Kjetil is a senior research scientist at NINA in Trondheim, Norway, where he was a research director 2010-2018. He has 35 years’ experience working on the genetics and ecology of Atlantic salmon and other salmonids. His focus is on the effects of escaped farmed salmon wild salmon, and on setting spawning targets for Norway’s salmon populations. In 2020, Kjetil led a risk assessment of pink salmon for Norway.