Cathrine Kure Finne
PhD
Research Director
I am Research Director in the department “Food safety and Quality”. We work with food safety, shelf life, food waste reduction, and optimal packaging solutions for food. The department’s areas of expertise include microbiology, biotechnology, biofilm, technologies for reducing microorganisms in products and production environments, knowledge of packaging materials such as plastics, fiber, and bio based materials, as well as controlled-atmosphere packaging and storage for optimal food packaging solutions. We have extensive experience with research and development collaborations with the food industry and packaging and machinery suppliers, in both small and large projects, and we also have experience in participating in and coordination of EU projects.
My education includes a Cand. Agric. degree in Food Science from NLH/NMBU (1996) and a Dr. Scient. degree from the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science/NMBU (2002). I have worked at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute and Tine before joining Nofima in 2001. At Nofima, I have experience as a consultant focusing on HACCP and food safety, as a project manager and senior researcher in national and EU projects, and as leader of a strategic research program within food safety, shelf life, and packaging. I also have leadership education from BI with a focus on multicultural leadership, psychological safety, and economics.
Participation in the EU framework programme for research is important for Nofima. I manage the Nofima’s EU group and I am responsible for following up Nofima’s EU strategy. My education is Cand. Agric. in Food Sciences from NLH/NMBU (1996), and Dr. Scient. from the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science/NMBU (2002). The topic of my thesis was Mould contamination in cheese production, and the major course was foodhygiene
