Julius van der Werf

Qualifications
Undergraduate Animal Science 1978-1981, Wageningen Agricultural University
                    (The Netherlands)
Agr. Ir. Animal Breeding (major) 
                   "Single and multiple trait models for sire evaluation 
                         in a population under selection" 
            Agricultural Economics (minor) 
                    "Relationships between input- and output factors 
                        in the dutch dairy industry"
1981-1984, Wageningen Agricultural University 
                    (partly at Cornell University 81/82)
PhD "Models to estimate genetic parameters in 
         crossbred dairy cattle populations under selection" 
1984-1990, Wageningen Agricultural University 
                    (partly at Guelph University ('89))

Positions

Oct 84 - Oct 85 Research Research Assistant 1984-1985. Depts. of Agricultural Economics and Animal Breeding, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.
Nov 85 -  Apr 93  Lecturer (Assistant Professor). Dept. of Animal Breeding
Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands.
Apr 93 - Dec 96 Senior Research Scientist, Head of section Dairy Cattle Breeding and Genetics
ID-DLO Institute of Animal Science and Health, Lelystad, The Netherlands
(after being merged from IVO-DLO, Zeist).
Jan 96 - Dec 2001 Senior Lecturer, Division of Animal Science, University of New England. 
Research in quantitative genetics & animal  breeding in various species. Undergraduate and graduate teaching and supervision. 
Jan 2002 -Present Associate Professor in Animal Genetics, University of New England
Program Manager Education in CRC for Cattle and Meat Quality
Program manager Genetics in Australian Sheep CRC