Akrotiri, Cyprus) is an English/American biologist currently serving as Chief Scientist for Organic Plus Trust, with responsibility for Global Animal Partnership standards.
Jeremy Marchant attended Woodbridge School and subsequently the University of Bristol and St. Catharine's College, Cambridge.
During his time as a graduate student, he was a keen sportsman, representing Cambridge in the 1992 and 1993 Rugby League Varsity Matches,[1] winning 2 Half Blues and being elected to the Hawks' Club.
He was chair of the organizing committee for the 45th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology held in Indianapolis in 2011.
His early work on the effects of housing systems on the welfare of pregnant sows, specifically on cardiovascular health, bone strength[3] and posture-changing behavior, contributed to the body of evidence that led, eventually, to major changes in animal welfare and the way these animals are kept in many parts of the world, beginning with the European Union and spreading to North America and Oceania.