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Contributors to NIRperformance.com include academic researchers, feed producers, technical lab managers, animal nutritionists and other professionals within the feed and nutritional analysis industries. You can read more about our contributors below.
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Martin Andersson
Application Manager, FOSS
As a Chemometrician and Application Manager at FOSS Martin has been working in Japan for…
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Frans van den Berg
Associate Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
Frans has been active in the area of Process Analysis and Chemometrics since 1996. His…
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Ib Haunstrup
Product specialist, FOSS
Ib Haunstrup is a NIR process analysis specialist with many years of experience working as…
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Peter Dijkstra
Teamleader, QC laboratory, Royal FrieslandCampina, Leeuwarden Holland
Peter has worked as an Analytical Chemistry analyst (Research and Advisory function) for the Laboratory…
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Editorial Team
Henrique Iagara and João Batista
Owner / Production Manager, RICA ALIMENTOS LTDA
Brazilian poultry integrators RICA ALIMENTOS have been in the poultry industry since the 1970’s. RICA ALIMENTOS…
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Peter Bom
General Manager, Masterlab/Nutreco
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Dr. Pierre Dardenne
Scientific Chief Executive , CRA-W
Dr. Pierre Dardenne is a specialist and consultant in Near Infrared Spectroscopy and chemometrics. He…
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Steven Kilger
Assistant editor, Feed & Grain magazine
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Cassy Streeter, M.S.
Associate NIR Network Administrator, Dairy One
Cassy has assisted with managing the Worldwide Network of Dairy One Labs since 2011. She…
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Marylou Swift
Manager, Alberta Agriculture
Marylou Swift works for Alberta Agriculture as manager of the Alberta Feed NIRS Network. Maylou…
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Andy Harding
Graduate student, Feedlot Health Management Services
Andy Harding is a Master of Science candidate in Animal Science at Oklahoma State University…
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Heloise Nagai Do Val
Project management, technology & innovation, NutriCattle
HELOISE NAGAI DO VAL’s formal education includes a Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Animal Science from…
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Elmo Ribeiro Do Val Neto
Technical and Commercial Department , NutriCattle
ELMO RIBEIRO DO VAL NETO’S formal education includes a Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Animal Science…
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Begoña de la Roza-Delgado, PhD
Department of Nutrition, Grasslands and Forages, Regional Institute for Research and Agro-Food Development (SERIDA)
With a degree in Biology, Dr. Begoña de la Roza-Delgado has been distinguished in 2002…
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Niels Bastian Kristensen, PhD
Consultant / Project leader, Knowledge Centre for Agriculture, Aarhus, Denmark
Development of improved feeding and biological monitoring programs has been central elements in his work. The key…
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Prof. Zygmunt Maciej Kowalski
Professor, Head of department, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Management
Zygmunt Maciej Kowalski is Professor of Animal Nutrition and Head of the Department of Animal Science…
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Robin Malm
Chemometrician, FOSS
Robin Malm is a chemometrician at FOSS specializing in calibration develoment in the field of…
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Christer Ohlsson, PhD
Technical Sales Manager - Silage, Chr. Hansen A/S
Christer Ohlsson works with silage innoculants and has extensive experience working with silage production for…
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Magnus Tunklev, PhD
Program Manager, Product Innovation, FOSS
Magnus Tunklev has a background in Physics and is Program Manager for product development projects…
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Christian Tollebäck
Global Key Account Manager, FOSS
Christian has been working in various positions for FOSS over a 7 year period, including…
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Claire Percy-Smith
Production Editor, Nirperformance.com, FOSS
Claire Percy-Smith is Production Editor of Nirperformance.com and works as a Marketing Consultant at FOSS.
Bob Brill
CEO, Brilliant Alternatives Inc
As CEO of Brilliant Alternatives Inc., Bob Brill has earned respect worldwide thanks to the…
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Paul Smolders
Product Manager BESTMIX® LIMS , Adifo NV
As agricultural engineer, Paul started his career at Adifo in the position of consultant for…
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Mario Vega Marín
Head of laboratory, EWOS Chile Alimentos Ltda.
EWOS Chile Alimentos Ltda. is the Chilean subsidiary of the Norwegian company EWOS, a leading…
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Håkan Wedelsbäck
Senior Scientist, Product Innovation, FOSS
Håkan Wedelsbäck has 25+ years of experience in design and performance testing of NIR spectrometers….
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Raffaella Aureli
Scientist, DSM Nutritional Products, France
Raffaella holds a Master in Molecular & Cellular Biology. Member of the monogastric team, Raffaella…
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Patrick Guggenbuhl
Senior Scientist, DSM Nutritional Products, France
Head of the monogastric team, Patrick has 27 years of experience in DSM Research Center…
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Peter Flinn
NIR and feed quality specialist, Dunkeld, Australia
Peter worked for the former Victorian Department of Primary Industries for 33 years as analytical…
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Prapatsorn Chansamorn & Tanyalak Suwanworachat
Assistant Vice President of Laboratory Information Management Systems / NIR Specialist, CPF Feed
CPF feed producers began using NIR instruments back in 1996 with eleven plants producing animal…
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Dan Pettersson
Science Manager, Novozymes A/S
Dan Pettersson is Science Manager at Novozymes. He was previously an Associate Professor at the…
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Søren Balling Engelsen
Professor of Plant Food Science and Head of Quality & Technology, University of Copenhagen
Søren has published more than 130 articles and studies in peer-reviewed international journals. His research…
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David von Boisman
MAREC
Spectroscopy for Food, agri and enviromental applications
Barry Wise
President, Eigenvector Research, Inc.
Barry Wise has over 20 years of experience developing and applying multivariate analysis methods to…
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Caroline Joos and Cécile Gady
Enzyme marketing manager / Raw materials research manager, Adisseo
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Lars Nørgaard
Affiliated Professor, University of Copenhagen, Senior Manager Team Chemometric Development, , FOSS
Lars Nørgaard is Senior Manager, PhD, Affiliate Professor at FOSS and Head of Team Chemometric…
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Maria Laura Locatelli
International Market Manager, Feed & Forage, FOSS Analytical A/S
More than 12 years of business experience developing several executive positions in R&D, Sales, Marketing,…
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Richard Mills
Journalist, FOSS
Richard writes about advances in routine analysis technology and their implications for food and agriculture…
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Rick Rasby
Professor & Extension Beef Specialist , University of Nebraska
Rick Rasby joined the University of Nebraska in 1986 as Extension Beef Specialist with primary…
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