Trial lecture and doctoral defense – Simon Kverneng
Simon Ulvenes Kverneng defends on November 4, 2025, his doctoral work at the University of Bergen with the thesis "Exploring clinical biomarkers of mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease". The trial lecture is the same day.
MEDICAL FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN
DOCTORAL DEFENSE
Simon Ulvenes Kverneng
The candidate has done his work at the Department of Clinical Medicine and Neuro-SysMed
Main supervisor: Professor Charalampos Tzoulis
Co-supervisors: Senior Researcher Christian Dölle and PhD Lilah Toker
Trial lecture: Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 09.15
Place: Auditorium 1, BB-bygget, Jonas Lies vei 91
Topic: «Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neurological Disorders»
Doctoral defense: Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 11.15
Place: Auditorium 1, BB-bygget, Jonas Lies vei 91
Title of the thesis: “Exploring clinical biomarkers of mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease”
See the press release here (Norwegian only).
1. opponent: PhD Anthony Schapira, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK
2. opponent: Professor Sonia Gandhi, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UK
3. member of the committee: Researcher Bergithe Oftedal, University of Bergen
The defense will be chaired by Professor Ole-Bjørn Tysnes.
Open to the public.