dr. LE (Laura) Webb

Laura is an applied ethologist working as assistant professor at the Animal Production Systems group and specialised in:

• Understanding and assessing animal emotion and lifelong animal welfare
• Identifying physiological markers of mood in cattle
• Using sensor technology to identify and predict disease and positive states
• Investigating the advantages of cow-calf contact
• Integrating solar energy harvest and sheep grazing in smart farming systems

Laura is the vice chair of the EU COST Action ‘Lifting farm animal lives - laying the foundations for positive animal welfare'.

https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21124/

Laura is the creator and coordinator of the PhD course ‘Fundamentals of animal emotion’.

https://www.wur.nl/en/research-results/chair-groups/animal-sciences/cluster-animals-in-future-food-systems-and-society/animal-production-systems-group/show-aps-group/fundamentals-of-animal-emotion-phd-course.htm