VertiGrow Gemini Centre
Expertise and contact persons
Centre Leader
Industrial automation, process control, intermittent lighting for energy cost reduction.
Optics and light engineering, material development, waste heat utilisation, resources use, computation fluid dynamics.
Hybrid greenhouse, waste heat integration.
Computational Fluid dynamic, Solar resource modelling, building envelope performance, Building Envelope & PV Integration.
Plant physiology, hydroponic fertilizers, organic nutrient production.
Akhil S Anand
Optimisation, reinforcement learning, robotics, energy systems.
Gunn Merethe Bjørge Thomassen
Microbiology, food safety, food safety in hydroponic systems, hygienic design, human waste-based nutrients, analysis of nutrients in foodcrops.
Ann Iren Kittang Jost
Space-based farming, technology and biology bridging, closed-loop systems, crop yield optimisation.
Thermal processing of food (refrigeration, freezing, boiling and drying), energy use in food processing, energy use in long-term cold storage of fruit and vegetables.