I’m a physical oceanographer with degrees from the University of Bergen (BSc, MSc) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD). My fields of interest include Earth’s energy balance, state changes in the deep ocean, large-scale ocean circulation, autonomous observing technologies, operational oceanography, big data synthesis, inverse modelling, communication and teaching. I have been a lead author for IPCC’s 4th and 5th Assessment Reports. I thrive with leading large, complex, interdisciplinary, international research projects, and am a member of both the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research.