Fluid-Rock Interactions
A Strategic University Program

  Bjørn Jamtveit

Professor of Petrology

Department of Geology, University of Oslo,
PO Box 1047 Blindern, 0316 Oslo 3

Bjørn Jamtveit (born 1960) received his cand. mag. in geology (1982), cand. scient. in geology "Magmatic and metamorphic evolution of the Eiksunddal eclogite complex" (1986), and his Dr. scient. "Fluid-rock interactions during metamorphism" (1990) from the University of Oslo (UiO). He held an assistantship in the Department of Geology at UiO (1985-87) and received a post-doc. scholarship from NFR (1990-91). He received the Odd Hassel research grant from the Norwegian Research to go to the University of Bristol, UK (1991-1993). Bjørn Jamtveit has been a full professor at the University of Oslo since 1993.

He has been a vistor at University of Bern, Switzerland (1989), The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA (1988), and ETH Zurich, Switzerland (1985). Bjørn Jamtveit is the project leader of 12.8 mill NOK (1.1 mill. $) 'Strategic University Program' ("Fluid- Rock Interactions") at the University of Oslo, funded by the Norwegian Research Council. (1997-2001). Currently the largest project at the Departement of Geology at the University of Oslo. He is the administrative head of the bedrock geology division at the Departement of Geology (1993-) and head head of the advisory board for the laboratories at Dept. of Geology. He is also a member of the Departemental Board and has previously been member of the Departemental Council (1993-1997). Professor Jamtveit serves as a scientific advisor for the Norwegian Geological Survey (1997-) and is the organizer of the 'Kongsberg seminar' - an annual / biannual high quality-, process- oriented-, crossdiciplinary-, international-, conference. He was elected Vice Chairman and Chairman for Gordon conferences on 'Pattern formation in Earth Sciences' in 2000 and 2002 respectively. He was elected as leader of a one year research project ('Dynamics of Fluid Rock Systems') at the Centre for Advanced Studies at the Norwegian Academy of Science in the period 2000-2001.

Bjorn Jamtveit is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science since 1996. He received the Reusch Medal from the Norwegian Geological Society in 1993, and the Odd Hassel stipend in 1991. He received the Hans and Helga Reusch's Legacy from the Norwegian Geological Society in 1987. Bjørn Jamtveit has edited two books: Jamtveit, B. and Yardley, B.W.D.(eds.), Fluid flow and transport in rocks: Mechanisms and effects, Chapman and Hall, London, 319 pp. (1996) and Jamtveit, B., and Meakin, P., (eds) Growth, dissolution and pattern formation in Geo-systems. Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, Holland (1999). He has published more than 30 papers in refereed international journals. His present research interests include metamorphic petrology and geochemistry, crystal growth and zonation, fluid geochemistry, fluid flow and mass transport during regional and contact metamorphism, and pattern formation in Geo-systems.