Animal Welfare Research Scientist at IRTA from 2005. He studied Veterinary Medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and received his BVSc degree in 2000. From the same University he received in 2003 a Master’s degree in Animal Production and in 2005 the PhD degree in Veterinary Sciences. In 2006 he received a Master’s degree in Management of Meat Industries and from 2016 he is Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behaviour Medicine in the speciality of Animal Welfare Science, ethics and law. His background is on: animal welfare during transport and slaughter; farm and abattoir assessment of animal welfare; Fear, pain, social and feeding behaviour of farm animals and wild ruminants. His research activities are mainly focused on animal welfare, such as: • stunning prior to slaughter with gases in different species (chickens, sheep, rabbits and pigs). • Religious slaughter of different species and killing animals on farm. • Assessment of animal welfare during transportation and at the arrival to the slaughterhouses in different species. • Development and implementation of animal welfare protocols to assess welfare of pigs, cattle, sheep, rabbits and poultry at farm and at the slaughterhouse. • Assessment of fear, aversion and cognitive bias.