Kihle, Jan

Education:
M.Sc. Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo 1989 & Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany 1990.

Field of Expertise:
High grade metamorphism, Petrology, Mineralogy, Gemology, Fluid inclusion microthermometry, Fluorescence spectroscopy, Geochemistry, Hydrocarbon Core Scanning (HCS™), Environmental geology, Crystal pulling, Fiber optics/laser optronics.

Professional membership and merits:

• 2^nd prize in the National commercialization competition FORNY 1996 sponsored by NRF for the invention of HCS™ scanning instrument. (1st prize Opera™ browser software)
• Director Research & Development, Fiber Vision Ltd 1996-1998
• U.S. Patents 1998 for “Device for Displaying Information” (Fiber Vision QB™)
• Norwegian representative in the European COST G7 program “Artwork conservation by Laser” 2000-2006
• Member of the Geological Society of America
• Member of the Geological Society of Norway
• Member of  the Norwegian Gemological Society
• Referee for number of international journals including Geochimica et Cosmochimica acta, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Journal of Organic Geochemistry