Dr. Sarah Morgan is a grazing livestock systems researcher and lecturer within the department of agriculture & environment at Harper Adams University. She has over a decade of experience working on collaborative, transdisciplinary research projects involving a diversity of academic and industry partners operating in the fields of agri-food and agri-technology. Sarah’s expertise centre around sustainable and regenerative grass-based livestock production systems - taking a holistic, system-wide attitude connecting soil, pasture, animal, product and environment. Her research portfolio spans themes such as grass lipid biochemistry and nutritive value, grazing management and environmental impacts, reducing GHG emissions from sheep and beef production, nutrient density of ruminant meat, and use of precision livestock technologies in grazing-based systems.
Gareth Arnottt
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Date: Tuesday 14th April | 11:30
Profile: I'm a Professor of Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare within the School of Biological Sciences and Institute for Global Food Security at Queen's University Belfast (QUB). I am also the academic network lead of the Animal Welfare Research Network (AWRN) which has provided skills and experience relevant to the Trustee position. The AWRN was established in 2016 and is currently funded with a grant from BBSRC and Defra, with the remit of enhancing the capacity, quality and impact of animal welfare research. I am also a member of the UK government Animal Welfare Committee.
At QUB, I am also the Director of Postgraduate Research for the School of Biological Sciences. In this role I have gained useful skills and experience in developing initiatives to support early career researchers. This has included developing a training programme and a range of student support activities. BSAS has a number of excellent initiatives supporting early career researchers and I think my experience in this area would be useful for supporting future developments. Furthermore, I am also aware of the importance BSAS places on animal welfare, particularly as it is a holistic concept that is integrated with many aspects of animal science research. As a behavioural biologist, my research spans a number of farm and companion animal welfare topics, and includes links to relevant underlying animal science and physiology.
