Jon Samseth

Who is Jon Samseth?

Jon Samseth, born July 23, 1954 in Trondheim, Norway, is a Norwegian engineer and professor of physics. He was awarded an engineering degree in physics from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1981. He later earned a Diplôme d'ingénieur degree in Petroleum economics from the École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs in France in 1983. He received his in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1988. Samseth is a professor of energy physics at the Oslo and Akershus University College. In addition, he serves as an adjunct professor in the Department of Chemical engineering at NTNU, as well as a scientific advisor to SINTEF materials and chemistry.

Samseth has focused his research broadly in the field of soft matter. Within this field, he has used neutron scattering to study a variety of surfactant-containing systems, including micelles and microemulsions, aerogels and block-copolymers. Since 2004 he has been engaged in the study of nanostructured polymer-membranes applied to gas separation.

Samseth has been actively involved internationally through the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.