Emma Fàbrega i Romans has a degree in veterinary medicine (1995) and a doctorate in animal production (2002) from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She also completed a Masters in Applied Animal Behavior and Animal Welfare (1998) from the University of Edinburgh and holds a Diploma from the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioral Medicine in the subspecialty in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law. Since 2003 he has been working at IRTA, in the Animal Welfare program, researching systems for assessing animal welfare on the farm, especially in pigs, and improvement strategies. He has coordinated national projects on alternatives to painful practices such as castration or pig squashing, and on European projects on the application of precision technologies to improve well-being or the development of new indicators to assess well-being. He has published more than 40 articles in indexed journals, and has also participated in book chapters and publications in popular journals. He has participated as a speaker since 2003 in training days for farmers, veterinarians, or other agents in the sector, both nationally and internationally, as well as in more than 40 presentations at conferences. He has organized and participated in numerous technology transfer days for the sector.
