Dr.-Ing. Nina Melzer

Research interests

• Handling and processing of sensor data
• Statistical learning methods
• Developing workflows for preparation and analyses of sensor data
• Visualizing and providing relevant information from complex data
• Social behavior in livestock

Curriculum Vitae

• 2020-present: Scientist at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) Dummerstorf
• 2016-2020: Leader of Junior Research Group “Phenotyping of Animal Welfare”, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) Dummerstorf, Institute of Genetics and Biometry, Livestock Genetics and Breeding Unit. The junior research group was part of the Phenomics Joint Project “PHÄNOMICS” and was funded by the BMBF (Grant No.: 0315536G) and by the FBN.
• 2016: Three-month research stay at the University of Guelph, Department of Animal Biosciences, Canada (Topic: "Analysis of genomic inbreeding in dairy cattle using Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)"; funded by the DFG (Grant No.: ME 4746/1-1) and FBN)
• 2013-2015: PostDoc at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) Dummerstorf, Institute of Genetics and Biometry
• 2014: Engineering Doctorate, Dr.-Ing. (Bioinformatics). Thesis: "Investigating possibilities to predict milk phenotypes in Holstein Friesian cows based on a more complex model of the genotype-phenotype map" at the University Rostock, Germany
• 2010: Research assistant at the University of Rostock, Institute of Computer Science
• 2008-2013: PhD student at the Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) Dummerstorf, Institute of Genetics and Biometry
• 2006: Diploma in Bioinformatics. Topic: "Differentielle Korrelation von Mikroarray-Daten"/"Differential correlation of microarray data" at the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

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