Organization of VISTA

VISTA is administered by Statoil's program manager and a coordinator from The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Each research area is led by a scientific committee consisting of a division head from Statoil and a board member from The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

VISTA Board:

• Bård Krokan, Vice President Exploration, Statoil
• Leif Lømo, Special adviser, Statoil
• Anders Elverhøi, Professor of Geology, University of Oslo
• Elisabeth Alve, Professor in Micropaleontology, University of Oslo
• Nils Christian Stenseth, Professor of Biology, University of Oslo
• Tor Grande, Professor of Materials Chemistry/Materials Science, NTNU
• Helge Holden, Professor of Mathematics, NTNU
• Odd Stokke Gabrielsen, Professor of Biochemistry and molecular biology, University of Oslo

Program management:

• Øivind Fevang, program manager, Statoil
• Trine Gerlyng, coordinator, DNVA
• Richard Kvile, accountant, DNVA

 Exploration:

• Lasse Amundsen, Division head, Statoil. E-mail: lam@statoil.com
• Elisabeth Alve, UIO
• Anders Elverhøi, UIO

Improved recovery:

• Stein Børre Torp , Division head, Statoil. E-mail: sbto@statoil.com
• Helge Holden, NTNU
• Ole Torsæter, NTNU

Oil- and gas processing:

• Dag Schanke, Divison head, Statoil. E-mail: dsc@statoil.com
• Tor Grande, NTNU

Environment:

• Christian Collin Hansen, Division head, Statoil. E-mail: chrc@statoil.com
• Nils Chr. Stenseth, UIO

 Biotechnology:

• Hans Kristian Kotlar, Divison head, Statoil. E-mail: hkko@statoil.com
• Odd Stokke Gabrielsen, UIO