DrStafford Vigors
Lecturer/Assistant Professor
School of Agriculture and Food Science
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- Lecturer/Assistant ProfessorSchool of Agriculture and Food Science
- 01 716 7204
- University College Dublin, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Agriculture and Food Science Belfield Dublin 4
BIO
B.AgrSc, University College Dublin in 2007-2011.
PhD, University College Dublin, 2011-2015: My thesis title was ‘An examination of the mechanisms involved in feed efficiency improvement in pigs’. The project entailed a multidisciplinary approach with a focus on nutrition, genetics, physiology, immunology and microbiology to better understand the processes influencing feed efficiency in pigs.
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University College Dublin, 2015-2017: I was involved in a project entitled ‘A multidisciplinary approach for the development of accurate biological markers of feed efficiency in cattle and pigs’
Contract Researcher, Teagasc Ashtown: I was involved in a project entitled ‘Genetic selection for improved milk and meat product quality in dairy, beef and sheep’ as part of project entitled “BreedQuality”.
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University College Dublin , 2018-2019. I was involved in a project entitled “The Macroalgal Fibre Initiative: ‘natural molecules naturally’
Assistant Professor, University College Dublin, School of Agriculture & Food Science, 2019-Present.
PhD, University College Dublin, 2011-2015: My thesis title was ‘An examination of the mechanisms involved in feed efficiency improvement in pigs’. The project entailed a multidisciplinary approach with a focus on nutrition, genetics, physiology, immunology and microbiology to better understand the processes influencing feed efficiency in pigs.
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University College Dublin, 2015-2017: I was involved in a project entitled ‘A multidisciplinary approach for the development of accurate biological markers of feed efficiency in cattle and pigs’
Contract Researcher, Teagasc Ashtown: I was involved in a project entitled ‘Genetic selection for improved milk and meat product quality in dairy, beef and sheep’ as part of project entitled “BreedQuality”.
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University College Dublin , 2018-2019. I was involved in a project entitled “The Macroalgal Fibre Initiative: ‘natural molecules naturally’
Assistant Professor, University College Dublin, School of Agriculture & Food Science, 2019-Present.
DEGREES
- BAgrScUniversity College Dublin
- PhDUniversity College Dublin
- Prof Dip University Teaching & Learning, Professional Diploma University Teaching and LearningUniversity College Dublin
- Professional CertificateUniversity College Dublin