1) Electromagnetic fields.

2) Optical sensors and imaging systems.

3) Statistical physics of microstructures.

4) Renewable energy resources.

Store norske leksikon (Fluidmekanikk – Store norske leksikon (snl.no))

Course responsible for PHYS102 (spring 2020 - ) and PHYS208 (fall 2015 - ).

Previously course responsible for PHYS111 (2008-2014) and PHYS328.

Has contributed to other courses throughout the years (PHYS114, PHYS117, NANO200, ENERGI210/ENERGI360, SDG207).

2026

• Lars Egil Helseth (2026). Reversing the Photovoltage of a Photoacid in Aqueous Glycerol and Ethylene Glycol Solutions. (external link)
• Lars Egil Helseth (2026). Charge Transfer Altered by Particle Deposition as a Contact Line Moves over a Hydrophobic Surface. (external link)

2025

• Lars Egil Helseth (2025). Comparison of methods for characterizing charge leakage in supercapacitors. (external link)
• Lars Egil Helseth (2025). Influence of Surface-Active Molecules in Solution on Charge Transfer Due to a Water-Air Contact Line Moving over a Hydrophobic Surface. (external link)

2024

• Lars Egil Helseth (2024). Charge Transfer Quenching and Maximum of a Liquid-Air Contact Line Moving over a Hydrophobic Surface. (external link)
• Lars Egil Helseth (2024). Humidity and heat transport during electrical heating of an ionic hydrogel. (external link)
• Olav Ekornes Håskjold; Lars Egil Helseth (2024). Design of electrical energy harvesting devices utilizing air bubbles sliding along a fluoropolymer immersed in water. (external link)

2023

• Lars Egil Helseth (2023). Transmission of electromagnetic waves from a plasma globe to a light emitting diode. (external link)
• Lars Egil Helseth (2023). Ion Concentration Influences the Charge Transfer Due to a Water−Air Contact Line Moving over a Hydrophobic Surface: Charge Measurements and Theoretical Models. (external link)
• Lars Egil Helseth; Martin Møller Greve (2023). Wetting of porous thin films exhibiting large contact angles. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.

 

Academic education and positions:

2008 - : Professor, Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Norway.

2005 - 2008: Assistant Professor, Divison of Physics and Applied Physics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

2003 - 2005: Postdoc/scientist at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee (USA), 2003-2005.

2002 - 2003: Postdoc/scientist at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Golm/Potsdam (Germany), 2002 - 2003

2000 - 2002: PhD-studies at the University of Oslo, Norway, obtained a Dr. Scient. degree (physics) in optics/magnetism.

1994 - 1999: Undergraduate studies at the University of Bergen, Norway, obtained a Master of Science (Cand. Sci.) degree in experimental physics.