Brian Kinghorn

Qualifications

B.Sc. Honours 2(ii) in Genetics	1970-1974, University of Glasgow.
Ph.D. "Quantitative genetics in fish breeding"	1978-1981, University of Edinburgh, while located at Aas, Norway.
Dr.Agric. "Genetic effects in crossbreeding"	1979-1982, Agricultural University of Norway, Aas, Norway.

Dr.Agric defense.  Aas, Norway.

Positions

Aug 74 - Jun 75	Veterinary Representative, Upjohn (UK) Ltd. Covering Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Jul 75 - Dec 75	Agricultural work in France, Ordinary Seaman on cargo ship.
Dec 75 - Jan 78	Research Officer, Matopos Research Station, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Beef cattle breeding research.
Mar 78 - Sep 78	[Travel in Australia and India]
Oct 79 - Jun 79	[Student at Edinburgh University]
Jul 79 - Jul 82	Researcher, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Agricultural University of Norway. Fish breeding research and theoretical quantitative genetics.
Aug 82 - Sep 84	Research Scientist, N.S.W. Dept. Agriculture, Agricultural Research Center, Trangie. Beef and sheep breeding research.
Oct 84 - present	Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor (Jan 91), Professor (Nov 95), School of Rural Science and Agriculture, University of New England.  Funded by the Twynam Pastoral Company as the Twynam Chair in Animal Breeding Technologies, 1995-2002.  Funded by Sygen International PLC as the Sygen Chair in Genetic Information Systems, 2003-2005 and by Genus PLC as the Genus Chair in Genetic Information Systems, 2006-June 2007.
Apr 86 - Mar 89	Member, Australian Special Rural Research Council. Ministerial appointment following competitive application. Chair plus seven members were inaugural in 1986, responsible for issues of national priority, multi-industry research, and research for infant and emerging industries.
Nov 88 - 2002	Director, Merinotech Pty. Ltd. - a sheep breeding company using advanced genetic evaluation techniques.
Oct 90 - Dec 98	Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Livestock Production Science, Elsevier.
July 93 - Feb 94	Acting Head, Department of Animal Science, University of New England.
Sept 93 - Dec 96	Member, Technical Advisory Board, Newsham Hybrids (USA) Inc., Colorado Springs.
Jan 94 - present	Member, Editorial Board, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica.
Jan 94 - Dec 95	Chair, Animal Care and Ethics Committee, University of New England
Jan 97 - May 97	Visiting Professor, Colorado State University
28-30 April  97	1997 A.B. Chapman Lecturer. University of Wisconsin.
May 97 - Sept 97	Visiting Professor, Roslin Institute and Scottish Agricultural College
Jan 98 - 2002	Manager, Education Program, Meat Quality Cooperative Research Centre
Jul 98 - Aug 98	Visiting Professor, University of Helsinki, delivering course 'Quantitative Genetics in Animal Breeding' to Scandanavian and Baltic PhD students.