Natural Products and Marine Bioresource Development

• Qualitative and quantitative analysis of high value natural products from marine sources, particularly focused on polyphenols and pigments in seaweeds and seagrasses
• Chemical analysis of marine deep-sea materials collected in Norway
• Bioprospecting and search for novel compounds
• Chemical ecology, biosystematics studies and interdisciplinary applications

Monica Jordheim´s main research interests are to enhance scientific knowledge and application value of various natural products. Jordheim has over twenty years of experience in quantification and identification of natural products, including full molecular elucidation.

Because of the structural diversity, characterization of natural products requires an integrated analytical approach including optimized extraction techniques, multiple steps of chromatography, High Resolutions Mass spectrometry (HRMS) and high field NMR analysis.

Jordheim is the:

• Vice Dean for Education (2025-2029) at the Faculty of Science and Technology
• Leader of Jordheim Research Group (https://www.instagram.com/jordheimresearchmnp/)

 

Group Members Jordheim Research Group:

Postdoctoral researchers:

• Liaqat Zeb (SEAS, Horizon 2020 -Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101034309)
• Le Ba Vinh (SEAS, Horizon 2020 -Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101034309) 

PhD-students:

• Angeliki Barouti (UiB, interdisciplinary Lars Herfindal | University of Bergen (uib.no)
• Zeljana Pavlovic (uib.no) (UiB, Educational Research: CoChem project, with Anja Møgelvang Jacobsen (HVL and Dep. Chem. UiB), Sehoya Cotner (SERC, UIB))
• Deisy Viviana Sarmiento Garzori (Partner: Arctic Feed AS)

MSc-students:

• Jørgen Wallem Aspaker (UiB)
• Emilie Fjeldberg Taule (UiB, with Jarl Underhaug)
• Saman Irfan (EMQAL, Erasmus Mundus Master in Quality in Analytical Laboratories)
• Gaute Eliassen Hamre (UiB and HI; with Rita Hannisdal)
• Maryna Razapova (UiB and HI; with Rita Hannisdal and Rosa Escobar)
• Thea Elise Mehus (UiB, with PhD  Le Ba Vinh)
• Jagoda Moczko (UiB, with Kjersti Hasle Enerstvedt | UiB)
• Laura Sypalyte (UiB, with Kjersti Hasle Enerstvedt | UiB)

 

Jordheim is currently the Vice Dean of Education at the NT faculty (2025-2029).

 

B.Sc. and M.Sc.-projects:

Organic analytical projects within bioprospecting and marine bioresource development (seaweeds (harvested and farmed), seagrasses, aquatic angiosperms, deep sea materials). Severel of the projects have industrial partners. 

 

Courses:

KJEM235 https://www.uib.no/emne/KJEM235    (10 ECTS)

Objectives and Content

The course addresses analysis of organic compounds using spectroscopic methods as infrared (IR), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, as well as mass spectrometry (MS). The course concentrates on interpretation of data, and the focus will be to understand and to utilize data from NMR and MS.

2026

• Angeliki Barouti; Le Ba Vinh; Lars Herfindal et al. (2026). Marine Bromophenols from Laminaria hyperborea’s Epiphytic Biomass: Chemical Profiling, Cytotoxicity, and Antioxidant Activity. (external link)

2025

• Sindre Wesley Petersen; Le Ba Vinh; Monica Jordheim (2025). Extraction and structure elucidation of natural products from the marine sponges Schaudinnia rosea and Axinellidae sp.. (external link)
• Liaqat Zeb; Anne Sophie Gerhardt; Benjamin Alexander Johannesen et al. (2025). Ultrasonic-Assisted Water-Rich Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents for Sustainable Polyphenol Extraction from Seaweed: A Case Study on Cultivated Saccharina latissima. (external link)
• Monica Jordheim (2025). Kan tang og tare redde verden?. (external link)
• Monica Jordheim (2025). Polyfenoler i makroalger – hva vet vi?. (external link)

2024

• Angeliki Barouti; Lars Herfindal; Siva Krishna Vagolu et al. (2024). Evaluation of the cytotoxic and antimicrobial potential of epiphytic biomass obtained from Laminaria hyperborea biorefinery side-streams. (external link)
• Monica Jordheim; Benjamin Alexander Johannesen; Georg Kopplin (2024). Thermal stability of polyphenols and carotenoids from Laminaria hyperborea. (external link)
• Eva Bergit Heggenes; Monica Jordheim (2024). Investigating the Impact of Fermentation on Polyphenolic Content in Cultivated Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima): A Comprehensive Study. (external link)

2003

• Monica Jordheim (2003). Plantepigmenter i bær. Isolering, karakterisering og kjemotaxonomi. (external link)

2011

• Irene Skaar; Øyvind K. Leidland; Monica Jordheim et al. (2011). Anthocyanin equilibrium forms. (external link)

2007

• Øyvind M Andersen; Monica Jordheim (2007). Advances in the field of anthocyanins. (external link)
• Øyvind M Andersen; Monica Jordheim (2007). Fargerik mat og helse: Hva kan vi hente ut av antocyaner og andre flavonoider?. (external link)

2008

• Monica Jordheim; Torgils Fossen; Helene Lunder et al. (2008). Hydrogen-deuterium exchange rates of various anthocyanin classes as basis for reactivity studies. (external link)

2022

• Monica Jordheim (2022). Journal og vurdering i laboratoriefag. (external link)
• Marie Emilie Wekre; Sondre Hellesen Brunvoll; Monica Jordheim (2022). Advancing quantification methods for polyphenols in brown seaweeds—applying a selective qNMR method compared with the TPC assay. (external link)
• Marie Emilie Wekre; Georg Kopplin; Monica Jordheim (2022). Polyphenols in kelp: A Case Study of Laminaria hyperborea. (external link)

2020

• Ying Yi; Rita Hannisdal; Sylvain Alain Yves Merel et al. (2020). Method development using LC-MS/MS and LC-IMS-QTOF MS to determine mycotoxins in fish feed samples. (external link)
• Marie Emilie Wekre; Monica Jordheim; Georg Kopplin (2020). Extraction optimization for high value products from Laminaria hyperborea. (external link)

2005

• Øyvind M Andersen; Monica Jordheim; Torgils Fossen (2005). The anthocyanins: A review on occurence, chemistry and properties during the last decade. (external link)
• Robert Byamukama; Monica Jordheim; Bernard T. Kiremire et al. (2005). Anthocyanins from ripe edible fruits of wild Carissa edulis. (external link)
• Monica Jordheim; Torgils Fossen; Øyvind M Andersen (2005). Nutritional aspects of anthocyanin pigments. (external link)

2016

• Monica Jordheim (2016). Organisk analyse og naturstoffkjemi - hvilke verktøy trenger vi?. (external link)

2012

• Irene Skaar; Monica Jordheim; Robert Byamukama et al. (2012). New anthocyanidin and anthocyanin pigments from blue plumbago. (external link)

2017

• Kjersti Hasle Enerstvedt; Anders Lundberg; Kjersti Sjøtun et al. (2017). Characterization and seasonal variation of individual flavonoids in Zostera marina and Zostera noltii from Norwegian coastal waters. (external link)

2013

• Irene Skaar; Øyvind M Andersen; Monica Jordheim (2013). Identification of New Anthocyanins and Secondary Anthocyanidin Structures and their impact on Anthocyanin Properties. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.