Freya Michiels

Experience

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  KOsh

  Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

  Secondary school teacher

  I taught nature and horticulture-related courses in a secondary school:* Plant and Environment* Nomenclature and Crops* Nature Management* Ecology and Biotopes

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  KU Leuven

  Apr 2017 - Apr 2022

  @ Bioscience Engineering > Biosystems Department > MeBioS > Sustainability in the Agri-Food Chain* Carbon footprint of pear cultivation* LCA of slaughtering versus rendering horses at end-of-life* Developing a methodology to track the Flemish protein consumption (EI-MEET)* Modelling infection risk of Botrytis cinerea in Rubus species* Writing grant proposal* Secretary for the Ethics Committee on Dual use, Military use and Misuse (EC DMM)* Teacher assistant for 'Numerical Analysis of Biosystems'* Supervised four bachelor students writing their thesis Show less @ Bioscience Engineering > Biosystems Department > MeBioS > Sustainability in the Agri-Food ChainResearch: agri-food life cycle assessments focusing on* two-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations for propagating uncertainty and variability separately* different allocation options for organic fertilizers* how to sustainably reduce food losses and waste* impact of local versus imported foodScience communication: * I presented my results during following conferences: -> SETAC Europe 24th LCA symposium in September 2018 (Vienna, Austria) -> SETAC Europe 30th annual meeting in May 2020 (virtual from Dublin, Ireland) -> LCA Food 2020 in October 2020 (virtual from Berlin, Germany) -> ISEKI-Food 2021 in June 2021 (virtual)* received the Springer Award for Best Young Scientist Presentation @ LCA Food 2020* I managed our research group's website* contributor to the Day of Science 2019Education: * teacher assistant for the course ‘Numerical Analysis of Biosystems’* supervised five master students writing their master thesis* supervised eight bachelor students writing their bachelor thesis Show less

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

    Sept 2021 - Apr 2022

  • PhD researcher

    Apr 2017 - Sept 2021
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  Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek

  May 2022 - now

  Scientific Researcher

  * Klimrek Varkens* Klimrek Fruit* Em'Liquid