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Professor Nicholas Jonsson (Chair)

Last updated: 19 July 2024

Biography

Nicholas Jonsson is Professor of Animal Health and Production in the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, at the University of Glasgow. He 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, including a period as practice owner. 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 he assumed his current role as Professor of Animal Health and Production. Professor Jonsson is the Director of Innovation, Engagement and Enterprise for his School, and his teaching, consultancy and research interests are in animal 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.

Register of Interests

Current

Personal 

Category of Interest

Organisation/body and nature of interest (period)

Direct employment

University of Glasgow – since 2009

Other fee-paid work from relevant organisations and consultancies

United States Department of Agriculture 2022

Polish National Science Council – since 2019

Membership, affiliation, trusteeships or decision-making position with relevant organisations

Trustee, Hannah Dairy Research Foundation – since 2021

Adjunct Professor, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Australia – since 2022

Other personal interests

Editorial Board, Journal of Dairy Research – since 2021

Editorial Board, The Veterinary Journal – since 2015

Specialist Editor, International Journal for Parasitology – Drugs and Drug Resistance – since 2012

Non-Personal

Category of Interest

Organisation/body and nature of interest (period)

Fellowships endowed by relevant organisations

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons 2009-present

British Society for Animal Science 2017-present

Royal Statistical Society (Fellow) 2020-present

 

Historical Interests

Personal 

Category of Interest Organisation/body and nature of interest (period)

Direct employment

Meat and Livestock Australia 2021

Scottish Government 2021

Harbro Limited – secondment in 2017, consultancies since 2011

United States Department of Agriculture 2017, 2021

Scottish Government 2021

Bayer Animal Health – 2007,2010, 2012-2019

BBSRC – 2016

University of Queensland 2001-2009

University of Glasgow 1999-2001

Queensland Government 2009

Bayer Animal Health 2007-2010

Elanco Animal Health 2006-2009

Novartis 2005

Department of Primary Industries, Queensland, 1996-1999

University of Queensland 1995-1996

Mixed veterinary practice NSW, Australia 1987-1995

Other fee-paid work from relevant organisations, consultancies

BHJ UK FOOD 2024

Membership, affiliation, trusteeships or decision-making position with relevant organisations

European College of Bovine Health Management 2006-2016

International Society for Animal Genetics 2011-2012

Australian Society for Parasitology 2004-2010

Australian Institute of Company Directors 2008-2010

Australian Animal Welfare Strategy R&D Group 2008-2009

Northern Australian Beef Research Council 2008-2009

FAO Working Group on Parasite Resistance 2002-2009

Non-Personal 

Category of Interest

Organisation/body and nature of interest (period)

Indirect financial or non-financial support from relevant organisations

BBSRC 2010-2022

Harbro Limited 2010-2022

Department for International Development 1999-2001