Background
Ottersen, Ole Petter was born on March 17, 1955 in Kongsberg, Norway. Son of Jens Petter and Ragnhild (Foldahl) Ottersen.
medical researcher anatomy educator
Ottersen, Ole Petter was born on March 17, 1955 in Kongsberg, Norway. Son of Jens Petter and Ragnhild (Foldahl) Ottersen.
Doctor of Medicine, University Oslo, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oslo, 1982.
He is Professor of medicine and currently serves as the elected Rector of the University of Oslo (since 2009). He is also chairman of the board of the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (since 2013). Degree at the University of Oslo in 1980 and with the dr.med. degree at the same university in 1982.
He was a Fellow at the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Oslo from 1978 to 1983 and a prosector (ie reader) at the same institute from 1983 to 1992.
He was promoted to Professor in 1992. Leadership roles and university politics
He has been head of department of the Institute of Anatomy (1997–1999), Pro-Dean for of the Faculty of Medicine (2000–2002) and director of the Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience at the University of Oslo (2002–2009), a centre of excellence funded by the Council of Norway.
In 2009, he was elected as the new rector of the University of Oslo, while Inga Bostad was elected as the Pro-Rector. In 2013, he was reelected for a second term, while Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld was elected as the new Pro-Rector.
Fjeld resigned from her office in 2014, citing a dispute with Ottersen.
He attended the Bilderberg Group meeting in 2011. In 2013, he became chairman of the board of the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions. His research field is neuroscience.
He is particularly noted for his research on molecular mechanisms involved in the development of acute and chronic neurodegenerative disease, with a special emphasis on the role of cellular water balance and glutamate excitotoxicity.
In 2001 he, together with Jon Storm-Mathisen and Per Brandtzæg, was found to be the most cited Norwegian scholar in international academic journals. According to Google Scholar, he has been cited over 31,000 times in scientific literature and has an h-index of 92.
From 2002, he was included in the Institute of Scientific Information list of "Highly Cited ers.".
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Chairman Jahre Prize Committee. Member of American Medical Association (Glaxo Wellcome Leadership award 1997-1998).
Married Randi Gravningsmyhr, March 4, 1982. Children: Trygve, Erland.