Dr. Vibeke Lind has her background in livestock nutrition working with feed intake, feeding and grazing strategies for ruminants, in particular with sheep. She did her PhD degree in lamb meat quality related to feeding strategies during the past six week prior to slaughter. In her work she dedicates most of her time towards greenhouse gas emissions from ruminants and has initiated and carried out infrastructure facilities for sheep at NIBIO Tjøtta including six open circuit respiration chambers, six metabolism crates and an experimental barn for sheep. Additional she use a GreenFeed for cattle in her work. Dr. Lind use new feed ingredients, such as micro- and macroalgae in the diet to sheep, and investigate their nutritional value as well and their ability to mitigate enteric methane. Her work is in close collaboration with both national and international partners. Dr. Lind is leading the current project, CircAgric.
Dr. Lamprinakis is an experienced academic researcher and industry advisor in the bioeconomy with a focus on issues relating to industrial organization, such as value chain analysis, business models (e.g., circular, coop, embedded), organizational adaptation, and consumer perceptions. He has been regularly engaged in numerous research and consulting projects, both at a national and international level and worked with very diverse groups of people from various nationalities, different backgrounds and academic disciplines. His extensive work experience involves project consulting and teaching in Canada (University of British Columbia and University of Saskatchewan), Greece (University of the Aegean and MAICh), Norway (NIBIO and NILF) and Estonia (EMU).
All-round Communication Adviser, working with:
Media monitoring and media contact, social media, communication related to events and research projects, writing, photography and mobile video.
Education and background:
Employed in NIBIO since 2013. Prior to that she worked with communication in various NGO’s with a particular focus on foreign aid, international solidarity, lobbying and policy change, and activities for children and youth.
Dr. Vibeke Lind has her background in livestock nutrition working with feed intake, feeding and grazing strategies for ruminants, in particular with sheep. She did her PhD degree in lamb meat quality related to feeding strategies during the past six week prior to slaughter. In her work she dedicates most of her time towards greenhouse gas emissions from ruminants and has initiated and carried out infrastructure facilities for sheep at NIBIO Tjøtta including six open circuit respiration chambers, six metabolism crates and an experimental barn for sheep. Additional she use a GreenFeed for cattle in her work. Dr. Lind use new feed ingredients, such as micro- and macroalgae in the diet to sheep, and investigate their nutritional value as well and their ability to mitigate enteric methane. Her work is in close collaboration with both national and international partners. Dr. Lind is leading the current project, CircAgric.
Dr. Lamprinakis is an experienced academic researcher and industry advisor in the bioeconomy with a focus on issues relating to industrial organization, such as value chain analysis, business models (e.g., circular, coop, embedded), organizational adaptation, and consumer perceptions. He has been regularly engaged in numerous research and consulting projects, both at a national and international level and worked with very diverse groups of people from various nationalities, different backgrounds and academic disciplines. His extensive work experience involves project consulting and teaching in Canada (University of British Columbia and University of Saskatchewan), Greece (University of the Aegean and MAICh), Norway (NIBIO and NILF) and Estonia (EMU).
All-round Communication Adviser, working with:
Media monitoring and media contact, social media, communication related to events and research projects, writing, photography and mobile video.
Education and background:
Employed in NIBIO since 2013. Prior to that she worked with communication in various NGO’s with a particular focus on foreign aid, international solidarity, lobbying and policy change, and activities for children and youth.
Dr Sophie Wynne-Jones is a Lecturer in Human Geography at Bangor University and ‘Net Zero Agriculture Behavioural Insight’ Fellow for Welsh Government (ESRC funded).
She is an environmental social scientist, specialising in rural land use change and farmers’ behaviour. She has delivered research for UK and Welsh Government, and the UK research councils, publishing ~40 peer reviewed articles.
She is leading Task 4.1 of the CircAgri-GHG project to understand the barriers and enablers that stakeholders perceive influencing their uptake of circular farming practices.
Dr Sophie Wynne-Jones is a Lecturer in Human Geography at Bangor University and ‘Net Zero Agriculture Behavioural Insight’ Fellow for Welsh Government (ESRC funded).
She is an environmental social scientist, specialising in rural land use change and farmers’ behaviour. She has delivered research for UK and Welsh Government, and the UK research councils, publishing ~40 peer reviewed articles.
She is leading Task 4.1 of the CircAgri-GHG project to understand the barriers and enablers that stakeholders perceive influencing their uptake of circular farming practices.
Dave is Associate Professor in agri-sustainability at the University of Galway, where he is co-director of the Agricultural Science BSc programme.
Since 2004 he has specialised in life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis of food, bioproduct, energy and waste management systems at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland’s EPA, the European Commission’s JRC, Bangor University and NUI Galway. His research group applies advanced LCA to investigate the sustainability of novel value chains, with a particular emphasis on understanding inter-system effects.
Dave is PI/Co-I on 11 research projects, and has collaboratively won over €25 million of funding as PI or Co-I across 25 projects. He leads the SeQUEsTER project, identifying pathways towards climate neutrality in Ireland’s agriculture & land use sector, and is a member of the International Energy Agency Task 45 concerning the sustainability of bioenergy.
Dave is Associate Professor in agri-sustainability at the University of Galway, where he is co-director of the Agricultural Science BSc programme.
Since 2004 he has specialised in life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic analysis of food, bioproduct, energy and waste management systems at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland’s EPA, the European Commission’s JRC, Bangor University and NUI Galway. His research group applies advanced LCA to investigate the sustainability of novel value chains, with a particular emphasis on understanding inter-system effects.
Dave is PI/Co-I on 11 research projects, and has collaboratively won over €25 million of funding as PI or Co-I across 25 projects. He leads the SeQUEsTER project, identifying pathways towards climate neutrality in Ireland’s agriculture & land use sector, and is a member of the International Energy Agency Task 45 concerning the sustainability of bioenergy.
Dr. Stefania Colombini has her background in livestock nutrition working with feeding strategies for ruminants to improve the efficiency of nutrient utilization in order to enhance animal production and minimize the environmental impact of livestock operations.
In her work she dedicates most of her time towards greenhouse gas emissions from ruminants, both by in in vivo and in vitro trials. Dr. Colombini investigates new feed additives, such as essential oils and tannins, in the diet of ruminants evaluating their ability to mitigate enteric methane and the effects on rumen microbiome and fermentation. She also investigates alternative protein sources such as soybean silage or insect meals as feed ingredients for ruminants and monogastric animals.
Dr. Bava’s research focus is on milk production in dairy cow and dairy goats. In particular, she focalizes her attention on milking procedures, milk ejection and udder health in dairy cows and other dairy ruminants. In the last years she has investigated on the cows and goats breeding management in intensive dairy farms and sometimes in extensive system. She also studies the best practice management for young and nonproductive animals (calves and heifers) taking into consideration environmental farm conditions and animal behaviour.
Dr. Bava works extensively on evalution of environmental impact of food of animal origin production throughout the application of Life Cycle Assessement approach with particular attention to the influence of forage system and animal husbandry management. She investigates mainly on environmental impact of cows and goats production, with some works on pork and poultry meat production.
Dr. Stefania Colombini has her background in livestock nutrition working with feeding strategies for ruminants to improve the efficiency of nutrient utilization in order to enhance animal production and minimize the environmental impact of livestock operations.
In her work she dedicates most of her time towards greenhouse gas emissions from ruminants, both by in in vivo and in vitro trials. Dr. Colombini investigates new feed additives, such as essential oils and tannins, in the diet of ruminants evaluating their ability to mitigate enteric methane and the effects on rumen microbiome and fermentation. She also investigates alternative protein sources such as soybean silage or insect meals as feed ingredients for ruminants and monogastric animals.
Dr. Bava’s research focus is on milk production in dairy cow and dairy goats. In particular, she focalizes her attention on milking procedures, milk ejection and udder health in dairy cows and other dairy ruminants. In the last years she has investigated on the cows and goats breeding management in intensive dairy farms and sometimes in extensive system. She also studies the best practice management for young and nonproductive animals (calves and heifers) taking into consideration environmental farm conditions and animal behaviour.
Dr. Bava works extensively on evalution of environmental impact of food of animal origin production throughout the application of Life Cycle Assessement approach with particular attention to the influence of forage system and animal husbandry management. She investigates mainly on environmental impact of cows and goats production, with some works on pork and poultry meat production.
Claudia Arndt is a Senior Scientist and Team Leader of the Mazingira Centre in Nairobi. The Centre is part of the Sustainable Livestock Systems Program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Previously, she has been working as Associate Scientist on sustainable livestock systems at the National Agrarian University La Molina in Peru. Prior to that she worked at the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (Spanish acronym CATIE) in Costa Rica. Before that she worked at the Environmental Defense Fund, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group in the US. The research of Claudia and her team focuses on optimizing nutrient utilization efficiency to reduce the use of natural resources and environmental impact from livestock systems.
She holds a PhD in Dairy Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (USA) and a MSc in Livestock Sciences as well as a BSc in Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management.
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Claudia Arndt is a Senior Scientist and Team Leader of the Mazingira Centre in Nairobi. The Centre is part of the Sustainable Livestock Systems Program at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Previously, she has been working as Associate Scientist on sustainable livestock systems at the National Agrarian University La Molina in Peru. Prior to that she worked at the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (Spanish acronym CATIE) in Costa Rica. Before that she worked at the Environmental Defense Fund, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group in the US. The research of Claudia and her team focuses on optimizing nutrient utilization efficiency to reduce the use of natural resources and environmental impact from livestock systems.
She holds a PhD in Dairy Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (USA) and a MSc in Livestock Sciences as well as a BSc in Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management.
