CURRICULUM VITAE
ACADEMIC TITLES AND QUALIFICATIONS
Degree in Animal Science
Degree in Philosophy
Post-graduate Specialisation in Psychology
Full Professor of Ethology applied to Domestic Animals
at the University of Milan - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, since
2000
Associate Professor of Ethology applied to Domestic Animals at the
University of Milan - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, since 1988 till
2000
Teacher of the post-graduate School of Specialisation in: "Applied
Ethology and Welfare of Domestic Animals" at the University of
Milan - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Researcher at the University of Milan - Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
since 1981 till 1988
Researcher of the National Council of Research since 1978 till 1981
MEMBERSHIP OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
ASSOCIATIONS
Scientific Association for Animal Production (A.S.P.A.)
International Society for Applied Ethology (I.S.A.E.)
World's poultry Science Association (.W.P.S.A.)
World's Rabbit Science Association (W.R.S.A.)
Italian Society of Ethology (S.I.E.)
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
Member of the Panel on Animal Health and Animal
Welfare of the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority)
Member of the Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare
(SCAHAW) - Subcommittee Animal Welfare, of the EU, since 1997 to 2003
Member of the Scientific Veterinary Committee (SVC) - Animal Welfare
Section, of the EU, since 1986 till 1997
Member of the Ethical Committee of the Italian National Institute
of Health.
Member of the Council of the I.S.A.E. (International Society for Applied
Ethology, formerly Society for Veterinary Ethology, SVE), since 1989
till 1991
Regional Secretary of the I.S.A.E. (International Society for Applied
Ethology) since 1991 till 1997
Co-organiser and Member of the Scientific Committee of the S.V.E.
(Society for Veterinary Ethology) Congress in 1990 and of the I.S.A.E.
(International Society for Applied Ethology) in 2003
Member of the Scientific Board of the Journal "Applied Animal
Behaviour Science" (formerly "Applied Animal Ethology")
since 1985 till 1988
Referee of the Journal "Zootecnica e Nutrizione Animale"
Member of the European Conference Group on the Protection of Farm
Animals since 1982 till 1995
Chairman and/or co-Chairman at many National and International Congresses
in the fields of:
-) Applied Ethology
-) Zootechnics and Animal Production
-) Human-animal relationships
Invited Speaker at many National and International Scientific Congresses
in the same fields as above
Invited Speaker at many Conferences organised by Associations of Breeders,
Consumers and/or Public Institutions in the same fields as above
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH TOPICS
Ethology applied to domestic animals, both farm
animals and pets
Ethology and Comparative Psychology
Relationships among behaviour, adaptive capability and stress in domestic
animals, with reference to production too
Behaviour of domestic animals, mainly pets, with special reference
to disturbed behaviours, their causes and possibility of treatment
and prevention
Human-animal interaction, mainly with reference to psychological aspects,
pet-therapy and animal assisted therapy
SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION
Author or co-author of more than 240 scientific
publications.
Emberek
