Nicole Kemper, Prof., is director of the Institute for Animal Hygiene, Animal Welfare and Farm Animal Behaviour at the Veterinary University of Hanover. She achieved her licence to practice as veterinarian in 2001 in Leipzig. For the following years, she obtained her doctoral degree and worked at the University Kiel, involved in many projects concerning animal health and hygiene. She achieved her Habilitation, and was announced as Professor of Hygiene and Reproduction Physiology of Farm Animals at Halle University, in 2010. In 2013, she was appointed to her current position. Nicole is an internationally recognized expert in farm animal hygiene, behaviour and welfare, with more than 250 scientific publications, often with applied, practical impact, in international peer reviewed journals. (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicole_Kemper)