Academic Interests
He is currently involved in various EU and nationally-funded research projects on bone graft material, tomography imaging, dental implant debridement, and biomimetic proteins.
Recent award grants
EU-funded projects (on-going)
BiomatDB, A HORIZON 2020 funded project the call "A Digitised, Resource-Efficient And Resilient Industry"
MgSafe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) European Training Network
IPOsteo, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) European Training Network
Excite, H2020-INFRAIA-2020, European research infrastructures
Excite2, H2020-INFRAIA-2023, European research infrastructures
EggShell, EEA Norway-Iceland Grants
23 different Norwegian Research Council projects
Complete list of projects financed by the Norwegian Research Council
Teaching
- 5th, 6th and 8th semester Biomaterials in Dentistry
- MSc courses prosthodontics
Higher education and employment history
Håvard received a Master in chemical engineering at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London, UK in 2001 and a doctoral engineering in biomaterials from the Technische Universität München in 2004. His PhD thesis was "Development of an implant to heal gastro-oesophageal reflux diseases". Previously Håvard worked with the characterisation and manufacturing of porous materials for biomedical purposes at the Central Institute for Medical Engineering in Munich (2001-2004), calcification of heart valves at Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering in Aachen (1999-2000), Germany, and scaffolds production for the Tissue Engineering Center at Imperial College, London (2000-2001). He had a post-doctoral position at the Department of Biomaterials from 2005-2009 with funding for the Norwegian Research Council and FUNMAT. Since 2013 he has been Associate Professor and Head of Department of Biomaterials, and Professor in Biomaterials since 2014.
Honoraria
- British Petroleum Prize in Chemical Engineering, London, UK, 2000
- University of Oslo Innovation Prize
- German Innovation Award for 2009
- University of Oslo Spark Innovation 2020
- Faculty of Dentistry Research Award 2024
Appointments
- PhD, Technische Universität München
- Master in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College
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President Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials (www.scsb.eu) 2012-2016
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Board member Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials since 2010-2018
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Editorial boards: Journal of Periodontal Research, Journal of Tissue Engineering, Journal of Functional Biomaterials, Frontiers in Dental Medicine, Frontiers in Biomaterials Science, Exploration of Biomat-X