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Charlotte Gaillard

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Education

From November 2017 – Permanent researcher at INRAE, St-Gilles, France. Main area of research: Precision feeding for sows and dairy cows. HDR defended on the 29th of April 2022.

2016 to 2017 – Research Assistant & PostDoc, 1.5 year at Aarhus University (AU), Denmark. Main work: Alternative feeding strategies for dairy cows (distiller dried grains, glycerol, seaweeds)

2016 – PhD, 3 years at AU, Animal Science Department, Denmark. Thesis title: Individualized feeding strategies supporting extended lactation on Holstein cows

2012 – MSc, Agricultural engineer, National Superior School of Agronomy, Rennes, France. 6 months internship (~ Bachelor level) at Aarhus University, Foulum, Denmark. 6 months internship (~ Master level) at UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre, Canada.

Current Projects

3 projects on precision feeding for gestating sows including the development of new technologies to measure individual physical activity and the search for new welfare indicators

3 projects on new feeding strategies for dairy cows (i.e. precision feeding) and new biomarkers of interest.

Editorial board of ANIMAL Open Space
Scientific board of ANIMAL
Member of the INNOV SPACE committee 2021 and 2022

Publications

29 peer-reviewed international papers published

35 abstracts for conferences, including 3 as invited speaker (EAAP 2022, ASAS-NANP 2021, EAAP 2019)

H-index (24/10/2022): 11

Supervision & Lectures

Supervisor of 2 PhD students and 11 Master students.

Currently teaching classes about precision feeding for agricultural engineers (Bordeaux Sciences Agro, AgroSup Dijon, Institut Agro Rennes-Angers). Previous lectures given at AU, Denmark about animal physiology, milk production, animal nutrition (Bachelor and Master levels).