Jan Ladewig is a veterinarian from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen. He has a Ph.D. degree in Animal Behavior from University of California, Davis, USA. He has worked at a German research institute studying behavioral and physiological reactions to stress in cattle, pigs, and horses and he has developed a method for the quantitative measurement of motivation for animals to perform natural behavior. He is a professor at Copenhagen University teaching behavior and welfare of domestic animals to vet students and animal science students. In addition, he has supervised numerous Ph.D. and Master’s students.

 Jan Ladewig is a member of the International Society of Applied Ethology (ISAE) since 1982. From 1992 – 1994 he was president of the society. He is also a member of the International Society for Equitation Science (ISES) since its beginning in 2002 and he is an honorary member of the society since 2007.

In addition to having worked as a practicing horses vet Jan is an active rider. His main interest is the scientific background of training horses, especially from a safety and welfare point of view. He lives with his wife and youngest daughter in the countryside south of Copenhagen, Denmark and owns 2 ½ horses.