Prof Mike Mendl

Mike Mendl is Professor of Animal Behaviour and Welfare, Head of the Animal Welfare & Behaviour Research Group at Bristol Veterinary School of Veterinary Sciences, and Senior Vice-Lead of the BBSRC Animal Welfare Research Network. His research interests are in the study of behaviour, cognition, and emotion, with a view to using this information to assess and improve animal welfare. With Dr Liz Paul, he developed the ‘cognitive bias’ approach to the assessment of animal emotions.