GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• Lei en Biolog (Rent a biologist), 2020-present
• PhD Candidate, University of Bergen, 2020-2024
• Section Engineer, Institute of Marine Research, 2019-2020

Education

• 2025-Present: Pedagogy and Science Didactics, University of Oslo
• 2017-2019: MSc Marine Biology, University of Bergen
• 2012-2015: BSc Biology, University of Bergen

Diving Qualifications

• GUE Fundamentals Instructor
• GUE Tech 1
• GUE Cave 1
• GUE DPV 1
• GUE Gas Blender
• CMAS M2
• CMAS Nitrox & Trimix Blender Instructor
• CMAS Marine Biology Instructor
• TDI Advanced Nitrox & Decompression Procedures

Diving Experience

• GUE instructor since 2025
• Cave diving since 2023
• GUE diver since 2022
• Tech diving since 2021
• Diving since 2007

Community Involvement

• Coordinator for Ghost Diving Norway

Special interests

• Marine Biology (esp. Evolutionary Biology, Conservation Biology, Polar Environments and Fauna, Cave Biology, Sharks)
• Ghost Gear Recovery
• Caves and Mines
• Science Communication

Publications

• Seljestad, G., Quintela, M., Bekkevold, D., Pampoulie, C., Farrell, E., Kvamme, C., Slotte, A., Dahle, G., Sørvik, A., Pettersson, M., Andersson, L., Folkvord, A., Glover, K. and Berg, F. (2024), Genetic Stock Identification Reveals Mismatches Between Management Areas and Population Genetic Structure in a Migratory Pelagic Fish. Evol Appl, 17: e70030. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70030
• Berg F, Seljestad G, Folkvord A (2024) Growth of spring- and autumn-spawned larvae of Atlantic herring Clupea harengus: a long-term experiment mimicking seasonal light conditions. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 741:203-216 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14521
• Mueller J, dos Santos Schmidt TC, Seljestad GW, Clemmesen C, Gröger JP and Berg F (2023) Analysis of reproductive traits reveals complex population dynamics on a small geographical scale in Atlantic herring. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:978694. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.978694
• Quintela, M., Bhat, S., Præbel, K. et al. Distinct genetic clustering in the weakly differentiated polar cod, Boreogadus saida Lepechin, 1774 from East Siberian Sea to Svalbard. Polar Biol 44, 1711–1724 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02911-7
• Seljestad GW, Quintela M, Faust E, et al. “A cleaner break”: Genetic divergence between geographic groups and sympatric phenotypes revealed in ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta). Ecol Evol. 2020; 10: 6120–6135. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6404

Languages I teach classes in

• English
• Norwegian

Additional languages

• Danish
• Swedish
• German

Additional Info

Will travel for courses.

If your interested in organizing a class with me, don't hesitate to reach out and we'll make it happen!