Staff doing research at the Biology division

Picture of Arnar Pálsson Arnar Pálsson
  • Professor
5254265 apalsson [at] hi.is evolutionary genomics;;evolution of development;;variation in early development;;genetics of complex traits;;evolutionary biology;;population genetics;;evolution of morphotypes and species;;transcriptional cooption;;transcriptional decay;;genetic diversity in arctic charr;;ants;;culicoides;;genetics;;drosophila melanogaster;;experimental evolution Yes https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/ab60ac6e-8a6a-4580-b589-1cb294b42e16 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Ásbjörn Hall Sigurpálsson Ásbjörn Hall Sigurpálsson
  • Technical supervisor
asbhall [at] hi.is Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Björn Þór Aðalsteinsson Björn Þór Aðalsteinsson
  • Adjunct Lecturer
bta [at] hi.is Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Brendon Lee Brendon Lee
  • Postdoc
brendon [at] hi.is fisheries science;;marine ecology;;general fisheries biology Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Guðrún Marteinsdóttir Guðrún Marteinsdóttir
  • Professor
runam [at] hi.is fisheries ecology;;bioactivity;;biotechnology;;innovation and entrepreneurship;;cosmetic formulation https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/6ad2e9f4-8d3e-42eb-980c-2dcf20495c64 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Guðrún Rútsdóttir Guðrún Rútsdóttir
  • Assistant Professor
5254611 gudrut [at] hi.is Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Gunnar Þór Hallgrímsson Gunnar Þór Hallgrímsson
  • Professor
5254083 gunnih [at] hi.is ornithology;;mammalogy;;ecology;;marine ecology https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/d523dd02-70f0-431c-a0c6-753965426b41 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Haseeb Randhawa Haseeb Randhawa
  • Professor
5254425 hrandhawa [at] hi.is parasitology;;marine biology;;marine ecology;;fisheries ecology Yes https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/00ebfc1f-0e29-40d4-9349-1880dc626f01 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Ingi Agnarsson Ingi Agnarsson
  • Professor
5254612 iagnarsson [at] hi.is https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/e34909ac-9cde-4bd2-a445-b696f77816b8 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Ólafur Patrick Ólafsson Ólafur Patrick Ólafsson
  • Technical supervisor
5254601 patrick [at] hi.is Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Sara Sigurbjörnsdóttir Sara Sigurbjörnsdóttir
  • Assistant Professor
5254627 sarasig [at] hi.is osteoarthritis (oa;;hedgehog signaling;;primary cilium;;cell biology;;molecular biology https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/1bdaea92-81ec-4413-bf1f-116dda03d8d8 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir
  • Associate Professor
5254604 sirrut [at] hi.is neurobiology;;developmental genetics;;cell biology;;molecular biology;;molecular genetics;;drosophila melanogaster;;genetic tools Yes https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/8efb77f0-f4fb-4402-9bae-2332a8b8f346 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Sigrún Reynisdóttir Sigrún Reynisdóttir
  • Technician
5255243 sigreyn [at] hi.is Administration
Picture of Snæbjörn Pálsson Snæbjörn Pálsson
  • Professor
5254293 snaebj [at] hi.is population and evolutionary biology;;biostatistics;;population genetics;;molecular ecology Yes https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/6fa786d6-f54a-4ae5-a928-b1d10232a9c8 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Snædís Huld Björnsdóttir Snædís Huld Björnsdóttir
  • Professor
5254614 snaedis [at] hi.is microbiology;;genetics;;biotechnology https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/f5b6bf6e-45ad-4880-8853-7acecebffcbb Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Steven Campana Steven Campana
  • Professor
scampana [at] hi.is fish fisheries otoliths sharks https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/006bff5e-65d0-4254-b08a-92d53b7836bb Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Zophonías Oddur Jónsson Zophonías Oddur Jónsson
  • Professor
5254084 zjons [at] hi.is gene regulation in yeast and arctic charr;;dna replication;;chromatin remodeling;;epigenetics https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/1bf22981-0426-481a-8883-e943ae5565b5 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences

Retired staff

Picture of Einar Árnason Einar Árnason
  • Professor Emeritus
5254613 einararn [at] hi.is marine biology;;evolutionary biology: evolutionary genetics;;population genetics and genomics;;molecular genetics;;evolutionary ecology;;biometry https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/45aaa1ca-a247-4a90-a2ed-4b7eca283dc9 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Eva Benediktsdóttir Eva Benediktsdóttir
  • Retired teacher
5254584 eben [at] hi.is fish pathogens and marine bacteria;;microbiology https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/bad59564-03aa-435e-a488-38be36494fbe Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Gísli Már Gíslason Gísli Már Gíslason
  • Professor Emeritus
8615422 gmg [at] hi.is stream ecosystem metabolism;;ecology of streams;;warm stream ecosystem metabolism;;wfd classification of water bodies and ecological status;;eurolimpacs ;;evaluating the impacts of global change on european freshwater ecosystems;;icelandic river ecosystems;;ecological classification of streams and rivers;;arctic and alpine stream ecosystem https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/ca83b165-7492-4107-b0a6-56f65864c3c5 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Halldór Þormar Halldór Þormar
  • Professor Emeritus
halldort [at] hi.is https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/9deb14e2-bc93-4387-adf7-f9ba98299d60 Biology - department
Picture of Jörundur Svavarsson Jörundur Svavarsson
  • Professor Emeritus
5254610 jorundur [at] hi.is marine biology;;ecotoxicology;;zoology https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/048caa00-c117-4fc0-b904-68caa8fb7ea4 Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Kesara Margrét Jónsson Kesara Margrét Jónsson
  • Professor Emerita
5254284 kesara [at] hi.is botany;;plant genetics;;plant physiology;;plant molecular biology;;cytogenetics;;plant phylogeography https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/ae27f352-9fcd-4457-8ac3-db38167c4f75 Biology - department
Picture of Ólafur Sigmar Andrésson Ólafur Sigmar Andrésson
  • Professor Emeritus
osa [at] hi.is the lichen symbiome. bioactive compounds in lichens and their genes;;lichen genomics;;surrogate expression in bacteria and fungi;; molecular genetics;; genomics;; genetic engineering;; biotechnology;; bioinformatics;;cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation in association with lichens and mosses. alternative nitrogenases in cyanobacteria https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/760d38d3-4011-4951-a998-78df1e60360d Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Picture of Sigurður Sveinn Snorrason Sigurður Sveinn Snorrason
  • Professor Emeritus
5254612 sigsnor [at] hi.is ecology;;behaviour ecology;;evolutionary biology;;developmental biology https://iris.rais.is/en/persons/65d4c989-d008-4cf8-a2db-c2ac124cad73 Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences