Prof. Dr. Rudolf Preisinger
Managing Director and Chief Geneticist
Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH
Cuxhaven, Germany.
Topic: Genomics in Poultry Breeding
Education
1981: Graduated from Weihenstephan University, (Agricultural production)
1984: Graduated from Christian-Albrecht University, Kiel (Animal breeding and husbandry)
1986: Ph.D. at the Christian-Albrecht University, Kiel (thesis: Breeding value estimation in dairy cattle
1995: Habilitation in animal breeding and genetics, (Thesis: Effect of superovulation on performance and breeding programmes in dairy cattle)
Professional Experience
1993 - 1998: Geneticist at Lohmann Tierzucht (Layer breeding company)
1996: Professor for Poultry Breeding and Husbandry at the University of Kiel
since 1998: Managing Director and Chief Geneticist, Lohmann Tierzucht GmbH, Cuxhaven, Germany
