Pictures & Events

Pictures & Events

Covid19-adaption - June-2020:

Shower-style curtain between the gloves of the glovebox to prevent spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Shower-style curtain between the gloves of the glovebox to prevent spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Sondre's PhD defense - February-2020:

Per-Ola Norrby (opponent) and Sondre discussing during the defense.
Per-Ola Norrby (opponent) and Sondre discussing during the defense.
The candidate, the
The candidate, the "jury", and the leader of the defense: From left: Pascal D. C. Dietzel, Per-Ola Norrby, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Odile Eisenstein, and George Francis.

Christmas dinner - December-2019:

From left: From left:
      Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Morten Tysse, Jonas Ekeli, Immanuel Reim, Sven Thomas Nappen, Erwan Le Roux, Giovanni Occhipinti, Joakim Sjøthun Søvde, Lakshmi Suresh, Gabriel Jeantelot, Erik Flølo, Christian Sant Gjermestad, Wietse Smit, Marco Foscato, Fredrik Synnevåg Nesse, and Vidar R. Jensen.
Traditional Norwegian Christmas dinner at restaurant "Bryggeloftet" together with the Le Roux gang. From left: Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Morten Tysse, Jonas Ekeli, Immanuel Reim, Sven Thomas Nappen, Erwan Le Roux, Giovanni Occhipinti, Joakim Sjøthun Søvde, Lakshmi Suresh, Gabriel Jeantelot, Erik Flølo, Christian Sant Gjermestad, Wietse Smit, Marco Foscato, Fredrik Synnevåg Nesse, and Vidar R. Jensen.

Wietse's PhD defense - November-2019:

Wietse concentrating at the blackboard during the defense.
Wietse concentrating at the blackboard during the defense.
Wietse concentrating at the blackboard during the defenseThe candidate, the
The candidate, the "jury", and the leader of the defense: From left: Lionel Delaude, Wietse Smit, Erwan Le Roux, Joelle Prunet, and George Francis.

Christmas dinner - December-2018:

From left: Deryn E. Fogg, Erwan Le Roux, Morten Tysse,
Simen Prang Følkner, Sven Thomas Nappen, Christian Sant Gjermestad, Immanuel Reim, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson,
Vidar R. Jensen, and Marco Foscato.
Traditional Norwegian Christmas dinner at restaurant "Bryggeloftet". From left: Deryn E. Fogg, Erwan Le Roux, Morten Tysse, Simen Prang Følkner, Sven Thomas Nappen, Christian Sant Gjermestad, Immanuel Reim, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Vidar R. Jensen, and Marco Foscato.

Deryn Fogg's visit - August-2018:

From left: Jonas Ekeli, Fredrik Synnevåg Nesse, Deryn E. Fogg, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Wietse Smit, Vidar R. Jensen, Marco Foscato, Giovanni Occhipinti, Raju Dey.
Dinner at restaurant "Marg og bein". From left: Jonas Ekeli, Fredrik Synnevåg Nesse, Deryn E. Fogg, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Wietse Smit, Vidar R. Jensen, Marco Foscato, Giovanni Occhipinti, Raju Dey.

Excursion to the Hansa brewery - August-2018:

From left: Wietse Smit, Marco Foscato, Giovanni Occhipinti, Fredrik Synnevåg Nesse, Vidar R. Jensen, Immanuel Reim, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Raju Dey.
At the Hansa brewery after sampling their products. From left: Wietse Smit, Marco Foscato, Giovanni Occhipinti, Fredrik Synnevåg Nesse, Vidar R. Jensen, Immanuel Reim, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Raju Dey.

Summer party - June-2016:

From left: Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Marco Foscato, and Giovanni Occhipinti.
Relaxing at the seaside in sunny Bergen. From left: Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Marco Foscato, and Giovanni Occhipinti.

Group picture - October-2015:

From left: Anna Sobolewska, Wietse Smit, Marco Foscato, Bartosz Wozniak,
  Theresa Schilling, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Vidar R. Jensen, Vitali Koudriavtsev, Giovanni Occhipinti.
Lunch at restaurant "Marg og bein". From left: Anna Sobolewska, Wietse Smit, Marco Foscato, Bartosz Wozniak, Theresa Schilling, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, Vidar R. Jensen, Vitali Koudriavtsev, Giovanni Occhipinti.

Marco's PhD defense - October-2015:

From left: Peter Comba (opponent), Giovanni Occhipinti, Marco Foscato, Christophe Steinbeck (opponent), Vidar R. Jensen.
Everyone is happy after the defense! From left: Peter Comba (opponent), Giovanni Occhipinti, Marco Foscato, Christophe Steinbeck (opponent), and Vidar R. Jensen.

Kick-off-meeting of the Idelab μAlgae-project - October-2014:

The μAlgae-gang hard at work! From left: Veronika Solteszova, 
Giovanni Occhipinti, Tore Brembu, Marco Foscato, Trine Dale, Harald Throne-Holst,
  Atle Bones, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, and Tobias Boström.
The μAlgae-gang hard at work! From left: Veronika Solteszova, Giovanni Occhipinti, Tore Brembu, Marco Foscato, Trine Dale, Harald Throne-Holst, Atle Bones, Sondre H. Hopen Eliasson, and Tobias Boström.

Group picture - October-2014:

From left: Nataliya Kostenko, Kjell Nedrelid,
  Giovanni Occhipinti, Vidar R. Jensen, Marco Foscato, Sondre
  Eliasson, Julien Engel (visiting PhD student from RWT Aachen
  University, group of Prof. Dr. C. Bolm), Marianne Volkmar, Vitali Koudriavtsev, and
  Wietse Smit.
Another sunny day in Bergen! From left: Nataliya Kostenko, Kjell Nedrelid, Giovanni Occhipinti, Vidar R. Jensen, Marco Foscato, Sondre Eliasson, Julien Engel (visiting PhD student from RWT Aachen University, group of Prof. Dr. C. Bolm), Marianne Volkmar, Vitali Koudriavtsev, and Wietse Smit.

Visit to C2P2 in Lyon - April-2014:

France has more to offer than wine: the Bergen gang was happy to meet
  Nicolas (former postdoc in Bergen, Nicolas Merle, now at C2P2)
  again. From left: Vidar R. Jensen, Vitali Koudriavtsev, and Nicolas
  Merle.
France has more to offer than wine: the Bergen gang was happy to meet Nicolas (former postdoc in Bergen, Nicolas Merle, now at C2P2) again. From left: Vidar R. Jensen, Vitali Koudriavtsev, and Nicolas Merle.

Extended group picture - September-2013:

From
  left:  Giovanni Occhipinti, Vidar R. Jensen, Marie-Sophie Zoch,
  Vitali Koudriavtsev, Jean  Du Toit (guest from North-West
  University, South Africa), Mauricio Ayala Ortega, Marco Foscato,
  Wietse Smit.
Sometimes the sun is shining, even in Bergen! From left: Giovanni Occhipinti, Vidar R. Jensen, Marie-Sophie Zoch, Vitali Koudriavtsev, Jean Du Toit (guest from North-West University, South Africa), Mauricio Ayala Ortega, Marco Foscato, and Wietse Smit.

At the ISOM-XX Symposium, - Nara (Japan) - 2013:

Vidar at the 20th International Symposium on Olefin Metathesis
  and Related Chemistry (ISOM XX) in Nara, Japan, July-2013.
Vidar at the 20th International Symposium on Olefin Metathesis and Related Chemistry (ISOM XX) in Nara, Japan, July-2013. Photo: Torsten Porwol (Bergen Teknologioverføring).

Visit from Deryn Fogg (Univ. of Ottawa) - March-2013:

From left: Deryn Fogg (Univ. of Ottawa), Giovanni Occhipinti, and
 Vidar R. Jensen on the top of Mount Ulriken. Photo: Torsten Porwol
 (Bergen Teknologioverføring)
From left: Deryn Fogg (Univ. of Ottawa), Giovanni Occhipinti, and Vidar R. Jensen on the top of Mount Ulriken. Photo: Torsten Porwol (Bergen Teknologioverføring).

Visit from Hai Lin (Univ. of Colorado Denver) - September-2012:

Visit from Hai Lin
  (Univ. of Colorado Denver) - September-2012
From left: Pascal Dietzel (Univ. of Bergen), Vidar R. Jensen, and Hai Lin (Univ. of Colorado Denver) enjoying Norwegian-style moose burger and beer.

Marta Lill Sele's master's exam - 27.08.2012:

Ole Swang (SINTEF/UiO, the
  examiner), Marta Lill, and Vidar relaxing after Marta Lill's
  master's exam.
Ole Swang (SINTEF/UiO, the examiner), Marta Lill, and Vidar relaxing after Marta Lill's master's exam.

At the NOTUR-2012 conference in Tromsø - June-2012:

Vishwesh Venkatraman, Marco Foscato, and Mauricio Ayala Ortega 
at the NOTUR-2012 conference in Tromsø, June-2012.
The "de-novo-gang" at the NOTUR-2012 conference in Tromsø, June-2012: Vishwesh Venkatraman (NTNU-Trondheim), Marco Foscato, and Mauricio Ayala Ortega. Photo: Bjørn K. Alsberg.

Wouter Heyndrickx's PhD Defense - 29.09.2011:

The candidate, the "jury", 
and the leader of the defense: From left to right: Ole Swang, Leif Sæthre, Luigi Cavallo, and Knut J. Børve.
The candidate, the "jury", and the leader of the defense: From left to right: Ole Swang, Leif Sæthre, Wouter Heyndrickx, Luigi Cavallo, and Knut J. Børve.

At the EUCOMC 2011 conference in Toulouse - July-2011:

Cognac and Armagnac tasting!
Nicolas (right) and Vidar try some local French products in-between lectures...

Ingvild Follesø's master's exam - 23.06.2011:

Andrew Weller, Ingvild Follesø, and Nicolas Merle relaxing after 
Ingvild's master's exam.
Andrew Weller (Univ. of Oxford, left), Ingvild Follesø, and Nicolas Merle relaxing after Ingvild's master's exam.

Elaine Olsson's PhD Defense - 14.01.2011:

Elaine Olsson's PhD defense: The candidate, the evaluation committee and the leader of the defense.
The candidate, the "jury", and the leader of the defense: From left: Leif Sæthre, Heidi Erlandsen, Elaine Olsson, Per E. M. Siegbahn, and George Francis.

Group picture - May-2010:

The Jensen group - May 2010
The group - May 2010. From left to right: Nicolas Merle, Vidar R. Jensen, Anika Rendelmann, Ingvild Follesø, Åsmund Singstad, Fredrik Rosberg Hansen, Elaine Olsson, Giovanni Occhipinti, Wouter Heyndrickx, Yury Minenkov.

At the EUCOMC-XVIII conference - Göteborg - 2009:

Giovanni Occhipinti and Rinaldo Poli
(LCC-Toulouse) enjoying the Gothenburg archipelago at the EUCOMC-XVIII conference in June-2009.
Giovanni Occhipinti and Rinaldo Poli (LCC-Toulouse) enjoying the Gothenburg archipelago at the EUCOMC-XVIII conference in June-2009.

"Mini-workshop" - Bergen - June-2009:

A break in the discussions 
during the
A break in the discussions during the "mini-workshop" on conformations of organometallic complexes, Bergen-2009. From left: Maria Gundersen Zahl, Elaine Olsson, Wouter Heyndrickx, Yury Minenkov, and Natalie Fey (Univ. of Bristol).
Relaxing at Bryggen. 
From left: Wouter Heyndrickx, Elaine Olsson, Giovanni Occhipinti, Yury Minenkov, and Natalie Fey
(Univ. of Bristol).
Relaxing at Bryggen after a hard day struggling with conformations. From left: Wouter Heyndrickx, Elaine Olsson, Giovanni Occhipinti, Yury Minenkov, and Natalie Fey (Univ. of Bristol).

At the ICOMC-conference - 2008:


No lack of Norwegians at the ICOMC-conference in Rennes, July-2008. 
Back row from left: Hans-René Bjørsvik (Univ. of Bergen), Giovanni Occhipinti
(Univ. of Bergen), Vidar R. Jensen (Univ. of Bergen), Mats Tilset (Univ. of Oslo),
Marianne Lenes Rosenberg (Univ. of Oslo).
Front row from Left: Christian Meermann (Univ. of Bergen), Rannveig Litlabø (Univ. of Bergen),
Hanne-Marthe Sommerfeldt (Univ. of Bergen), Tone Myhra (Univ. of Bergen, and 
Melanie Zimmermann (Univ. of Bergen).
No lack of Norwegians at the ICOMC-conference in Rennes, July-2008. Back row from left: Hans-René Bjørsvik (Univ. of Bergen), Giovanni Occhipinti (Univ. of Bergen), Vidar R. Jensen (Univ. of Bergen), Mats Tilset (Univ. of Oslo), Marianne Lenes Rosenberg (Univ. of Oslo). Front row from Left: Christian Meermann (Univ. of Bergen), Rannveig Litlabø (Univ. of Bergen), Hanne-Marthe Sommerfeldt (Univ. of Bergen), Tone Myhra (Univ. of Bergen, and Melanie Zimmermann (Univ. of Bergen).

Giovanni Occhipinti's PhD defense - June-2007:

Giovanni 
(left) right after having
Giovanni (left) right after having "survived" the treatment of opponents Andreas Danopoulos (right) and Jeremy Harvey.

At the ISOM-16 conference - 2005:

Giovanni 
Occhipinti waiting for
Giovanni Occhipinti waiting for "customers" during the poster session at the ISOM-16 conference in Poznan, Poland - August 2005.

Christmas party - 2004:


The combined theory and spectroscopy group at
the Julebord (
The combined theory and spectroscopy group at the Julebord ("Christmas party"), December-2004. From left: Shiqiao Zhang, Manuel Sparta, Benjamin Haag, Giovanni Occhipinti, Leif Sæthre, Sindre Lillehaug, Oleksandr Loboda, Knut J. Børve, Velaug Myrseth Oltedal, Vidar R. Jensen.