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Rebecca Elise Doyle is an Australian animal scientist at the University of Melbourne’s Animal Welfare Science Centre. She is also the current regional secretary for the Australia/New Zealand/Philippines/Africa branch of the International Society for Applied Ethology.

Education

Rebecca Doyle attended St. Vincent’s College, Potts Point and subsequently the University of Sydney and the University of New England (UNE). Rebecca received a Bachelor of Animal and Veterinary Bioscience (Honours) from the University of Sydney in 2006, which included an Honours project investigating growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor in juvenile Australian saltwater crocodiles. She received her PhD in animal science from the University of New England in 2010, supervised by Dr. Caroline Lee (CSIRO) and Prof. Geoff Hinch (UNE), where she conducted the first studies of cognitive bias in livestock.

Career

Previous academic positions include a lectureship in animal physiology and welfare at Charles Sturt University (from 2010-2014). Rebecca is currently a Research Fellow at The University of Melbourne.

Rebecca’s research interests spans fundamental areas, including the development of novel measures of welfare, including cognitive biases in a variety of species, and applied research focussing on human-animal relationships. Rebecca’s current appointment with the University of Melbourne’s Animal Welfare Science Centre includes work in these areas, with a specific focus on sheep and cattle.

Professional activities Regional secretary for the Australia/New Zealand/Philippines/Africa branch of the International Society for Applied Ethology.

Awards In 2011, Rebecca was the recipient of the Australian Government’s Science and Innovation award for Animal Welfare.