Status

Currently applying for PhD positions and/or programmer/developer positions...

CV

Education :

2003 - 2005 University of Bergen

Cand.Scient.Degree BioInformatics
- Developing PHYREX, a program for studying correlations between changes in gene expression profiles and mutations in upstream regions of a gene.

1998 - 2001 Bergen College of Higher Education

Engineer Degree in Computer Science
- Developing Java applets for Adekvat Info AS. The Java applets is designed to help small companies calculate for example salaries and travel costs.

1995 - 1998 Lindås Gymnas (High School)

Allmenne Fag
- Main subjects : Informatics, Mathematics and Physics

Courses :

2004 University of Bergen

Darwin Programming Language
- CBU Workshop on essentials in the Darwin language

2004 University of Bergen

Statistics in Phylogeny and Genome analysis
- Parsimony, Maximum Likelihood, Phylogenetic Footprinting , adaptive evolution, etc.

2002 NKI - Internet Study

Flash programming
- Introduction to Flash programming.

2001 Norwegian Royal Navy

Windows 2000
- Windows 2000 administration and support.

2001 NRN Håkonsvern O.S.

Tillitsvalgts kurs
- Rules and guidelines used in the work as a trustee in the Norwegian Royal Navy.

1999 SES

Security Course
- Information about how to behave in a robbery situation etc.

1998 University of Bergen

Presentation techniques
- Introduction to techniques used in project presentations etc.

Work experience :

2003 - cont. Telenor KS Privat ASA

Customer Support Consultant
- Part time.

2000 - cont. DevelopIT DA

CEO
- Part time.

2001 - 2001 Adekvat Info AS

Project - BCHE
- Full time, 3 months.

1999 - 2001 Telenor Telehuset AS

Customer Sales Consultant
- Part time.

Military Duty :

Military duty 2001 - 2002 in the Norwegian Royal Navy. The military duty was served as a local computer support unit and as (tillitsvalgt) on a local, regional and national level.

Other Information :

  • Driving Licenses : A and B (Norwegian)
  • Car

Work

Thesis

  • Cand. Scient. Thesis, University of Bergen, 2005.
  • Thesis, Bergen College of Higher Education, 2003.

Posters

  • Poster ISMB/ECCB 2004 Glasgow UK, Poster nr. H - 20.

Articles

  • Phylogenetic reconstruction of ancestral character states for gene expression and mRNA splicing data, Rossnes Et.al, BMC Bioinformatics, 2005, vol. 6 p. 127.

Citations

  • Parsimony, Phylogeny and Genomics, Victor Albert, Oxford University Press, 2005.

Knowledge / Interests

This summary is aimed at giving the reader some insight into what my main interests are and would like to do if I got to descide. The summary should provide a more thorough view of my background.

Buzzwords

Java (J2SE,J2EE), HTML, CSS, WebServices, Python, Darwin, UML, C++, SQL, Gene Regulation, Phylogeny, Microarrays, Sequence analysis, Structure Analysis.

Biology

During the work with my Cand.Scient. Thesis I have grown an interest for Gene Regulation, Microarray Experiments and Phylogenies. Since many species is almost identical in their genomes much of their differences must be due to for example changes in gene expression. To understand the correlations between gene regulatory elements and the differences in gene expression seems to me to be the "right" way to go to get more knowledge of the diversity of species.
My approach to these topics is from a bioinformatic point of view. My main focus is to develop tools and algorithms to search these correlations.
Another area of research I have tried to gain knowledge about is the structure, sequence and function analysis of proteins and proteins interactions. This seems like a complicated and understudied area of research.

Informatics

My Informatics background comes from Bergen College of Higher Education (BCHE) and the University of Bergen (UoB). From BCHE I have knowledge of Java, C++, SQL, UML and some web based technologies like HTML, CSS, ASP and PHP. In my work at UoB I have mainly used Java, XML, HTML and CSS but I have also gained some knowledge in the Darwin and Phyton programming languages. Technologies like web services and .NET have also gained my interest as they become more used and serve as standards for developing web applications. I am currently trying to read up on these technologies. My Bioinformatics background consists of subjects covering sequence alignment, microarray and proteome analysis, artificial intelligence and sequence and structure analysis.