Academic Staff
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Einar Svavarsson
Assistant Professor [email protected] 
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Eva Kuttner
Assistant Professor and Project Manager evak@holar.is 
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Ólafur I. Sigurgeirsson
Assistant Professor olisig@holar.is 
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Technical & support Staff
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Marie Delbasty
Teaching and Research Assistant
delbasty@holar.is
Teaching and Research Assistant
delbasty@holar.is
Technical staff at the Breeding station
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Guðmundur Björnsson
Research Technician gummi@holar.is |
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Postdoctoral Researchers
Name: Grant Haines
From: United States of America
Study: Postdoctoral, Hólar University
Project: Cave Charr project
Advisor: Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson
From: United States of America
Study: Postdoctoral, Hólar University
Project: Cave Charr project
Advisor: Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Masters students
Name: Ben Andrews
From: Canada Study: MSc in Aquatic Biology, Hólar University in collaboration with the University of New Brunswick Project: Comparison of Diel Activity and Growth in Three Species of Stream-Dwelling Salmonids. Advisor: Stefán Óli Steingrímsson |
Name: Friðþjófur Árnason
From: Iceland Study: MSc in Aquatic Biology, Hólar University, in collaboration with the Marine and Freshwater Institute Project: Density-dependent growth in juvenile stream-dwelling salmonids in Iceland. Advisor: Stefán Óli Steingrímsson |
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Name: Kelsey Stansberry
From: United States of America Study: MSc in Aquatic Biology, Hólar University Project: Effects of prey distribution on resource defense behavior in juvenile Arctic charr. Advisor: Stefán Óli Steingrímsson |
Name: Krystal Mannion
From: United States of America Study: MSc in Aquatic Biology, Hólar University Project: Diel activity in Arctic charr: Phenotypic and ecological determinants. Specifically, my thesis focuses the role of intraspecific competition (i.e. food availability), and individual differences in behavior, on diel activity and foraging patterns of juvenile Arctic charr. Advisor: Stefán Óli Steingrímsson |
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Name: Lewis Higgins
From: United States of America Study: MSc in Aquatic Biology, Hólar University Project: Repeatability and Plasticity of Foraging Behaviors in Arctic charr, Atlantic salmon and brown trout. Advisor: Stefán Óli Steingrímsson |
Name: Michael Galloway
From: United States of America Study: MSc in Aquatic Biology, Hólar University Project: Diel activity in Arctic charr: Phenotypic and ecological determinants. Specifically, my Masters thesis will focus on metabolic rates as a "predictor" of diel activity; linking metabolic rate (and scope) to daily activity of arctic charr in a semi-natural, stream environment. Advisor: Stefán Óli Steingrímsson |
Name: Margrét Thorsteinsson
From: Iceland
Study: M.Sc. in Aquatic Biology, in collaboration with the University of
Iceland's Research Centre of the Westfjords and the Westfjords Iceland
Nature Research Centre
Project: Habitat dynamics of wild anadromous Arctic charr and brown
trout in Iceland, and the potential association with salmon lice infection.
Advisors: Stefán Óli Steingrímsson and Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir
From: Iceland
Study: M.Sc. in Aquatic Biology, in collaboration with the University of
Iceland's Research Centre of the Westfjords and the Westfjords Iceland
Nature Research Centre
Project: Habitat dynamics of wild anadromous Arctic charr and brown
trout in Iceland, and the potential association with salmon lice infection.
Advisors: Stefán Óli Steingrímsson and Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir
Doctoral students
Name: Alessandra Schnider
From: Switzerland Study: PhD, University of Iceland and Hólar University Project: ECO-EVO-DEVO dynamics of biodiversity - Mývatn threespine stickleback as a model. Advisors: Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson at Hólar University and Zophonías Jónsson at University of Iceland |
Name: Christian Beuvard
From: France Study: PhD student from the University of Iceland Project: The effect of different parameters (oxygen, CO2 and temperature) on growth and metabolism in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Advisor: Helgi Thorarensen |
Name: Dan Govoni
From: United States of America Study: PhD , University of Iceland and Hólar University Project: Surface and subsurface community and food web dynamics across a thermal gradient in Icelandic streams. Advisor: Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson |
Name: Gabrielle Ladurée
From: France Study: PhD, University of Iceland and Hólar University Project: Space use, social systems, and personality in stream-dwelling salmonids. Advisor: Stefán Óli Steingrímsson |
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Name: Sabine B. C. Lobligeois
From: France Study: PhD, University of Iceland and Hólar University Project: Development of personality traits in farmed Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Advisor: David Benhaïm |
Name: Safina Musa
From: Kenya Study: PhD Project: Effects of feeding rates and fertilazation on water quality dynamics, growth and economic performance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Advisor: Helgi Thorarensen |
Name: Sigurður Árnason
From: Iceland
Study: PhD, University of Iceland
and Hólar University
Project: Studying the fine scale ecological drivers of phenotypic
diversity in populations of Small Benthic Arctic Charr from
spring fed streams, ponds, caves, and hydroelectric reservoirs
throught the volcanically active zone of Iceland.
Advisor: Bjarni K. Kristjánsson
From: Iceland
Study: PhD, University of Iceland
and Hólar University
Project: Studying the fine scale ecological drivers of phenotypic
diversity in populations of Small Benthic Arctic Charr from
spring fed streams, ponds, caves, and hydroelectric reservoirs
throught the volcanically active zone of Iceland.
Advisor: Bjarni K. Kristjánsson
Former Graduate Students
PhD
2024 - Marion Dellinger, University of Iceland
2024 - Bethany Smith, University of Glasgow
2023 - Rosanne Beukeboom, University of Iceland
2020 - Hildur Magnúsdóttir, University of Iceland
2020 - Agnes-Katharina Kreiling, University of Iceland
2019 - Samantha Victoria Beck, University of Iceland
2017 - Godfrey K. Kubiriza, University of Iceland
2016 - Nicolas Larranaga, University of Iceland
2014 – Antone Millet, University of Iceland
M.Sc.
2024 - Leanne Alicia Morris, Hólar University
2023 - Spencer William Edwards, Hólar University
2023 - Ragna Guðrún Snorradóttir, Hólar University
2022 - Meri Katariina Hynnenin, Hólar University
2021 - Amber Monroe, Hólar University
2021 - Joris Philip, Hólar University
2019 - Eva Dögg Jóhannesdóttir. Hólar University
2018 - Marlene Kundruhn, University of Cologne Germany
2018 - Doriane Combot, Hólar University
2016 - Coralie Delarue, Hólar University
2015 - Jónína Herdís Ólafsdóttir, Hólar University
2015 - Jóhann Garðar Þorbjörnsson, Hólar University
2014 - Amy Fingerle, Hólar University
2013 - Filipe A.M. De Figueired, Hólar University
2013 - Sarah J. Kennedy, University Centre of the Westfjords
2012 - Soizic NLM Le Deuff, Hólar University
2012 - Tamara Diethelm, ETH, Switzerland
2011 - Mathew Stephen Seymour, Hólar University
2011 - Daniel P. Govoni, Hólar University
2010 - Andrea Koopmans, ETH, Switzerland
2010 - Mike Senn, University of Zurich
2009 - Guðmundur S. Gunnarsson, University of Iceland
2008 - Tyler D. Tunney, University of Iceland
PhD
2024 - Marion Dellinger, University of Iceland
2024 - Bethany Smith, University of Glasgow
2023 - Rosanne Beukeboom, University of Iceland
2020 - Hildur Magnúsdóttir, University of Iceland
2020 - Agnes-Katharina Kreiling, University of Iceland
2019 - Samantha Victoria Beck, University of Iceland
2017 - Godfrey K. Kubiriza, University of Iceland
2016 - Nicolas Larranaga, University of Iceland
2014 – Antone Millet, University of Iceland
M.Sc.
2024 - Leanne Alicia Morris, Hólar University
2023 - Spencer William Edwards, Hólar University
2023 - Ragna Guðrún Snorradóttir, Hólar University
2022 - Meri Katariina Hynnenin, Hólar University
2021 - Amber Monroe, Hólar University
2021 - Joris Philip, Hólar University
2019 - Eva Dögg Jóhannesdóttir. Hólar University
2018 - Marlene Kundruhn, University of Cologne Germany
2018 - Doriane Combot, Hólar University
2016 - Coralie Delarue, Hólar University
2015 - Jónína Herdís Ólafsdóttir, Hólar University
2015 - Jóhann Garðar Þorbjörnsson, Hólar University
2014 - Amy Fingerle, Hólar University
2013 - Filipe A.M. De Figueired, Hólar University
2013 - Sarah J. Kennedy, University Centre of the Westfjords
2012 - Soizic NLM Le Deuff, Hólar University
2012 - Tamara Diethelm, ETH, Switzerland
2011 - Mathew Stephen Seymour, Hólar University
2011 - Daniel P. Govoni, Hólar University
2010 - Andrea Koopmans, ETH, Switzerland
2010 - Mike Senn, University of Zurich
2009 - Guðmundur S. Gunnarsson, University of Iceland
2008 - Tyler D. Tunney, University of Iceland
