Guðný Vala Þorsteinsdóttir

Education

2018 M.Sc. Natural Resource Science, University of Akureyri.

2014 B.Sc. Biotechnology, University of Akureyri.

Work experience

2017– Biotechnologist, Icelandic Institute of Natural History.

Summer 2015 Research project funded by the Icelandic Student Innovation Fund. Jökullíftækni: Kuldakærar lífhreinsibakteríur úr Vatnajökulsþjóðgarði (Nominated to the President‘s Innovation Award).

Summers 2013–2014 Research assistant, University of Akureyri

Summer 2011 Research project funded by the Icelandic Student Innovation Fund. Bakteríur í hellaslími í Vatnshelli á Snæfellsnesi.

Teaching

2015 – 2022 Part-time teaching, University of Akureyri.

Þorsteinsdóttir, G. V., Blischke, A., Sigurbjörnsdóttir, M. A., Óskarsson, F., Arnarson, Þ. S., Magnússon, K.P., & Vilhelmsson, O. (2020). Gas seepage pockmark microbiomes suggest the presence of sedimentary coal seams in the Öxarfjörður graben of northeastern Iceland. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 66(1), 25-38. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2019-0081

Þorsteinsdóttir, G. V & Vilhelmsson, O. (2020). 9 Bioremediative potential of bacteria in cold desert environments. In N. Lee (Ed.), Biotechnological Applications of Extremophilic Microorganisms (pp. 231-242). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110424331-009

Guðný Vala Þorsteinsdóttir og Oddur Vilhelmsson. (2013). Skyggnst í örverulífríki Undirheima. Náttúrufræðingurinn, 88(3-4), 127