Astrid Concha DVM, MSc, PhD

Dr. Concha is a Postdoctoral research associate at the US Army Research Office and Texas Tech University.  She has 20 years of experience that encompasses working in veterinary clinical animal behavior, working as a dog trainer, and working as a researcher. She has a Master in Animal Behavior (Spain) and earned her PhD in animal behavior and welfare from the University of Lincoln (UK) focused on olfactory detection performance in dogs. She has worked with Medical Detection Dogs (UK), and has worked with Police and Military Working Dogs across the world. Her primary research area is the study of canine detection and patrol performance, as well as developing novel technologies to measure alert responses in detection dogs

Dr. Concha is currently working with Military Working Dogs to identify cognitive, sensory, and morphological markers associated with key performance metrics in dual- purpose DoD Military Working Dogs at Lackland Air Force Base (USA).