S.s. (saskia) Arndt
Department of Animals in Science and Society - Animal welfar
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Having been trained as ethologist/zoologist in Giessen (Germany) and Cologne (Germany), dr. Saskia S. Arndt worked at different high-ranking research institutes, such as the Yerkes National Primate Research Center (Atlanta, USA), the German Primate Center (Göttingen, Germany) and the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne (Germany). After obtaining her PhD summa cum laude in 2004, she came to Utrecht in 2005 and became an associate professor in 2016. She is responsible for content, evaluation and development of education at the department of Animals in Science & Society and combines her passion for teaching and research excellence with her passion for animal behaviour, animal welfare and veterinary medicine. Her main research focus is on developing knowledge regarding new, mainly ethological, methods allowing to interpret animal emotions and regarding the translation of this knowledge to frames of thinking and discussion for the veterinarian and other stakeholders in the field of animal welfare.
Research Interest
Life Sciences
Publications
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Ohl, F., Arndt, S.S. & van der Staay, F.J. (2008). Pathological anxiety in animals. Veterinary Journal, 175, (pp. 18-26) (9 p.).
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van der Staay, F.J., Arndt, S.S. & Nordquist, R.E. (01.10.2014). Developing mouse models of neurobehavioral disorders: when is a model a good model?. In W.E. Crusio, F. Sluyter, R.T. Gerlai & S. Pietropaolo (Eds.), Behavioral Genetics of the Mouse (pp. 4-17) (14 p.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Nordquist, Rebecca E, van der Staay, Franz Josef, van Eerdenburg, Frank J C M, Velkers, Francisca C, Fijn, Lisa & Arndt, Saskia S (21.02.2017). Mutilating procedures, management practices, and housing conditions that may affect the welfare of farm animals - Implications for Welfare Research. Animals, 7 (2).
