Veterinary Degree at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lisbon. Master in Clinical Ethology and Animal Welfare at the Faculty of Veterinary from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. PhD in Veterinary Science at the Institute of Biomedical Science Abel Salazar in O’Porto. EBVS specialist in Behavioural Medicine and Diplomate in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Legislation by the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine. Secretary of the Executive Committee from the European Board of Veterinary Specialisation (EBVS). Vice-President of the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology (ESVCE). President (2017-2020) of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine (ECAWBM). Founder and President (2011-2017) of PsiAnimal – Portuguese Association of Behavioural Therapy and Animal Welfare. Professor of Animal Behaviour, Welfare and Ethics both in the Veterinary Master and Veterinary Nurse Degree of the Egas Moniz School of Health and Science. Lecturer in Seminars, Conferences and Congresses national and internationally. Author, Co-author and Coordinator of several studies in animal behaviour and welfare science.

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Svojo poklicno pot sem začela kot diplomantka Veterinarske fakultete v Ljubljani. Med študijem in po diplomi sem delala v zavetišču za živali Gmajnice, nato pa sem kariero nadaljevala kot veterinarka na kliniki za male živali v Nemčiji. Da bi poglobila znanje o vedenju živali, sem opravila podiplomski tečaj “General practitioner in small animal behaviour medicine” pri Improve International, ki je partnerska organizacija ESVPS (European School of Veterinary Postgraduate Studies). Po opravljenem izpitu in pridobitvi dodatnega naziva „General Practitioner Certificate in Animal Behaviour” (GPCert (AnBeh)), sem študij nadaljevala na Univerzi v Lincolnu (Velika Britanija), kjer sem magistrirala iz kliničnega vedenja živali. Moja dizertacija se je osredotočala na oceno impulzivnosti zavetiških psov. Trenutno zaključujem svojo doktorsko disertacijo na Veterinarski fakulteti v Bernu (Švica), kjer sem od septembra 2018 raziskovala občutljivost psov za nagrado in dejavnike tveganja za zasvojenost in ključe do vzgoje (“Reward sensitivity in dogs – risk factor for addictive behaviour and key to trainability”). Pred kratkim pa sem začela štiriletno specializacijo pod nadzorom Dr. Maye Bräm (EBVS European Veterinary Specialist in Behavioural Medicine) in se pripravljam na specializacijo Evropskega združenja za dobrobit živali in veterinarsko behavioristično medicino (European College of Animal Welfare and Veterinary Behaviour Medicine - ECAWBM).