Rate My Professor Sabine Schmoelzl

Her research interests center on sustainable livestock production, particularly developing novel phenomics approaches to address complex industry challenges in reproduction and production. Key efforts include improving lamb survival through on-animal sensors for ewe lambing behaviors and metabolic activity, pen-side metabolic markers for neonatal lambs, proteomics-based biomarkers for dark cutting in beef, and interdisciplinary strategies to bolster drought resilience in Australian livestock. Notable publications comprise "Infrared thermal imaging as a method to evaluate heat loss in newborn lambs" (Labeur et al., 2017, Research in Veterinary Science), "Inclusion of features derived from a mixture of time window sizes improved classification accuracy of machine learning algorithms for sheep grazing behaviours" (Hu et al., 2020, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture), "Automatic detection of parturition in pregnant ewes using a three-axis accelerometer" (Smith et al., 2020, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture), "Postnatal maternal behaviour expression depends on lambing difficulty in Merino ewes" (Redfearn et al., 2023, Theriogenology), and "Claudin-8 expression in Sertoli cells and putative spermatogonial stem cells in the bovine testis" (McMillan et al., 2014, Reproduction, Fertility and Development). Schmoelzl has conducted research across Germany, Canada, Kenya, and Australia, advancing smart sensor technologies and biomarkers for enhanced animal welfare and production efficiency.