| Academic degree: | MSc | | Last name: | Thomassen | | First name: | Marlies | | Responsible for: | | | Organization/Institute: | Wageningen University and Research Centre, the Netherlands | | Department: | Animal Sciences Department; Animal Production Systems Group | | Position: | PhD fellow | | Street, Number, POB: | P.O. Box 338 | | Postal code, City: | NL-6700 AH Wageningen | | State: | | | Country: | NETHERLANDS | | Phone: | +31 317 48 30 09/48 39 59 | | Fax: | +31 317 48 55 50 | | E-mail address: | marlies.thomassen@wur.nl | | Url: | http://www.aps.wur.uk | | Curriculum vitae: | Personal information .
Name Marlies Antoinette Thomassen
Date of birth 15-10-1978
Place of birth Maarssen, the Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Address Haarweg 227
6709 RN Wageningen, NL
Telephone work +31 (0) 317 483009
Telephone private +31 (0) 6 21 481251
e-mail address marlies.thomassen@wur.nl
Education .
1997-2003 Animal Sciences, Bachelor and Master
Wageningen University and Research centre (WUR)
Dissertations:
Animal Production Systems (APS)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Ecological FootPrint (EFP) and adjusted nutrient balance; comparison of three methodologies
Supervised by Dr. Ir. I.J.M. de Boer
Agricultural History
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD): Inventarisation of FMD-history related to governmental policy and animal health care
Supervised by Dr. Ir. J. Bieleman
Internships:
Genetic Department, AgResearch, Mosgiel, New ZealandResearch on natural resistance of Perendales to parasites
Supervised by Dr. Ir. J. McEwan
Swine Research Station, Nutreco, Boxmeer, the Netherlands Organic pig chain; developing a digital manual for feed advisors
Supervised by Dr. Ir. J. Eissen
1991-1997 Secondary school
Trainings .
2006 Education degree certificate WUR
2005-2006 Advanced course on LCA, CML, Leiden
Techniques for writing and presenting a scientific paper (WUR)
Bridging environmental and economic assessments for decision support (University of Ålborg, Denmark)
How to supervise and organise graduating projects? (WUR)
How to give a lecture? (WUR)
How to supervise small educational groups? (WUR)
Basic educational skills (WUR)
Working Experience .
August 2005-today PhD fellow ‘Integral environmental impact assessment of dairy production systems in the Netherlands’
Wageningen University and Research centre
Animal Production Systems Group
Supervisors;
Dr. Ir. I.J.M. de Boer, Prof. Dr. Ir. A.J. van der Zijpp, and
Dr. Ir. G.J. Monteny
November 2003-July 2005 Junior lecturer Animal Production Systems Group, WUR
Supervision Master graduation students
Lecturer and coordinator courses within programme ‘Organic Production Systems’
Lecturer courses ‘Sustainable Food Security’ and ‘Sector integration Course; small ruminants’
August-October 2003 Financial administrator Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Food Quality after Avian Influenza outbreak
2002-2003 Managerial position canteen, Albron Catering, Wageningen
2001-2002 Member marketing research agro- and food sector. Van Geelen Consultancy, Wageningen
Research skills .
Development of LCA models Complex software and statistical analyses
Experience in teamwork Coordinator courses, member LCA working group,
2006; collaboration within Farming Systems Group, DIAS, Denmark
Additional skills .
Languages English, German, Dutch
Computer MSOffice, SimaPro, SAS
Driving Licence B
Committees .
2003-today Member seminar organisation APS, member excursion organisation APS, member drink committee APS
2001-2002 Member application course of student association
2000-2001 Student member facility committee Animal Sciences building
1999-2000 Member prom committee student association
1998-2000 Treasurer ‘Horse Excursion Group’
1998-1999 Editor monthly magazine of student association
Interests .
Biking, horse-riding, running, dairy farming, travelling, New Zealand (August 2005 worked at a dairy farm during calving season)
References .
On request
Abstracts presented at scientific meetings .
De Boer, I.J.M., Iepema, G.J., Thomassen, M.A. Environmental impact assessment at commercial dairy farms.4th International Conference ‘LCA in the Agri-Food sector’, Bygholm, Denmark, October 2003.
Thomassen, M.A., de Boer, I.J.M. Life Cycle Assessment of milk production in the Netherlands. Eco-Efficiency Conference, Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands, June 2006
Thomassen, M.A., de Boer, I.J.M. Integral assessment of acidification of the animal sector
as part of the total agricultural sector in the Netherlands. First international Ammonia Conference, Ede, the Netherlands, March 2007.
Thomassen, M.A., de Boer, I.J.M, Dalgaard, R. Consequential and attributional modelling of conventional and organic milk production. LCA Food Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, April 2007
Scientific publications .
Thomassen, M.A., de Boer, I.J.M. 2005. Evaluation of indicators to assess the environmental impact of dairy production systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 111, 185-199
Thomassen, M.A., van Calker, K.J., Smits, M.C.J., Iepema, G.J., de Boer, I.J.M. In preparation. LCA of conventional and organic milk production in the Netherlands. Agricultural Systems.
Other publications .
Thomassen, M.A., de Boer, I.J.M., Smits, M.C.J., Iepema,G.J. 2006, Milieubelasting melkveebedrijf stopt niet bij de erfgrens. Koeien en kansen nieuwsbrief 24: 3.
Thomassen, M.A., de Boer, I.J.M., Smits, M.C.J., Iepema, G.J., van Calker, K.J., Werkman, R., Jansen, J., ‘s Gravendijk, L. 2007. Krachtvoer heeft grote invloed op milieubelasting melkveehouderij. V-focus 1 (4): 20-22
| | Areas of interest: | | | Articles: | 13 LCA (4) 339-349 (2008), OpenAccess: Attributional and consequential LCA of milk production [full paper at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/112849/]
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