ORCID number: 0000-0002-9185-8189
Citations: 865, H-index:14; i10-index: 15
Skills
Experimental design and research methodology
Animal welfare assessment
Behavioural data collection and analysis
Scientific collaboration in international settings
Knowledge of housing conditions for farm animals
Understanding of transport and slaughter practices
Familiarity with EU and Swiss animal welfare regulations
Scientific writing and communication
Teaching and supervision (undergraduate and postgraduate)
2019 – present Research scientist and lecturer at ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
2014 – 2019 Research fellow at the Institute of Animal Science of Prague (Czech Republic)
2009 – 2013 PhD student at the Prairie Swine Center Inc (Canada).
2006 MSc student at National Institute for Agronomic Research (France)
Research projects 2009 – Present
Social bonds in farm animals: investigating social structure and welfare indicators.
Biomarkers & Technology: studying oxytocin as a welfare indicator in cows and pigs, and utilizing
accelerometers to track social behaviour, reliability of ethogram for affiliative behaviours in pigs
Impact of management and housing conditions: evaluating the impact of farrowing environments,
emotional contagion, and conditions during transport.
Positive animal welfare (PAW): mapping and translation of the concept of PAW and roles of individuality and social life in contributing to PAW
ManyPigs group 2023 – Present
Founding member of a global community for pig behaviour and welfare researchers; leading development and organization.
Animal Welfare Slack group 2023 – Present
Management committee member.
COST Action LIFT (Positive Animal Welfare) 2022 – 2026
Management committee member, leadership, and active participation across working groups.
Expert reviewer role
Expert reviewer role Frontiers in Animal Science (2020-2024)
Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Scientific Reports, and Animal Behaviour (2014-Present)
Guest editor role
Teaching in animal behaviour and welfare 2019-present
Graduate level: 1 course; 3 ECTS (64h) per year
Undergraduate level: 2 courses; total of 3 ECTS (40h) per year
Creation of an open access audio-visual archive for animal science: creation of scripts, voiceover, video editing and postproduction
Mentoring 2018-present
8 undergraduate students
5 graduate students
Research funding acquisition 2024 – 2026
Swiss national science foundation: 320,000 CHF
Teaching funding acquisition 2024 – 2026
Innovedum, ETH Zurich: 60,000 CHF
Travel grant 2024
Cost action LIFT: 1,000 EUR
24 peer reviewed articles
3 books chapters
38 conference materials (abstracts, short communication, posters and oral presentations)
1 children’s book (on positive animal welfare)
2 theses
1 utility model
1 technical manual
2009-2023 PhD in animal sciences - Laval University (Canada)
2004-2006 MSc in animal sciences - National agronomic Institute of Paris-Grignon (France)
2001-2004 BSc in animal biology - University of Rennes (France)
Productivity, writing and presentation: MS-Office, google workspace
Behavioural analysis: BORIS
Heart rate analysis: POLAR
Statistics: R
Video editing: Adobe Premiere Pro, Wondershare filmora
Communication: MS Teams, Zoom, Webex, Slack
AI tools: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, ElevenLabs
French (native)
English (full proficiency)
Spanish (intermediate: needs a refresher)
German (beginner)
Slovak (beginner)