Professor Nicholas Jonsson

Biography

Nicholas Jonsson (Nick) graduated as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Sydney, Australia, in 1987 and worked as a mixed veterinary practitioner in rural New South Wales for 7 years. In 1995 he commenced a PhD in bovine reproduction at the University of Queensland, and he was subsequently employed by the Queensland Government as a researcher in dairy science, before taking academic positions at the University of Glasgow and then again University of Queensland. He returned to Glasgow in 2009, where was Professor of Animal Health and Production until December 2024. His teaching, consultancy and research interests are in animal health and management, with emphasis on systems for efficient cattle production. The main strands of his research are ruminant gut function and pathology, the use of sensor technologies to optimize ruminant health and production, the genetics of adaptation in cattle, and sustainable strategies for parasite management. He is the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Dairy Research, and the Head of Ruminant, Technical for Harbro Limited, and Honorary Professor of Animal Health and Production at the University of Glasgow.