The gold standard for recording behavior is to track an animal and note the precise start and end time for each behavior, known as continuous observation. A […]

I just returned from a couple weeks of travel in Europe, including a week in Edinburgh for the Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology – […]

Last week  I was invited to present at the 2016 Dairy Cattle Welfare Symposium: Intersection of Best Practices and Sustainability, held at the Ohio State University. It was […]

My paper “Cooling cows efficiently with water spray: Behavioral, physiological, and production responses to sprinklers at the feed bunk” is featured as an Editor’s Choice […]

  My paper “Sprinkler flow rate affects dairy cattle avoidance of spray to the head, but not overall, in an aversion race” is in the current […]

I successfully defended my dissertation on Tuesday, December 8, and today I received the official documentation stating I am now Dr. Chen! This photo was […]

Congratulations, Alex Tsai!  Alex submitted his senior thesis, which means he’s completed his requirements for his practicum in Animal Biology. I’ve been mentoring Alex for the last […]

I won first place in the student poster competition at the 2015 California Animal Nutrition Conference (CANC), held May 6-7 in Fresno! I presented a poster titled “Cooling […]

On Friday, April 3, I presented my Ph.D. exit seminar “Understanding dairy cow behavior to reduce heat load and conserve water” as part of the […]

I recently had the opportunity to share my work with the Central Valley dairy community during the Managing Cow Comfort in Hot Weather seminar sponsored by […]