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Fields of expertise Peter Groot Koerkamp is senior scientist at Wageningen Livestock Research and professor at the Farm Technology Group of Wageningen University. His fields of expertise are agricultural & biosystems engineering, agricultural systems, animal and plant production systems, environmental engineering & technology, and design of sustainable production systems. He has especially a background in manure management and gaseous emissions from livestock farming systems. Scientific career and background MSc degree in agricultural engineering (with honours, 1990) PhD degree from Wageningen University (1998) Scientific researcher and group leader at the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (IMAG 1990-2003) Senior project manager at the Institute of Animal Husbandry (ID-DLO; 2001-2012) Professor at Wageningen University, Farm Technology Group (2005-present; part time) Senior researcher at Wageningen Livestock Research Institute (2013-present) Coordinator/committee member for fundamental and applied research in sustainable plant and animal production systems for the top sector Agri&Food in the Netherlands, with focus on greenhouse gases and environmental aspects (2016-preesent; ) Relevant scientific services Member of the scientific board of IJABE (International Journal of agricultural and biosystems engineering) Associate editor of the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2010-2015) Referee of scientific papers for a range of journals: Biosystems Engineering, CompAg, Journal of Dairy Science, Livestock Science, and book chapters Relevant job-related positions Member and chairman of the board of the Dutch Society of Agricultural Engineers (NVTL) Member of the executive board of the European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EurAgEng) Member of the board of the International Centre for Animal and Environmental Welfare (IRCAEW) Member (since 2008) of the panel of experts (Agro-Food of SMK (Certification of sustainable production systems) Organizer of the EurAgEng conference in the Netherlands in 2018   Current research projects PhD project of Ellen van Weeghel – Design of environmental friendly housing systems PhD project of Xiangyu Song – Identification of vulnerable cows PhD project of Hendrik Jan van Dooren – Ammonia emissions from dairy cattle houses PhD project of Inge Krijger – Presence and losses of rodents in Bangladesh PhD project of Nedup Dorji – Welfare and health of Yak cattle in Bhutan PhD project of Ingrid van Dixhoorn – Resilience of dairy cows: concept and application PhD project of Johannes Klarenbeek – Variation in odour concentrations assessments PhD project of Mengting Zhou – Heat stress in dairy cows PhD project of Cecile Levrault – Assessment & mitigation methane production of cows PhD project of Peyman Neysari – Nitrogen losses from solid farm manure Major scientific awards/prizes/grants EurAgEng Innovation and Development Award, 2014 Publications (alias PWGG Koerkamp) Number of peer-reviewed publications in Web of Science / Scopus: 63 / 74 Number of citations in Web of Science: 1405 H-index Web of Science / Scopus: 16 / 18 Average citation per item in Web of Science: 22.03 Selection of relevant key publications: Groot Koerkamp, P.W.G., J. H. M. Metz, G. H. Uenk, V. R. Phillips, M. R. Holden, R. W. Sneath, J. L. Short, R. P. White, J. Hartung, J. Seedorf, M. Schroder, K. H. Linkert, S. Pedersen, H. Takai, J. O. Johnsen, and C. M. Wathes. 1998. Concentrations and emissions of ammonia in livestock buildings in Northern Europe. Journal of agricultural engineering research 70(1):79-95. De Vries, J.W., A.J.A. Aarnink, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp and I.J.M. de Boer. 2013. Life cycle assessment of segregating fattening pig urine and feces compared to conventional manure management. Environmental Science and Technology 47: 1589-1597. De Vries, J.W., W.B. Hoogmoed, C.M. Groenestein, J.J Schröder, W. Sukkel, I.J.M. de Boer and P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp. 2015. Integrated manure management to reduce environmental impact: I. Structured design of strategies. Agricultural Systems 139: 29-37. De Vries, J.W., C.M. Groenestein, J.J Schröder, W.B. Hoogmoed, W. Sukkel, P.W.G. Groot Koerkamp and I.J.M. de Boer. 2015. Integrated manure management to reduce environmental impact: II. Environmental impact assessment of strategies. Agricultural Systems 138: 88-99. Ursinus, W.W. , Schepers, F., Mol, R.M. de, Bracke, M.B.M., Metz, J.H.M., Groot Koerkamp, P.W.G., 2009. COWEL: a decision support system to assess welfare of husbandry systems for dairy cattle. Animal Welfare 18 (2009)4. Bos, A.P., Groot Koerkamp, P.W.G., Gosselink, J.M.J., Bokma, S., 2009. Reflexive interactive design and its application in a project on sustainable dairy husbandry systems. Outlook on Agriculture 38 (2009)2.: 137 - 145.