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CURRICULUM VITAE   Name:                                 Sophie Julie Krizsan Date of birth:                     1970-12-14 Address:                            Fäbodåkern 36, 905 95 Umeå, Sweden   Phone (work):                    +46 90 786 87 48                                                           Fax:              +46 90 786 81 62 Phone (private):                 +46 72 203 43 98 E-mail (work):                  sophie.krizsan@slu.se   EDUCATION &  ACADEMIC DEGREES 2013                            Associate Professor in Ruminant Nutrition at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU),                                          Department of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden (NJV), Umeå, Sweden. 2002 – 2007                Doctor Scientiarum in Ruminant Nutrition at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU),                                          Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences (IHA), Ås, Norway. 1995 – 1999                Cand. Agric. at the Norwegian University of Agriculture (former name of NMBU), IHA, Ås, Norway. 1992 – 1994                University courses following the Master’s program in chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala,                                              Sweden.   PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 2012 –                                 Research Fellow. SLU, NJV, Umeå, Sweden. 2010 – 2012                        Post-doctoral position. SLU, NJV, Umeå, Sweden. 2008 – 2010                        Post-doctoral position. NMBU, IHA, Ås, Norway. 2007 – 2008                        Research Scientist. NMBU, IHA, Ås, Norway. 2002 – 2007                        Doctoral Student. NMBU, IHA, Ås, Norway.   Present supervision commitments Degong Pang, Ph. D. student at NJV, SLU, Umeå. Improved utilization of grass silage in milk production – harvesting strategy and feeding value. Main supervisor. Annie Larsson. Industrial Ph. D. student, Lantmännen and SLU, Umeå. Grass lignin fingerprinting for improved forages in dairy cow feeding. Main supervisor.   Granted research funding and scholarships 2018                            Carl Trygger Foundation: 652 000 SEK (2019/20). A 2-year post-doctoral                                                                              scholarship for Dr. Juana Catarina Chagas. 1. Sophie Julie Krizsan. 2017                            FACCE ERA-GAS co-fund scheme of Horizon 2020 of the European commission. Research                                                project RUMENPREDICT of three years: 2 433 000 SEK. 1. Sophie Krizsan. 2016                            The Kempe Foundations: 140 000 SEK (2016-2017). Investment of equipment for body condition                                        scoring cameras at Röbäcksdalen dairy barn. 1. Sophie Julie Krizsan. 2015                            Carl Trygger Foundation: 431 400 SEK (2016/17). The second year of a 2-year post-doctoral                                              project for Dr. Marcia de Oliveira Franco. 1. Sophie Julie Krizsan. 2014                            China scholarship council (CSC): 576 000 SEK. The total scholarship devoted from CSC to                                                Degong Pang for a PhD at SLU in Umeå. 1. Sophie Julie Krizsan, 2. Degong Pang. 2014                            Carl Trygger Foundation: 351 000 SEK (2015/16). The first year of a 2-year post-doctoral project                                        for Dr. Marcia de Oliveira Franco. 1. Sophie Julie Krizsan. 2014                            The Regional Farmers’ Foundation for Agricultural Research in Northern Sweden: 2 400 000 SEK                                       (2014-2016). A 3-year project: Improved utilization of grass silage in milk production – harvesting                                       strategy and feeding value. 1. Sophie Julie Krizsan, 2. Pekka Huhtanen. 2014                            Valio Ltd. Support the above project by additional 215 000 SEK/year for all three years.1. Pekka                                          Huhtanen, 2. Sophie Julie Krizsan. 2014                            The Kempe Foundations: 220 000 SEK (2014-2015). Investment of equipment for feeding system                                      at Röbäcksdalen dairy barn. 1. Sophie Julie Krizsan. 2013                            The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA): 250 000 SEK. (2013-2015).                                            Investment of equipment for feeding system at Röbäcksdalen dairy barn. 1. Annika Höjer, 2.                                                Sophie Julie Krizsan. 2013                            The Kempe Foundations: 130 000 SEK (2013-2014). A comparison of herbivore digestion                                                    efficiency in vitro using moose spring and summer foods. 1. Sophie Julie Krizsan. 2013                            Swedish Farmers’ Foundation for Agricultural Research: 2 600 000 SEK (2013-2015). Feed                                                efficient cows. 1. Pekka Huhtanen, 2. Mårten Hetta, 3. Sophie Julie Krizsan, 4. Britt Berglund, 5.                                          Freddy Fikse, 6. Jan Bertilsson, 7. Torsten Eriksson. 2011                            The Regional Farmers’ Foundation for Agricultural Research in Northern Sweden: 1 251000 SEK.                                      (2011-2013). Improve the utilisation of forages in northern regions by better predictions of the                                               voluntary intake. 1. Sophie Julie Krizsan, 2. Mårten Hetta, 3. Pekka Huhtanen. 2010                            The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA): 100 000 SEK. (2011-2012).                                              Comparison of in vitro and in situ methods in evaluation of forage digestibility in ruminants. 1.                                              Sophie Julie Krizsan, 2.Pekka Huhtanen, 3. Juha Nousiainen, 4. Karl-Heinz Südekum. 2007                            NMBU, Norway: Granted salary during a 2-year postdoctoral scholarship (2008-2010).                                                        Improvement of the NorFor feed evaluation system for cattle with special emphasis on feed                                                passage kinetics in the rumen, and efficiency of microbial protein synthesis in relation to extrinsic                                        and intrinsic factors affected by ruminal passage kinetics. 1. Sophie Julie Krizsan, 2. Harald                                                Volden.   Scientific publications 36 Papers in refereed international journals (including in print or under revision). 2 Book chapters.  10 Short (1-5 pages) conference proceedings and conference abstracts not published elsewhere.