Aptitude to work in experimental trails with farms and animla, curiosity for farming management and mathematical modeling applied to livestock science;Multidisciplinary approach and curiosity;Aptitude to work in team and to spend periods abroad with multidisciplinary research group.

The Department of Agriculture, Livestock Science Section, has high background in farm modeling and environmental impact assessment. It have been working on estimation of animal emissions in the last 10 years and operates an experimental sheep and goat barn equipped with modern precision equipment, which allows: (a) electronic and automatic measurement of the milk production of the animals at each milking (Afimilk system of Afikim, Israel); (b) individual and continuous measurement of ingestion and feeding behavior of the animals (CRFI System, BioControl AS, Norway); (c) electronic weighing with high accuracy of the animals (WSS Weighing Unit, BioControl AS, Norway); the measurement of energy exchanges of animals by indirect calorimetry (respirometry in metabolic cages) and continuous analysis of gas exchanges (oxygen, methane and carbon dioxide), to quantify the energy and protein balance of animals and thus the effects of thermal stress on their needs and their GHG emissions.