Gonçalo da Graça Pereira
DVM, MsC, PhD, Dip ECAWBM (BM), Dip ECAWBM (AWSEL)
Gonçalo has a veterinary degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Lisbon, has a masters in Clinical Ethology and Animal Welfare at the Faculty of Veterinary from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a PhD in Veterinary Science at the Institute of Biomedical Science Abel Salazar in O’Porto. He is an EBVS specialist in Behavioural Medicine and Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Legislation. He is also an invited professor of Animal Welfare, Ethics and Behaviour in the Veterinary Master and in the Veterinary Nurse Degree at the University Egas Moniz and regularly lectures at seminars, conferences and congresses nationally and internationally. He is past-President of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine (ECAWBM) and Vice-President of the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology (ESVCE). Additionally, he is founder and past-President of PsiAnimal – Portuguese Association of Behavioural Therapy and Animal Welfare. Gonçalo is also an author, co-author and coordinator of several studies in animal behaviour and welfare science.