Ms Cecile Godde
Research Scientist
Contact details:
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BIOSCIENCE PREC 306 CARMODY RD
ST. LUCIA QLD 4067 AUSTRALIA
Biography
Dr. Cécile Godde is a Food Systems Research Scientist working at CSIRO in the Global Food and Nutrition Security team (https://research.csiro.au/foodglobalsecurity/).
She is passionate about the challenges in relation to agriculture, food security and global change, at the farm level as well as in a national and global context.
Prior to joining CSIRO, Cécile acquired other international experiences working on conservation and sustainable agricultural development projects for the non-governmental organisation Greening Australia (Australia), the International Livestock Research Institute (Costa-Rica), the multinational MARS Inc. (Brazil) and the French governmental agency for organic agriculture-Agence BIO (France).
Other Interests
Her main fields of scientific interest include: food security, drivers and trade-offs of land-use dynamics; livestock; grazing systems modelling; climate change and climate variability (impacts, adaptation and mitigation strategies); soil carbon sequestration.
Cecile is also one of 80 female scientists who have been selected worldwide to participate in the world-class leadership, strategic and science initiative and outreach for women: the Homeward Bound Program, which culminated with a month training in Antarctica (homewardboundprojects.com.au).
Achievements and Awards
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2019-
Australian Rangelands Conference presentation Award
The Rangeland Journal, Australian Rangeland Society, CSIRO publishing -
2019-
Open Science meeting presentation Award
Global Land Use Program -
2018-
Queensland Women in STEM Prize
Australian Government -
2018-
Postgraduate Student of the Year
The University of Queensland -
2018-
Next Generation Directors Award
CSIRO -
2018-
Excellence Award
Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation - The University of Queensland -
2017-
Future Farming Prize – New science that will benefit Animal Health
Virbac
Current Roles
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Research Scientist
Global Food and Nutrition Security team
Academic Qualifications
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2019
Doctoral degree
The University of Queensland & CSIRO - Australia -
2014
Master's degree - Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
AgroParisTech - France
Professional Experiences
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2017
Homeward Bound Participant
Year-long Leadership, Strategic, Visibility, Communication and Science program for women in STEM -
2017
Young Scientists Summer Program Participant
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna, Austria -
2016-2019
PhD student
The University of Queensland-QAAFI and CSIRO-Agriculture and Food, Brisbane, Australia -
2015
Consultant
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), CATIE research centre, Costa Rica -
2015
Research Assistant
CSIRO - Agriculture Flagship, Brisbane, Australia
