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Life cycle assessment, life cycle management, process and product optimizaton
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Technical University of Denmark: Kgs. Lyngby, DK

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University of Iceland: Reykjavík, Iceland, IS

2023-07-01 to present | Associate Professor (Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition)
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Ólafur Ögmundarson

University of Iceland: Reykjavik, Reykjanes, IS

2020-01-01 to 2023-06-30 | Assistant Professor (Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition)
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Ólafur Ögmundarson

Education and qualifications (1)

Technical University of Denmark: Kongens Lyngby, Hovedstaden, DK

2015-09-01 to 2018-12-31 | PhD (Quantitative Sustainability Assessments)
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Works (32)

Shifting units, shifting views: how product mass and protein content influence environmental impact of Icelandic lamb

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
2025-01-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0948-3349
Part of ISSN: 1614-7502
Contributors: Sankalp Shrivastava; María Gudjónsdóttir; Gudjon Thorkelsson; Ólafur Ögmundarson
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An environmental cost-benefit analysis of organic and non-organic sheep farming in Iceland

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
2024-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Vincent Elijiah Merida; David Cook; Ólafur Ögmundarson; Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir
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Is renewing Icelandic demersal trawling vessels resulting in lower greenhouse gas emissions?

Journal of Cleaner Production
2024-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Guðrún Svana Hilmarsdóttir; Jónas R. Viðarsson; Birgir Örn Smárason; Sæmundur Elíasson; Friederike Ziegler; Ólafur Ögmundarson
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Can biotechnology lead the way toward a sustainable pharmaceutical industry?

Current Opinion in Biotechnology
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Deniz Etit; Samir Meramo; Ólafur Ögmundarson; Michael K Jensen; Sumesh Sukumara
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Environmental impacts of different single-use and multi-use packaging systems for fresh fish export

Journal of Cleaner Production
2024-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Gudrun Svana Hilmarsdóttir; Bjorn Margeirsson; Sebastian Spierling; Olafur Ögmundarson
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Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics for Effective Online Quality Monitoring and Process Control during Pelagic Fishmeal and Oil Processing

Foods
2024-04-13 | Journal article
Contributors: María Gudjónsdóttir; Gudrún Svana Hilmarsdóttir; Ólafur Ögmundarson; Sigurjón Arason
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Chemoenzymatic indican for light-driven denim dyeing

Nature Communications
2024-02-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Gonzalo Bidart; David Teze; Charlotte Uldahl Jansen; Eleonora Pasutto; Natalia Putkaradze; Anna-Mamusu Sesay; Folmer Fredslund; Leila Lo Leggio; Olafur Ögmundarson; Sumesh Sukumara et al.
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Food Consumption: Results from the Icelandic National Dietary Survey 2019–2021

2024-02-04 | Conference paper
Contributors: Ragnhildur Guðmannsdóttir; Ingibjörg Gunnarsdóttir; Ólöf Guðný Geirsdóttir; María Gudjónsdóttir; Bryndís Eva Birgisdóttir; Ólafur Ögmundarson; Þórhallur Ingi Halldórsson
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Early-stage economic and environmental impact assessment for optimized bioprocess development: Monoterpenoid indole alkaloids

Bioresource Technology
2024-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Deniz Etit; Ólafur Ögmundarson; Jie Zhang; Michael Krogh Jensen; Sumesh Sukumara
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Constructed wetlands with recycled concrete for wastewater treatment in cold climate: Performance and life cycle assessment

Science of The Total Environment
2023-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
Contributors: Selina Hube; Tarek Zaqout; Ólafur Ögmundarson; Hrund Ólöf Andradóttir; Bing Wu
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Current status and future research needs on the quantitative water use of finfish aquaculture using Life Cycle Assessment: A systematic literature review

Journal of Cleaner Production
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Clara M. Vasquez-Mejia; Sankalp Shrivastava; María Gudjónsdóttir; Alessandro Manzardo; Ólafur Ögmundarson
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Correction to: Veganism and Its Challenges: The Case of Iceland

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
2023-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Eugenio Luciano; Ólöf Guðný Geirsdóttir; Helga Ögmundardóttir; Ólafur Ögmundarson
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Veganism and Its Challenges: The Case of Iceland

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
2023-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Eugenio Luciano; Ólöf Guðný Geirsdóttir; Helga Ögmundardóttir; Ólafur Ögmundarson
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Neighborhood-Level LCA and Hotspot Analysis of Embodied Emissions of a New Urban Area in Reykjavík

Sustainability
2023-03-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Hjördís Sóley Sigurðardóttir; Jukka Heinonen; Ólafur Ögmundarson; Áróra Árnadóttir
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Chemoenzymatic indican for sustainable light-driven denim dyeing

2023-01-10 | Preprint
Contributors: Gonzalo Bidart; David Teze; Charlotte Jansen; Eleonora Pasutto; Natalia Putkaradze; Anna-Mamusu Sesay; Folmer Fredslund; Leila Lo Leggio; Olafur Ögmundarson; Sumesh Sukumara et al.
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Ecosystem services and disservices of meat and dairy production: A systematic literature review

Ecosystem Services
2022-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2212-0416
Contributors: Ólafur Ögmundarson; Vincent Elijiah Merida; David Cook; Ólafur Ögmundarson; Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir
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Plastic Packaging Waste Management in Iceland: Challenges and Opportunities from a Life Cycle Assessment Perspective

Sustainability
2022-12-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Ólafur Ögmundarson; Laura Sophie Kalweit; Venkateshwaran Venkatachalam; Rakel Kristjánsdóttir; Hans-Josef Endres; Sebastian Spierling
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Fiberglass as a Novel Building Material: A Life Cycle Assessment of a Pilot House

Architecture
2022-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Stavroula Bjånesøy; Jukka Heinonen; Ólafur Ögmundarson; Áróra Árnadóttir; Björn Marteinsson
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Efficiency of fishmeal and fish oil processing of different pelagic fish species: Identification of processing steps for potential optimization toward protein production for human consumption

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation
2021-04-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Gudrun Svana Hilmarsdottir; Ólafur Ogmundarson; Sigurjon Arason; María Gudjónsdóttir
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Addressing environmental sustainability of biochemicals

Nature Sustainability
2020 | Journal article
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Contributors: Ögmundarson, Ó.; Herrgård, M.J.; Forster, J.; Hauschild, M.Z.; Fantke, P.
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Combining Environmental and Economic Performance for Bioprocess Optimization

Trends in Biotechnology
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Ólafur Ögmundarson; Sumesh Sukumara; Markus J. Herrgård; Peter Fantke
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Metal residues in macroalgae feedstock and implications for microbial fermentation

Biomass and Bioenergy
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Raül López i Losada; Mikołaj Owsianiak; Ólafur Ögmundarson; Peter Fantke
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Commodity chemical production from third‐generation biomass: a techno‐economic assessment of lactic acid production

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
2020-10-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-104X
Part of ISSN: 1932-1031
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The Effects of Varying Heat Treatments on Lipid Composition during Pelagic Fishmeal Production

Processes
2020-09-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Gudrun Svana Hilmarsdottir; Ólafur Ogmundarson; Sigurjón Arason; María Gudjónsdóttir
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Environmental hotspots of lactic acid production systems

GCB Bioenergy
2020-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Ólafur Ögmundarson; Sumesh Sukumara; Alexis Laurent; Peter Fantke
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Life Cycle Assessment of chosen Biochemicals and Bio-based polymers

2019 | Dissertation or Thesis | Author
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Contributors: Ólafur Ögmundarson
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Technical University of Denmark Orbit

Toward a more sustainable biochemical industry. Early stage assessments and methodological overlaps between life cycle- and techno-economic assessments of biochemicals

SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, 13/05/2018
2018 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Ólafur Ögmundarson; Sumesh Sukumara; Peter Fantke
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Technical University of Denmark Orbit

Life Cycle Assessment of Icelandic Arctic Char Fed Three Different Feed Types

Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
2017 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Birgir Örn Smárason; Ólafur Ögmundarson; Jón Árnason; Rannveig Björnsdóttir; Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir
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Technical University of Denmark Orbit
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Measuring and increasing the sustainability of biochemicals: contrasting feedstock´s, biorefinery processes, and upscaling

DTU Biosustain Annual Seminar 2017, Elsinore, Denmark, 06/09/2017
2017 | Conference poster | Author
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Contributors: Ólafur Ögmundarson; Markus Herrgard; Jochen Förster; Michael Zwicky Hauschild; Peter Fantke
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Toward more sustainable biochemicals – Applying techno‐economic and life‐cycle assessments to target substances

Sustain 2017, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, 06/12/2017
2017 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Ólafur Ögmundarson; Sumesh Sukumara; Peter Fantke
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Technical University of Denmark Orbit

Bio-based chemicals - green, but also sustainable?

ATV Sustain conference, 30/11/2016
2016 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Ólafur Ögmundarson; Markus Herrgard; Jochen Förster; Peter Fantke
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Technical University of Denmark Orbit

The EU landing obligation and European small-scale fisheries

Marine Policy
2016 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Pedro Veiga; Cristina Pita; Mafalda Rangel; Jorge M. S. Goncalves; Aida Campos; Paul G. Fernandes; Antonello Sala; Massimo Virgili; Alessandro Lucchetti; Jure Brcic et al.
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Peer review (3 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

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