Dr. rer. nat. Sandra Düpjan

+49 38208 68-812

duepjan@fbn-dummerstorf.de

Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
working group Animal Behaviour & Welfare
Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2
18196 Dummerstorf

ResearchGate

Research interests

• Bioacoustics
• Animal welfare
• Affective states in animals
• Animal cognition
• My research focuses on how animals express affective states (emotions, moods) in their behaviour. This includes bioacoustics analyses, but also studies on the interactions of affect, physiology and cognition.

Curriculum Vitae

• since 2023: Head of the focus topic "Individualising farm animal husbandry"
• 2021-today: Deputy Equal Opportunities Representative
• 2016-today: Permanently employed scientist at the FBN
• 2012-2016: Head of the Junior Research Group ‘Affective Behaviour’, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) Dummerstorf, Institute of Behavioural Physiology
• 2009-2012: Post Doc, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) Dummerstorf
• 2005-2008: Doctoral student, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) Dummerstorf; Doctoral thesis: ‘Stress-related acoustic communication in the domestic pig (Sus scrofa)’
• 2004: Diploma in biology, Bielefeld University (Germany)

Teaching

• Lectures on behavioural biology (University of Rostock, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)
• Seminar/practical course on animal friendly husbandry (University of Rostock, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)
• Lecture on new developments for Precision Livestock Farming (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)

Publications