Prof. Dr. Dorota Witkowska currently serves as a Professor and Head of the Department of Animal Welfare and Research at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. She obtained a veterinary doctor's degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UWM in Olsztyn) in 2001. She received a PhD in Agricultural Science in the field of Animal Husbandry from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn in 2005. She completed her postgraduate studies as a specialist in veterinary prevention and feed hygiene. Prof. Dr. Dorota Witkowska's research interests mainly include animal welfare and hygiene (environmental factors, bedding materials, housing systems, zoonotic factors, microorganisms, dusts, gaseous admixtures, VOCs, GHGs, contaminant mitigation, essential oil misting, disinfection, poultry, horses, and dairy cows). She is the author or co-author of publications in Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, Research in Veterinary Science, Veterinary Medicine, Annals of Animal Sciences, Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, Molecules, Animals, Brazilian Journal of Animal Science, South African Journal of Animal Science, Poultry Science, British Poultry Science, etc.