Hans Martin Seip (born 14 June 1937) is a Norwegian chemist. He is professor emeritus at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

and Senior Research Scientist (part-time position) at CICERO.

Career

He was born in Oslo, and became civil engineer at the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was m ...

(NTH- now NTNU) in 1961 and received the dr.philos. degree at the

with the thesis ''Studies on the failure of the first Born approximation in electron diffraction''. He was a research fellow at NTH from 1965 to 1969, worked as a university lecturer from 1969 to 195, researcher at Central Institute for Industrial Research (later

SINTEF SINTEF ( no, Stiftelsen for industriell og teknisk forskning), headquartered in Trondheim, Norway, is an independent research organization founded in 1950 that conducts contract research and development projects. SINTEF has 2000 employees from 7 ...

) from 1976 to 1988. He was appointed professor of chemistry in 1979. Hans Martin Seip is a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer ...

. and the

Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters ( da, Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab, DKNVS) is a Norwegian learned society based in Trondheim. It was founded in 1760 and is Norway's oldest scientific and scholarly institution. The s ...

. Seip started his work in chemistry with studies on structural chemistry, later he turned his interests to environmental chemistry. He did several studies, and participated in the scientific debate on acid rain and its impact on forests and waters, during the 1970s and 1980s. There, he emphasized the impact of

acid rain Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). Most water, including drinking water, has a neutral pH that exists between 6.5 and 8.5, but acid ...

on acidification of waters and on fish mortality. However, he was also open to the effects of changing

soil quality Soil quality refers to the condition of soil based on its capacity to perform ecosystem services that meet the needs of human and non-human life.Tóth, G., Stolbovoy, V. and Montanarella, 2007. Soil Quality and Sustainability Evaluation - An integr ...

and the influence of changes in watershed vegetation. The work within this field started in Norway, but was then extended to Poland and China He has subsequently made major contributions to the effects of pollutants on the human population. He is a spokesperson for the importance of co-benefits, that is, abatement measures for climate will also reduce other types of pollutants, like SO₂,

NOx In atmospheric chemistry, is shorthand for nitric oxide () and nitrogen dioxide (), the nitrogen oxides that are most relevant for air pollution. These gases contribute to the formation of smog and acid rain, as well as affecting tropos ...

and particulates. Most of this work has been in China.

Public services

Hans Martin Seip has also participated in the public debate about many issues, mostly on themes related to his research.Seip, Hans Martin, 1992. ''Environmental problems must be teken seriously (in Norwegian). Teknisk Ukeblad, 1992 (17): pp. 34-36., Seip, Hans Martin and Jan S. Fuglestvedt, 1998. We wish for better climate in the climate debate (In Norwegian). Apollon, (4)

References

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