Kine Østnes Hansen

Kine Østnes Hansen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmacy, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, specializing in Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry. Her research focuses on marine natural product isolation, characterization, and translational drug development, with particular emphasis on OMICs analysis of complex biological samples like algal biomass.

• Key Projects: AlgScaleUP, HOTBIO, CandRAS
• Teaching: Courses FAR-1302, FAR-3311, FAR-3312, FAR-2302
• Spin-off Affiliation: Researcher at KinSea Lead Discovery AS

Her recent work in 2025 includes DYRK kinase inhibition for diabetes therapy and discovery of ophiobolin-type sesterterpenes. Earlier studies (2019–2021) explored Arctic bryozoan alkaloids, antimicrobial peptides from ascidians, and novel lipid structures from marine bacteria.

Techniques employed span UPLC-HR-MS2 metabolomics, LC-Orbitrap lipidomics, and NMR spectral analysis for structural elucidation of bioactive compounds.