Dr. Fernando Mata

Dr. Fernando Mata has an academic background in Agronomy and Animal Production (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal) and has done postgraduate studies in Applied Mathematics at the Technical University of Lisbon and Pedagogy for Higher Education at the University of the West of England, UK. Bringing together the skills gained while studying Mathematics and Animal Science made him evolve into an Animal Welfare Epidemiologist, the topic of his Doctorate in Veterinary Sciences at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. Professionally, he started as a dairy farmer and later went into academia. He has lecturing experiences in Portugal (Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre) and in the UK (University of the West of England, Newcastle University, Greenwich University, and Wrexham Glyndwr University). Currently, he is an animal welfare scientist. At the moment, he is fully focused on research at the Center for Research and Development in Agrifood Systems and Sustainability (CISAS) at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (IPVC) Portugal. Dr. Mata is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (now Advance HE), a Registered Animal Scientist with the British Society of Animal Science, and a Member and a Certified Biologist with the Royal Society of Biology. Apart from animal welfare epidemiology, he is interested in sustainable animal production, animal performance, and sustainable food production in general.