As the Arctic faces environmental challenges, efforts to reduce pollution and help local communities have grown. Dr. Roland Kallenborn is an expert in organic chemistry with many years of experience studying pollution in the Arctic. He leads Work Package 5 of the ArcSolution Project, which aims to find new and locally appropriate ways to tackle pollution and improve environmental health in some of the world’s most remote areas.
In this interview, Kallenborn talks about his career, the specific issues related to pollution in the Arctic, and the solutions being developed through the ArcSolution project. You can find the whole interview here.
Roland Kallenborn is the UArctic Chair in Arctic Environmental Pollution Research and is a professor at the Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Food science at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.
About ArcSolution
The consortium behind ArcSolution is a highly qualified and diverse team, consisting of 14 partners from 8 different nations, from a range of geographic regions, including the Arctic and other key areas. This “dream team” brings together esteemed researchers with proven expertise and a strong history of collaboration. You can find more information on ArcSolution here.
You can find more information about the UArctic Chairs here.