Dr. Hostens' work is focused on herd health management, in relation to precision livestock management and big data in dairy cows. Driven by a passion for dairy farming, and raised on his grandmother’s farm but adjusted towards data science by a technology driven mother, Miel was able to find a hot spot between both disciplines. He shares an extreme passion for both disciplines, and has devoted to creating methodologies using precision livestock farming to monitor sustainable food production systems from a global perspective.

He is also involved with:

• Educating Bachelors- and Masters-level students in veterinary medicine.
• Statistical training of Ph.D. students in the area of dairy cow data management.
• Post-academic and extension services in the area of dairy cow herd health management.