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Pal Prestrud

Director
the Centre for Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo (CICERO)

Name

Pal Prestrud
Job Title

Director
Organisation

the Centre for Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo (CICERO)
Field

Research
Speciality

Progress Towards Sustainability

Biography

Biography

Dr. Pal Prestrud has spent much of his career in polar research. A trained ecologist, he has a special interest in the Arctic environment, mammals and birds and has written a number of publications including several on Arctic foxes. He obtained his Ph.D from Oslo University in 1992 with his thesis “Arctic foxes in Svalbard: population, ecology and rabies.”

He began his career with the Norwegian Polar Research Institute, subsequently becoming Advisor in wildlife management and nature conservation in Svalbard. In 1990 he worked for the Canadian Wildlife Service in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He subsequently held a number of key posts including Director of Research for the Norwegian Polar Research Institute and Head of Science and Technology at the Norwegian Research Council before being appointed as Director of the Centre for Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo (CICERO). Pal Prestrud is married to Bjorg Hustad and has three children.