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About us

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

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Hege Vangstein Aamot

Assoc. Professor, PhD — Principal Investigator

hege.vangstein.aamot@ahus.no

Dept. of Microbiology and Infection Control, Ahus/Østfold University of Applied Sciences​.

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

Chief technician, 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

kira.waagner.birkeland@sykehuset-innlandet.no

Dept. of Microbiology, Innlandet Hospital Trust.

 

Nanopore mNGS specialist for neurological infections.

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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 9/25/2026