Professor Julius van der Werf
Professor in Animal Breeding and Genetics
University of New England
Armidale, New South Wales
Topic: Genomic selection in sheep
Education
B.Sc. Animal Science (1981)
M.Sc. Animal Breeding & Agric. Economics (1984)
Ph.D. Animal Breeding & Genetics (1990)
(all from Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.)
Professional Experience
After appointments as Assistant Professor in Wageningen, and Senior Researcher in dairy cattle breeding at the National Institute for Animal Science and Health, Professor van der Werf moved to the University of New England (Armidale, NSW) in 1997, first as Senior Lecturer and now as Professor in Animal Breeding and Genetics.
Prof. van der Werf teaches animal genetics subjects and has supervised 43 postgraduate students. He has also delivered several postgraduate courses overseas. His research topics vary from genetic evaluation and breeding program design to detection and use of genomic information. Julius is employed by UNE and is Program Leader of the Information Nucleus Program with the Sheep CRC.
