Saskia Kliphuis has a passion for animal welfare and policy. She finished her Masters Environmental Biology at Utrecht University as a specialist in behavioural biology and animal welfare.

Her PhD research focuses on improving laying hen welfare. She studies the effect of a light/dark cycle during incubation and enrichment with insect larvae during rearing on fearfulness and feather pecking. Besides this experimental work, she collaborates with Dutch organic poultry farmers to tackle welfare issues straight from practice. Her research is part of the PPILOW project: 'Poultry and Pig in Low-input and Organic Production systems' Welfare'  (http://www.ppilow.eu). 

Saskia represents the division Animals in Science and Society within the VetPhD Council.