Inga Berre (born 31 July 1978) is a Norwegian

applied mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History One ...

who studies

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s for the

partial differential equation In mathematics, a partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation which involves a multivariable function and one or more of its partial derivatives. The function is often thought of as an "unknown" that solves the equation, similar to ho ...

s used to

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fractured geothermal systems and

porous media In materials science, a porous medium or a porous material is a material containing pores (voids). The skeletal portion of the material is often called the "matrix" or "frame". The pores are typically filled with a fluid (liquid or gas). The sk ...

more generally. She is a professor in the department of mathematics at the

University of Bergen The University of Bergen () is a public university, public research university in Bergen, Norway. As of 2021, the university had over 4,000 employees and 19,000 students. It was established by an act of parliament in 1946 consolidating several sci ...

, a scientific advisor to the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Bergen, and a leading researcher on geothermal energy in Norway.

Education and career

Berre earned a candidate degree in mathematics from the University of Bergen in 2001, and completed a doctorate (Dr. Sci.) in 2005. Her dissertation, ''Fast simulation of transport and adaptive permeability estimation in porous media'', was jointly supervised by Helge Dahle, Knut-Andreas Lie, Trond Mannseth, and Kenneth Hvistendahl Karlsen. She joined the University of Bergen faculty as an associate professor in 2006, and was promoted to full professor in 2013. In 2018 she became chair of the Joint Programme Geothermal of the

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Recognition

Berre is a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences The Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (, NTVA) is a learned society based in Trondheim, Norway. Founded in 1955, the academy has about 500 members. It is a member of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technologica ...

, elected in 2017. In 2021 she was elected Council Members-at-Large for

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for a term running January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024.

References

External links

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Making Research Matter
- interview with Inga Berre, University of Bergen, 9 September 2020
Interview with Inga Berre
Carina Bringedal, Univ. of Stuttgart, 11 November 2019 {{DEFAULTSORT:Berre, Inga 1978 births Living people Norwegian mathematicians Norwegian women mathematicians Applied mathematicians University of Bergen alumni Academic staff of the University of Bergen Members of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences