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Professor Daniel S. Mills BVSc PhD CBiol FRSB FHEA CCAB Dip ECAWBM(BM) FRCVS, RCVS and EBVS European Veterinary Specialist in Behavioural Medicine
Prof Daniel Mills is professor of Veterinary Behavioural Medicine at the University of Lincoln, UK. He is a practising veterinary surgeon and academic who has specialised in the management of problem behaviour and the human-animal bond for nearly 35 years. In 2004 he was the first individual to be recognised by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as a specialist in veterinary behavioural medicine, and in 2016 was further recognised by them as the first individual to be granted Fellowship status for his contributions to this field. He was also Europe’s first professor of his discipline and has pioneered a scientific transformation of our understanding of companion animal problem behaviour, through the development of a “psychobiological approach” to clinical animal behaviour assessment. Much of his work is transdisciplinary and he enjoys working with fellow scientists across a range of disciplines. He is included in the top 1% of Stanford University’s list of the top cited scientists in the world, and in 2026 was ranked 25th out of nearly 70000 veterinary scientists in this database. He has published nearly 250 full peer-reviewed scientific articles and more than 60 books and chapters. He runs an audio and YouTube channel “What makes you click?”, which includes unique insights to clinical animal behaviour including the series “Pet Behaviour Odysseys” (https://www.facebook.com/dsmpod).
