Morten S. Riishuus is a Danish senior researcher at the Faroese Geological Survey. He holds a PhD in Geology from the University of Aarhus, Denmark.   What was your main reason for coming to the Faroe Islands? After eight years as a senior researcher at the Nordic Volcanological Center at the University of Iceland, an interesting job was advertised at the Faroese Geological Survey. The job presented an opportunity to conduct work founded in...

Amanda Vang holds a PhD in Biomedical Science from the University of Connecticut, USA. She moved to the Faroe Islands 8 years ago. Since then, Amanda has been awarded several research grants at both the National Hospital and the University of the Faroe Islands. She is currently the Head of the Biotechnology Department at the Aquaculture Research Station of the Faroe Islands.      What was your main reason for coming to the Faroe Islands? I...

Ian Salter is a British researcher at the Faroe Marine Research Institute. He holds a PhD in Chemical Oceanography from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. He has worked as a researcher in France, United States, and Germany. Ian has lived in the Faroe Islands for 3 years. He is married and has two children.   Why did you decide to move to the Faroe Islands? My wife is Faroese so there were personal considerations. But...

  Qin Xin holds a position as a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of the Faroe Islands. He is educated in China and the United Kingdom and has lived in the Faroe Islands for 8 years.   What was your main reason for coming to the Faroe Islands? The career perspectives in the Faroe Islands are very good. Combining the fact that there are very few researchers in my field with my accumulated research experience and achievements,...