INVESTIGATOR
ÉLODIE F. BRIEFER
Animal behaviour, communication, emotions, cognition and welfare
2005 – 2008
PhD. Behavioural Biology. University of Paris North, France
2003 – 2005
MSc. Behavioural Biology. University of Paris North, France
2000 – 2003
BSc. Biology. University of Paris South, France
2019 – Present
Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 – 2019
Senior Scientist, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2013 – 2017
Postdoctoral Researcher/fellow, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2009 – 2012
Postdoctoral Research fellow, Queen Mary University of London, UK
2017 – Present
Course leader: MSc Social Behaviour and Communication; MSc Pig Science; BSc Animal Housing and Behaviour; MSc Methods for studying vocal expression of emotions
University of Copenhagen, Denmark; ETH Zürich, Switzerland; University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
2014 – Present
Lecturer/contributor: MSc Conservation Biology; MSc Evolutionary Ecology; BSc Population Biology; MSc Pig Science; MSc Ruminant Science; BSc Applied Ethology and Animal Welfare; MSc Training Course in Research Groups; MSc Forum: Livestock in the World Food System; BSc Scientific Writing in Agricultural Science; MSc Practical Course in Applied Ethology; BSc Excursions for Agricultural Sciences students; PhD course on animal emotions organised by the ISAE; PhD course “BioAcoustics Winter School”; MSc course “Affective Science” (lecture on vocal expression of emotions)
University of Copenhagen, Denmark; ETH Zürich, Switzerland; Wageningen University, Netherlands; Université Jean Monnet, France; University of Geneva, Switzerland
2009 – 2020
Lecturer: BSc Developments in Animal Science; BSc Behavioural Ecology; BSc Cognition, Evolution and Behaviour; BSc Evolution and Behaviour
Hartpury College, University of Nottingham, and Queen Mary University of London, UK
Qualifications: Foundations of Teaching and Learning (ETH Zürich, 2019); Supervision of PhD students (University of Copenhagen, 2019); Introduction to University Pedagogy (University of Copenhagen, 2020); University Pedagogy (University of Copenhagen, 2021)
2021 – 2024
Carlsberg Young Researcher Fellowship (DKK 4’946’947). Vocal communication and group movement dynamics.
2022 – 2023
Carlsberg field trip (DKK 145’200, research grant). Bryde’s whale foraging behaviour, habitat use and acoustics: a living platform to understand anthropogenic impacts on marine wildlife.
2021 – 2023
Animal Protection Denmark (DKK 250’000, research grant to Malene Friis Hansen under my supervision). Effects of live trade on the long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) before and during a pandemic.
2021 – 2023
QATO Fonden (DKK 100’000, research grant to Jacopo di Clemente under my supervision). Bryde’s whale foraging behaviour, habitat use and acoustic patterns: a living platform to understand anthropogenic impacts on marine wildlife in South-eastern Brazil.
2020 – 2023
Swiss National Science Foundation (CHF 136’500, research grant). Vocal production in horses: structures and implications.
2019 – 2023
China Scholarship Council (DKK 504’000, PhD scholarship to Xie Bing under my supervision). Relationship between vocal communication and social networks: the case of the plains zebra (Equus quagga).
2021 – 2022
Martha og Paul Kerrn-Jespersens Fond (DKK 100’000, research grant). Isoleringsmateriale som barriere mod indtrængen af små gnavere.
2020 – 2022
Carlsberg Research Infrastructure (DKK 73’200). Relationship between vocal communication and social networks: the case of the plains zebra Equus quagga.
2016 – 2020
EU Era-Net ANIHWA (CHF 21’100, research grant). Toward a tool for farmers to evaluate welfare states of pigs: measuring vocal indicators of emotions.
2014 – 2016
Conacyt ($ 48’000, postdoctoral fellowship to Monica Padilla de la Torre under my supervision). Vocal expression of emotions in bovid: encoding and decoding.
2013 – 2017
Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship, Ambizione (CHF 540’500, PI fellowship including funding for a PhD student). Vocal expression of emotions in mammals: encoding, decoding and human-animal perception.
2010
Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (CHF 26’200, research grant). Using vocalisations and cognitive bias to assess emotions, temperament and welfare in domestic goats (Capra hircus).
2010 – 2012
Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship for Advanced Researchers (CHF 102’700, postdoctoral fellowship). Using vocalisations and cognitive bias to assess emotions, temperament and welfare in domestic goats (Capra hircus).
2009 – 2010
Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship for Prospective Researchers (CHF 65’000, postdoctoral fellowship). Mother-offspring vocal communication in goats (Capra hircus).
2009
Martha og Paul Kerrn-Jespersens Fond and Aase og Ejnar Danielsens Fond (DKK 55’700, research grant). Adfærdsreaktion hos mus over for isolerings-materiale af genanvendt glasfibermateriale.
2005 – 2008
French Minister of Research and Technologies Fellowship (€ 46’800, PhD fellowship). Codage de l’identité de groupe et de l’identité individuelle chez une espèce d’oiseau à chant complexe: l’alouette des champs (Alauda arvensis).
2021 – Present
Technical committee in bioacoustics: Danish Acoustical Society.
2020 – Present
Present International Steering Committee: Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots.
2019 – Present
Council Representative: Danish representative for the International Council of Ethology.
2010 – Present
Scientific Journal Editorial Board: Scientific Reports (Editor, 2016-2019); Animal Behaviour (Consulting Editor, 2014-2019; Editor, 2019-2022); Frontiers in Veterinary Science: Animal Behavior and Welfare (Editor, 2017-Present); Animals: Ecology and Conservation (Editor, 2019-2021); Journal of Zoology (Consulting Editor, 2010-2018).
2017 – Present
Grant panel: EU Era-Net CORE ORGANIC Cofund; Organic RDD 4 (ICROFS); WWTF Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators; Doctoral Programmes of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
2009 – Present
Paper Reviewer: Science; Progress in Neurobiology; Current Biology; PLoS Biology; American Naturalist; Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews; BMC Biology; Proceedings of the Royal Society B; Royal Society Open Science; PLoS ONE; Animal Behaviour; Hormones and Behavior; Journal of Experimental Biology; and 28 other journals.
2012 – Present
Grant Reviewer: Leverhulme Trust; BBSRC; NERC; Marsden Fund; National Science Center Poland; Israel Science Foundation; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; Hungarian National Research Development and Innovation Office.
2016 – Present
Conference Reviewer: International Society for Behavioural Ecology (ISBE); Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots (VIHAR).
2013 – Present
PhD external examiner: 8 PhD theses (University of Zürich, University of La Laguna, Université Jean Monnet x 2, University of Adelaide, The University of Queensland x 2, Lund University).