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CURRICULUM VITAE   Last name, First name:               Peiren Nico                                    Gender: Male Nationality: Belgian Professional Expertise: Years employed from - to Title of position Employer- name and location Research areas 2007-now Senior Researcher Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO, Animal Science Unit) – Belgium Impact of ruminants on the environment and the climate 1998-2005 Assistant Ghent University (Faculty of Sciences) – Belgium Animal Physiology   Educational Background: Year Degree Education Institution- name and location 2006 PhD in Sciences: Biochemistry Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences – Gent, Belgium 1996 Master in Biology, option Animal Science Ghent University, Faculty of Sciences – Gent, Belgium     Summary of relevant reviewed Publications: Reducing enteric methane emissions from dairy cattle: Two ways to supplement 3-nitrooxypropanol. 2019. Van Wesemael D, Vandaele L, Ampe B, Cattrysse H, Duval S, Kindermann M, Fievez V, De Campeneere S, Peiren N. Journal of Dairy Science 102 (2): 1780-1787   Mutian; N.; Kebreab, E.; Hristov, A. N.; et al. 2018 Prediction of enteric methane production, yield, and intensity in dairy cattle using an intercontinental database Global Change Biology 24 (8): 3368-3389   Hristov, A. N.; Kebreab, E.; Niu, M.; et al. 2018. Symposium review: Uncertainties in enteric methane inventories, measurement techniques, and prediction models Journal of Dairy Science 101 (7): 6655-6674   De Mulder, T.; Peiren, N.; Vandaele, L.; et al. 2018. Impact of breed on the rumen microbial community composition and methane emission of Holstein Friesian and Belgian Blue heifers Livestock Science 207: 38-44   De Boever, J. L., K. Goossens, N. Peiren, J. Swanckaert, B. Ampe, D. Reheul, D.L. De Brabander, S. De Campeneere & L. Vandaele. 2017. The effect of maize silage type on the performances and methane emission of dairy cattle. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 101(5): e246-256   Castro-Montoya, J., N. Peiren, J. Veneman, B. De Baets, S. De Campeneere & V. Fievez. 2017. Predictions of methane emission levels and categories based on milk fatty acid profiles from dairy cows. Animal 11(7): 1153-1162   Huysveld, S., J. Van Meensel, V. Van Linden, S. De Meester, N. Peiren, H. Muylle, J. Dewulf & L. Lauwers. 2017. Communicative farm-specific diagnosis of potential simultaneous savings in costs and natural resource demand of feed on dairy farms. Agricultural Systems 150: 34-45 Huysveld S., De Meester S., Van linden V., Muylle, H., Peiren, N., Lauwers, L. & Dewulf, J. 2015. Cumulative Overall Resource Efficiency Assessment (COREA) for comparing bio-based products with their fossil-derived counterparts Resources, Conservation and Recycling. in press   Ganendra G., Mercado-Garcia D., Hernandez-Sanabria E., Peiren N., De Campeneere S., Ho A. & Boon N. 2015. Biofiltration of methane from ruminants gas effluent using Autoclaved Aerated Concrete as the carrier material. Chemical Engineering Journal. 277: 318-323   Huysveld, S., Van linden, V., De Meester, S., Peiren, N., Muylle, H., Lauwers, L. & Dewulf, J. 2015. Resource use assessment of an agricultural system from a life cycle perspective - a dairy farm as case study. Agricultural Systems. 135: 77-89   Peiren  N. & De Campeneere  S. 2014. Chapter 3: ILVO’s Ruminant Respiration Facility, Melle, Belgium. In Technical Manual on Respiration Chamber design (eds C Pinares and G Waghorn), pp. 43–57. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Wellington, NZ.   Peiren N., Castro-Montoya J., Vandaele L. & De Campeneere S. 2013. Variation in methane emission from dairy cows and beef heifers measured in open-circuit chambers with an infrared laser spectrometer. Advances in Animal Biosciences 4(2): 534   Peiren N., Castro-Montoya J., Vandaele L. & De Campeneere S. 2013. Mitigation potential of plant additives to reduce methane emission in cattle. Book of abstracts 38th Animal Nutrition Forum: 36   Peiren N., Sonck B., Vangeyte J. & De Campeneere S. 2012. Implementation of Open-circuit Chambers for Monitoring Gas Emissions from Large Ruminants. In Proceedings of the 9th International Livestock Environment Symposium (ILES IX). Paper No. ILES 12-2105. M. Cambra-Lopez, E.F. Wheeler, D. J. Moura, K. Janni, and R.S. Gates (eds.). St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE.   Montoya J. C., Bhagwat A. M., Peiren N., De Campeneere S., De Baets B. & Fievez V. 2011.  Relationships between odd- and branched-chain fatty acid profiles in milk and calculated enteric methane proportion for lactating dairy cattle. Animal Feed Science and Technology 166-167(SI): 596-602   Extended CV:   http://pure.ilvo.vlaanderen.be/portal/en/persons/nico-peiren(20f63b72-2b16-42ec-9d90-314317678b16).html   Courses:   International Training Program Dairy Nutrition  at Ghent University, Belgium Module:  In vivo methane measurements and nutritional treatments www.dairynutrition.ugent.be   Funded projects:   SMART melken : Nutritional steering towards an economically and environmentally sustainable dairy farm: focus on methane and nitrogen efficiency (LA IWT) 12/01/14 - 31/01/19   Gain insights into the development and stability of the rumen microbiome as a basis for new methane-reducing strategies (Rumen Stability) (Facce / JPI EU) 1/01/14 - 31/12/17   Rumen genomics with next generation sequencing (GA ILVO) 10/01/13 - 01/31/17   Comparison of Belgian Blue and Holstein Friesian heifer for methane production (EV ILVO) 04/10/15 – 06/04/15   Develop an exergy based measurement and evaluation tool to steer to sustainable Flemish agriculture and horticulture production (IWT grant) 1/09/11 - 12/31/15   What type of corn silage for optimum performance and minimum emissions in dairy cattle? (ILVO EV) 10/01/13 - 09/30/14