
Past Members
Once a member always a member
Post-Doctorate Fellows
Nadège Aigueperse
Institution: French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
From November 2018 to November 2019
Project: Impacts of regular access to exercise on behavioral robustness and on the motivation
of dairy cows housed in tie-stall
Daniel Warner
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From April 2017 to January 2019
Project: Development of a cow welfare index based on DHI data
Maxime Leduc
Institution: Laval University, Québec, Canada
From September 2017 to August 2018
Project: Use of deep learning for evaluating and improving dairy cow welfare
Marianne Villettaz Robichaud
Institution: Laval University, Québec, Canada
From May 2018 to January 2018
Project: Enhancing cow welfare in tie-stall dairy cows
Hector Delgado
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From April 2016 to March 2017
Project: Longevity and herd profitability in dairy cattle
Liliana Fadul
Institution: Laval University, Québec, Canada
From January 2017 to September 2018
Project: Big data analysis to develop benchmarks for profitability and efficiency
of herds using automatic milking systems
Ph.D. Candidate
Elise Shepley
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From January 2016 to December 2019
Master's Student
Anna Bradtmueller
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From September 2019 to December 2021
Project: Evaluation of dairy cow locomotion through technology-based approaches
Rachel Chiasson
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From September 2019 to December 2021
Project: What are the emotional responses of tie-stall cows to indoor and outdoor exercise access?
Catherine Lussier
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From September 2018 to August 2021
Naziya Mauyenova
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From September 2018 to August 2021
Amir Nejati
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From January 2019 to July 2021
Jordan Tonooka
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From September 2018 to December 2020
María Antonieta Puerto Rodríguez
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From August 2017 to April 2020
Sarah McPherson
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From September 2017 to February 2020
Stephanie Bélanger-Naud
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From September 2017 to April 2020
Verónique Boyer
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From September 2016 to September 2018
Jessica St-John
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From January 2016 to December 2018
Applied Master (Non-thesis) Students
Oluwaseyi Adeboye
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From September 2019 to December 2020
Project: Impact of indoor and outdoor exercise access on locomotor activity of lactating dairy cows
Simran Prasad
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From September 2019 to December 2020
Project: A review of enrichment practices for nonhuman primates (NHPs) in laboratory settings
Sirine El Hamdaoui
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From September 2018 to August 2019
Project: Building Innovation: A Sustainable Approach in Dairy Farms of Québec
Internship - Master's Student
Nicolas Gafsi
Institution: VetAgro Sup
From June to September 2019
Project: Assessment of anticipatory behavior of tie-stalled cows
Maria Francesca Guiso
Institution: Sassari University, Sardaigne, Italy
From September to December 2017
Project: Effect of stall width on quality of rising and lying of cows housed in tie-stall
Giovanni Obinu
Institution: Sassari University, Sardaigne, Italy
From September to December 2017
Project: Time-budget and activities of dry cows housed in loosed-pen vs tie-stall)
Erika Edwards
Institution: Tennessee University, Knoxville, É-U.
From May to August 2017
Project: Effect of doubling stall bed on tie-stall cow’s resting and sleeping posture
Manon Demaret
Institution: ISA Lille, Lille, France
From January to July 2017
Project: Iterative development of a decision aid tool for herd management by farmers, advisors, and veterinarians
Géraud Plas-Debecker
Institution: Agrocampus Ouest, Rennes, France
From September 2017 to January 2017
Project: Iterative development of a decision aid tool for herd management by farmers, advisors, and veterinarians
Marianne Berthelot
Institution: Agrocampus Ouest, Rennes, France
From August to December 2016
Project: (Validation of leg-mounted activity loggers for cows housed in tie-stall
Anthony Pic
Institution : VetAgroSup Clermont, Lempdes, France
From May to July 2016
Project: Validation of the Clegg impact measure for bed softness
Sirine El Hamdaoui
Institution: ISA Lille, Lille, France
From: March to October 2016
Project: Anticipating dairy cow post-partum metabolic disorder
Internship - Undergraduate Students
Caroline Rochelle Freinberg
Institution: Columbia University, New York, USA
From May 2018 to August 2018
Project: Validation of contact mat technology as a tool to monitor dairy cow interactions with the confines of her individual stall housing
Tanguy Bruneau
Institution: IUT Angers, Angers, France
From April to May 2018
Project: Effect of loose pen housing on the quality of rising and lying of dairy cows
Rémi Boisvert
Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada
From January to April 2018
Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall
Alexandre Racine
Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada
From January to April 2018
Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall
Sarah McPherson
Institution: McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
From May to August 2017
Project: Validation of contact mats in tie-stall housing
Britanny Talarico
Institution: Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
From May to August 2017
Project: (Manual tracking of cow movement under different tie-rail position
Elyse Perrault
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Canada
From May to August 2017
Project: Manual tracking of cow movement under different tie-rail positions
Morgane Morandeau
Institution: IUT Angers, Angers, France
From May to June 2017
Project: Effect of tie-rail position on the quality of rising and lying of dairy cows
Jasmine Savard
Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada
From January to April 2017
Titre du projet: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall
Mélina Miron Castonguay
Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada
From January to April 2017
Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall
Emile Royer
Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada
From January to April 2017
Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall
Mathias Gagnon-Barbin
Institution: Sherbrooke University, Sherbrooke, Canada
From January to October 2017
Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall
Paul Stecko
Institution: Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
From August to September 2017
Project: Development of manual tracking method for cows housed in tie-stall
Véronique Boyer
Institution: McGill University, Campus Macdonald, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada
From May to August 2016
Projet: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall)
Internship - CEGEP Students
Lysandre Lavigne Guillette
Institution: Cégep de La Pocatière, La Pocatière, Canada
From April to May 2018
Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall
Jessica Bertrand
Institution: Cégep de La Pocatière, La Pocatière, Canada
From March to April 2018
Project: and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall)
Cassandre Bourgeois-Dallaire
Institution: Cégep de La Pocatière, La Pocatière, Canada
From March to April 2018
Project: Behavior and welfare of dairy cattle housed in tie-stall
