Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk

Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk

Short Bio:

Dr. Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk (B.Sc., M.Sc. Ph.D., Professor) is a NSERC Industrial Research Chair holder in Animal Welfare at The University of British Columbia and is recognized internationally for her research on care and housing for dairy cows and calves.

Marina's love of animals began while growing up on a beef cattle ranch in British Columbia. She completed her undergraduate in Agricultural Sciences at UBC, her M.Sc. at the University of Alberta and Ph.D. in Animal Sciences at the University of British Columbia. Dr. von Keyserlingk is an astonishingly productive scientist. She has published over 80 refereed research publications during her career as a scientist.  Her success led to her promotion to Professor in 2010, only 8 years after her initial appointment in 2002.

Marina also recently co-authored the definitive scholarly text – The Welfare of Cattle - in her core area of research (Springer Verlag, 2008). Because of this work as an educator on farm animal care, the impact of her research can now be seen on farms around the world. Dr. von Keyserlingk’s studies have focused on the under-researched areas including behavior, housing and management and how these contribute to animal health and welfare of dairy cattle.