Dr Colin Sinclair Mayne is an

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from

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. Since February 2009, he has been the departmental scientific advisor for

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and the director of Sustainable Agri-Food Sciences at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute. He is a past president of the British Society of Animal Science and has been president of the British Grassland Society since 31 March 2009. He is also a member of the Research and Development Advisory Forum for Dairy Co.

Early life and education

Mayne was brought up in a farming background. He received a BAgr in 1980 and earned his Ph.D. from

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in 1983. His research expertise is in dairy cattle, cattle grazing, grass production, improving the efficiency of milk production, reducing the environmental impact of livestock production. He has authored or co-authored 90 scientific papers, and has been invited to present at conferences.. Mayne was invited to give two addresses at this conference.

Career

Mayne has worked in research and development around dairying and grassland. He began his career at the English Grassland Research Institute near

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. He later worked for the Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland in

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, Northern Ireland. The institute later became part of the U.K.'s Agri-Food and Biosciences Institutes in 2006. He was awarded the Sir John Hammond Memorial Award from the

British Society of Animal Science British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) is a learned society in the field of animal science, established in 1944 as the British Society of Animal Production. Mike Steele is the Chief Executive, and the President is Sinclair Mayne.1957 births Living people Scientists from Northern Ireland 20th-century scientists from Northern Ireland Alumni of Queen's University Belfast Place of birth missing (living people)