Emilie Devic, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Bangkok, TH

• Technical and scientific support for individuals, start-ups or companies
• Expertise on alternative proteins, sustainability and insect zootechny (design and operations from pilot to industrial scale); troubleshooting; feed formulation; regulation; aquafeeds; quality assurance and processing.

Thailand

• Elected member of the AFFIA Executive Committee; contribution to decision making and general associative work
• Organization and management of the AFFIA annual event: Asian Insect Industry & Research Forum (AII&RF) which is Asia’s premier event for the insect sector
• Supervision of AFFIA's participation to international events such as Pet Fair SEA, VIV, VICTAM, Agritechnica, ILDEX, Thaifex, Taiwan Smart Agritech, etc.Communication and negotiations with the event organizers
• Memberships management, relations and recruitment of new members
• Promotion: Social media management, communication with other media (magazines, newspapers, podcasters, etc.)
• Contribution to the quarterly newsletter and annual activity report

Thailand

• Design, dimensioning and manage operations of the company’s semi-industrial pilot unit (80MT meal/year) including breeding and fattening operations. Diets formulation. Troubleshooting and technical expertise.
• Contribution to Quality Assurance, HACCP and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) implementation. Writing of all the SOPs from breeding to final product (processing unit).
• Sourcing of raw material (feed) & equipment
• Management of the R&D projects: projects design, follow up, analysis & reporting (insects biology and nutrition, feed formulation, product QA, breeding performance and improvement, frass / agronomy trials, animal.
• Aquaculture / aquafeed expertise and support in negotiation with customers (feed millers)
• Team management (>30 staff); Staff training; Intern supervision, Recruitment

• Technical and scientific support for individuals, start-ups or companies
• Expertise on insect zootechny (design and operations from pilot to industrial scale) and troubleshooting, feed formulation, sustainable alternative proteins, regulation, aquaculture, quality assurance and processing.

Kuala Lumpur

• Management of the company’s pilot unit production and operations (3 years); team management (>10 workers and 2 skilled staff)
• Troubleshooting and technical support on daily operations (pilot and industrial scale facilities)
• Leading R&D department; team management (>20 workers and 2 skilled staff) - Development of products, maximisation of products performance, competitiveness, innovation - Project design, management, data analysis and.
• Contribution to Quality Assurance; SOPs writing and implementation
• Training of local and foreign staff
• Design of new R&D facilities abroad, compiling SOPs and troubleshooting / technical support

Stirling / Ghana

• Ph.D. Thesis: Assessing Insect-Based Products as Feed Ingredients for Aquaculture. June 2016.
• Involvement in PROteINSECT project (EC FP7) aiming at enabling the exploitation of insects as an economically viable sustainable source of protein for animal livestock and aquaculture feeds. Research consisting of.
• Design, set up and optimize a Black Soldier Fly rearing system in Ghana; management of daily operations, staff recruitment, training and management
• Design and set up feeding trials on Tilapia (in partnership with commercial farm Tropofarm and NGO Fish for Africa in Ghana; with commercial hatchery Nam Sai Farms in Thailand) and on Atlantic salmon (in UK); data.
• Diet formulations (tilapia and salmon) and manufacture with commercial feed millers Raanan Fish Feeds and Biomar UK
• Conducting all laboratory analysis (proximate, minerals, digestibility)

Thailand And China

• Participation to the EC funded SEAT (Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade) Project - www.seatglobal.eu - coordinated by the University of Stirling (UK).
• Set up trial in biofloc system (Tilapia) followed by sensory analysis (Nam Sai Farms, Thailand)
• Conduct a survey of Tilapias and Shrimps farmers around Maoming and Zhanjiang (China) to find out the major changes in farming practices over last 2 years

Jakarta, Indonesie

• The scientific project aimed at developing a bioconversion process which consists of valorizing organic wastes using the ability of Hermetia illucens larvae. Insect larvae were further used as an alternative source of.
• Team management (3 staff)
• Operations management and zootechny
• Design scientific projects; data analysis
• Supervision of students
• Internal and international cooperation

Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Project looking at the diversification of marine culture in south of France.Selection of two shellfish species (R. decussatus and C. varia): testing various farming methods, following the growth, survival rate… in different environments. Set up natural shellfish larvae catching equipment; species counting and identification. Work in collaboration with.

New Caledonia

Internship in shrimp farming

Région De Brisbane, Australie

Working on mechanisms involved in Sydney Rock Oyster resistance to QX disease with a PhD student (Timothy Green).Scientific Article (co-author): Differential expression of genes encoding anti-oxidant enzymes in Sydney rock oysters, Saccostrea glomerata (Gould) selected for disease resistance, Fish and Shellfish Immunology, Mars 2009

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Aquaculture, Awarded

Ph.D. Thesis: Assessing Insect-Based Products as Feed Ingredients for Aquaculture. June 2016. Research has been actively looking for.

Agronomy Engineer Degree, Fisheries And Aquaculture Sciences, Graduated

Licence - 2Nd Year, Biology, General

Activities and Societies: Preparing the Entrance Examination for the French National Agronomic and Veterinary Schools Préparation aux.

Licence - 1St Year, Biology, General

Baccalauréat, Sciences, Graduated With Honors

Activities and Societies: Theater club and performance