Clinical Neurochemistry, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel.

Last updated 10/13/2026