Nilla Karlsen-Davies

dScience Partner Engagement Manager

• Responsible for maintaining relationships between dScience and the partner organisations in the dScience program
• Act as a bridge-builder and mediator between the researchers at the University of Oslo and collaborators in the partner organisations
• Collaborate with the centre management to develop and manage the partner program's work plan and project portfolio
• Collaborate with researchers, partners and centre management to develop project ideas and prepare proposals for external funding needed to realise these projects
• Participate in collaborative projects, as a contributor or project manager

Background

• Head of Business Development, Energy Valley, Fornebu (2023)
• Partnerships & Business Engagement Manager, Engineering & Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science & Technology, Lancaster University, UK (2019-2023)
• Chief Technical Analyst, Haleys Business Advisers, UK (2017-2019)
• Project Officer, Eco-Innovation European Regional Development Fund, University of Central Lancashire, UK (2017)
• Associate Lecturer & Laboratory Demonstrator, Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, UK (2013-2017)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Engineering, Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, UK (2013-2018)
• Master of Engineering (MEng) Sustainable Engineering, Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, UK (2009-2013)
• Board Member of Fluid Machinery Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK (2017-present)
• Young Members Board Representative for Fluid Machinery Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK (2018-2023)
• Co-Chair of Fluid Machinery Group, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK (2020-2023)