Professional employment

2023 – present Adjunct Professor, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Canada 

2023 – present Researcher, Department Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

2021 – present Special Graduate Faculty, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Canada 

2018 – 2023 Sr. Research Associate II / Project Manager, the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) and the Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock (CGIL), Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Canada 

2017 – 2019 Postdoctoral researcher, the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW), Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Canada 

Professional Certificates

2021-2022 Certificate in Knowledge Mobilization (with distinction), University of Guelph, Canada

2021 Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)®, Project Management Institute              

Education

2013 – 2017 PhD Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin and Teagasc – the Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland 

2010 – 2012 MSc Animal Sciences, Animal Health and Behaviour, Wageningen University, The Netherlands 

2007 – 2010 BSc Animal Sciences (cum laude), Wageningen University, The Netherlands