Hans avhandling har tittelen «Assessment of Undiscovered Mineral Resource Potential at the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) and on the Norwegian Mainland: Method development and applications». Bedømmingskomiteen har bestått av Dr Donald Singer, University of Queensland, Dr Sven Petersen, GEOMAR og professor Rune Berg-Edland Larsen, NTNU. Prøveforelesningen hadde tittelen “Probability of discovering off axis deposits along detachment faults, what can be learned from onshore fault bounded sulphide deposits?”. Hovedveileder har vært førsteamanuensis Steinar Løve Ellefmo og medveileder , professor Rune Berg-Edland Larsen, begge IGP.