Tor Grande
Rector,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Tor Grande
Tor Grande is Rector at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
He was Pro-Rector for Research and Dissemination in 2021 – 2023 and has previously been Vice-Dean for Research at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Grande is professor in chemistry and materials science and has broad experience with teaching, research, innovation, and collaboration with industry.
He has been visiting researcher at NIRIM, Japan and University of Rennes, France. He has been on sabbatical leave at the EPFL in Switzerland and the Northwestern University in the USA.
Grande has extensive experience in research evaluation including ERC evaluation panels.
In 2009, he received the Gender Equality Award at NTNU.