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PER S. DALING*SINTEF Applied Chemistry, Marine Environmental Technology Department S.P. Andersensv. 15 A, N-7465Trondheim, NorwayPer S. Daling was educated (M.Sc) within organicanalysis at the Institute of Chemistry, University ofTrondheim, Norway in 1983. His graduate studieswere taken at Center for Industrial Research (SI) inOslo with Dr. Rainer Lichtenthaler. These studiesfocused on the ‘‘Transport of water soluble oil compo-nents from oil spill to water column.’’ The thesisincluded systematic studies of the influence of photo-oxidation and use of dispersants on the soluble com-pounds. The analytical methods applied in theseenvironmental studies included further improvementsof the multiple gas-phase equilibration method devel-oped by Dr. Clayton D. McAuliffe. The laboratoryfindings were subsequently validated by chemistrymonitoring in water column under full-scale experi-mental field trials in the North Sea.In the period, 1983–1985, Per S. Daling was a re-search chemist at department of chemical analysis,Center for Industrial Research (SI), Oslo. During thisperiod, he was participating in several full-scale fieldtrials with application of dispersants on oil slicks,funded by the Norwegian authorities and the oil in-dustry.From 1985, Per S. Daling became research chemistat IKU Petroleum Technology, SINTEF-Group inTrondheim, and from 1991 as a senior scientist. In theperiod 1985–1995 he was project leader for severallarger industrial funded R&D-programs, like the:• Application of dispersants on weathered oils(DIWO-program, 1986–1994).• Properties and behaviour of oils in Arctic and iceinfested waters (ONA-NOFO-program, 1989–1990).• ESSO-SINTEF Coastal Oil Spill Treatment’’ (ES-COST-program, 1991–1996).These research programs, involved both controlledlaboratory,basinandfull-scalefieldstudiesonoils fate,weathering and behavior at sea/in ice, and in testingvariousoilspillresponsetechnologies:includingdisper-sant application, mechanical recovery, in-situ burning.Much of the results from these studies and fieldtrials have formed the basis for the development ofoperational numerical models today used both inNorway and other countries in connection to oil spillcontingency planning, response analysis and ‘‘net en-vironmental benefit analysis (NEBA)’’.In 1995–1996, Per S. Daling had a sabbatical year atBattelle Ocean Sciences, Duxbury, MA, USA, wherehe together with the Battelle-scientific team focused onchemical characterization of water accommodatedfractions (WAF) generated from oil spills, and diag-nostic chemical analysis of oil spills (defensible oil spillfingerprinting). During this stay in US, Per S. Dalingwere actively involved in the CROSERF workinggroup (Chemical Response to Oil Spills: EcologicalEffects Research Forum Leaded by Dr. Don Aurand.