Current research
I work on a project that investigates musicality, in particular in relation to rhythmic abilities, by using the twin study method. The project is a joint effort between RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion and the PROMENTA research group, both located at Department of Psychology, University of Oslo.
The overarching purpose of the study is to advance the knowledge and discussion of the fundamental elements of musical ability, their phenotypic structure and underlying genetic and environmental architecture.
Background
In 2014, I completed a Master of Science in Neuroscience, NTNU. In relation to my master thesis, I was affiliated with the Department of Anatomy at UiO (subunit Synaptic Plasticity), where I explored the role of intracellular calcium release channels in hippocampal long-term potentiation, with the overall topic being learning and memory, using immunolabeling techniques at the light- and electron microscope level.
After I finished my master’s degree, I worked as an intern at the Music, Sound and Performance lab, Macquarie University, Sydney. During this time, I was involved in a variety of projects and tasks, including a case study investigating musical memory in Alzheimer’s disease.
In 2016, I started working as a Clinical Engineer for Prediktor Medical AS, a company developing a noninvasive device for continuous measurement of blood glucose and other biomarkers. My main responsibilities varied through R&D prototyping and bench-top testing, as well as coordinating clinical trials in Norway and in China. In 2018, I started working as a Data Analyst for Prediktor Instruments AS, where I was responsible for performance monitoring and maintenance of calibration models implemented in NIR-instruments, predominantly used in quality assessment and control in the food and feed industry.