Unni Steinsmo

Unni Steinsmo (born 15 March 1954) is a Norwegian chemical engineer and researcher. She served as chief executive of SINTEF from 2004 to 2016.

Unni Steinsmo
Born	(1954-03-15) 15 March 1954 Levanger, Norway
Occupation	chemical engineer and research executive

Steinsmo was born in Levanger. She graduated as chemical engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and as dr.ing. in materials science in 1987. She was appointed research director at SINTEF from 1997 to 2003, and Chief executive officer from 2004. She has been a board member of Research Council of Norway and member of the European Research Advisory Board.[1][2]

References

1. Rosvold, Knut A. "Unni Steinsmo". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
2. Jensen, Johan O. (2008). "Steinsmo, Unni". In Åmås, Knut Olav (ed.). Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. pp. 548–549. ISBN 978-82-03-23561-0.

Academic offices
Preceded by Morten Loktu	Chief executive of SINTEF 2004–2016	Succeeded by Alexandra Bech Gjørv