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 er i perioden 2025-2029 Visedekan for utdanning ved NT.

 

BA og MA - prosjekter:

Organisk analyse (ekstraksjon, isolasjon og analyse (HPLC, MS, NMR, UV-Vis)) med ulike prosjekt innen bioprospektering og utvikling av marine bioressurser (alger: tang og tare (høstet og dyrket), sjøgress, marine planter og dyphavsmateriale). Flere av prosjektene gjøres sammen med industrielle partnere. 

 

Utvikling og undervisning av:

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

Mål og innhald

Emnet skal gje ei forståing av korleis ein kan analysere organiske sambindingar ved hjelp av spektroskopiske metodar som infraraud-(IR), ultrafiolett-synlig (UV-Vis) og kjernemagnetisk resonans-(NMR) spektroskopi, samt massespektrometri (MS). Emnet er spesielt konsentrert om tolking av data, men ei grunnleggjande forståing av dei ulike analysemetodane blir også vektlagt. I kurset vil hovudfokus ligge på metodane NMR og 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. (ekstern lenke)

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.. (ekstern lenke)
• 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. (ekstern lenke)
• Monica Jordheim (2025). Kan tang og tare redde verden?. (ekstern lenke)
• Monica Jordheim (2025). Polyfenoler i makroalger – hva vet vi?. (ekstern lenke)

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. (ekstern lenke)
• Monica Jordheim; Benjamin Alexander Johannesen; Georg Kopplin (2024). Thermal stability of polyphenols and carotenoids from Laminaria hyperborea. (ekstern lenke)
• Eva Bergit Heggenes; Monica Jordheim (2024). Investigating the Impact of Fermentation on Polyphenolic Content in Cultivated Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima): A Comprehensive Study. (ekstern lenke)

2003

• Monica Jordheim (2003). Plantepigmenter i bær. Isolering, karakterisering og kjemotaxonomi. (ekstern lenke)

2011

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

2007

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

2008

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

2022

• Monica Jordheim (2022). Journal og vurdering i laboratoriefag. (ekstern lenke)
• 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. (ekstern lenke)
• Marie Emilie Wekre; Georg Kopplin; Monica Jordheim (2022). Polyphenols in kelp: A Case Study of Laminaria hyperborea. (ekstern lenke)

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. (ekstern lenke)
• Marie Emilie Wekre; Monica Jordheim; Georg Kopplin (2020). Extraction optimization for high value products from Laminaria hyperborea. (ekstern lenke)

2005

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

2016

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

2012

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

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. (ekstern lenke)

2013

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

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