Areas of interest:
- Ruminant physiology, nutrition and metabolism
- Transition cow management and nutrition,
- Once-daily milking,
- Milk fat composition and manipulation
Key projects:
- Once-daily milking
- Transition Cow Nutrition and Management
Key achievements:
Industry:
- Speaker at discussion groups, workshops and farmer conferences
Science:
- Scientific contribution to MBIE Strategic Lactation Management Tools Research Programme, Transition Cow Management
- Scientific presentations at national and International conferences
Awards:
- 2006 2nd place in "Adding Value to Nature" - MacDiarmid NZ Young Scientist of the Year
- 2004 - 2006 FRST Top Achiever Doctoral Scholarship
- 2004 - 2006 International Science and Technology Linkages Fund, Royal Society of New Zealand $12,000 travel grant
- 2004 1st place in the American Dairy Science Association Graduate Student Paper Competition
- 2003 C. Alma Baker Trust Postgraduate Scholarship
- 2003 NZSAP Animal Science travel grant to America
- 2002 1st place in the NZSAP Young Scientist Competition
- 2002 NZSAP Animal Science travel grant to Canada and America
- 2002 Selected as a NZ Emerging Young Leader
Career output summary:
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Refereed papers/reviews/book chapters: |
20 |
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Conference proceedings/abstracts: |
35 |
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Others: |
25 |
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Total |
>80 |
Other roles:
- Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Dairy Science, Journal of Dairy Research, Animal Production Science, and NZ Society of Animal Production
- Professional member of American Dairy Science Association, NZ Society of Animal Production
- Member of DairyNZ Academic Committee
- Liaison Officer for the DairyNZ and Joint Graduate School in Dairy Research and Innovation
