Jon Samseth, born July 23, 1954, in Trondheim, Norway, is a Norwegian engineer and professor of physics.

He later earned a Diplôme d'ingénieur degree in Petroleum economics from the École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs (ENSPM) in France in 1983.

[1] Samseth is a professor of energy physics at the Oslo Metropolitan University as well as a scientific advisor to SINTEF industry.

Within this field, he has used neutron scattering to study a variety of surfactant-containing systems, including micelles and microemulsions, aerogels and block-copolymers.

[4] In 2012, IUPAP commissioned him to chair and form a new working group devoted to energy topics at large.