Trygg Barnung is a researcher at Møreforsking and holds a Master of Science in Environmental Physiology (1986) from the University of Bergen, specialising in marine organisms. After graduating, he worked in aquaculture at the Institute of Marine Research.
From 1990 to 2004, he served as laboratory manager at the Fisheries Directorate’s district laboratory in Ålesund, where he was responsible for chemical and microbiological analyses of fish and fishery products. He then worked as laboratory manager at Eurofins Norsk Matanalyse Ålesund from 2004 to 2009, focusing on microbiological analyses of food products.
Trygg has been employed at Møreforsking since January 2009. His main areas of work are marine biotechnology and molecular biology, and he also contributes within resource biology/capture, raw‑material processing and seafood processing.