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Håkon Dahle is a Professor and Group Leader at the Computational Biological Unit (CBU) at the University of Bergen. He also leads the 'Energy and Life' work package at the K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research. His affiliation is with the Department of Biological Sciences (BIO). His research focuses on microbial ecology, investigating how natural and human-driven factors influence microbial communities and ecosystems across diverse environments, including hydrothermal vents, aquaculture systems, and marine ecosystems.
Key research questions include understanding microbial community structure in hydrothermal systems, the interplay between geochemistry and microbial life, and optimizing recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS). Dahle employs bioinformatics, field observations, and population modeling to address these questions. He collaborates on projects like VIRVAR (NFR-funded), exploring algal-virus interactions, and MONITOR, advancing RAS microbial monitoring.
His work spans microbial diversity in extreme environments such as Arctic hydrothermal vents and the impacts of deep-sea mining tailings. Notable contributions include studies on Zetaproteobacteria in hydrothermal mats and the microbiome dynamics in salmon farming. Dahle has supervised doctoral candidates like Jan Pieter Vander Roost (2018) and Runar Stokke, advancing microbial ecology and geobiology.
Publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches, from viral genomics to aquaculture engineering. His research bridges fundamental microbiology with applied challenges in sustainable aquaculture and environmental stewardship.
