Sinclair Mayne

Dr. Colin Sinclair Mayne was born in Magherafelt, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland on the 21st July 1957.

Since February 2009, Dr. Mayne is Departmental Scientific Advisor in Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Prior to taking that position has worked for the English Grassland Research Institute and the Agricultural Research Institute in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, which later became part of the U.K.'s Agri-Food and Biosciences Institutes.[1]

Dr. Mayne earned his Ph.D. from Queen's University Belfast in 1983;[2] his research expertise is in dairy cattle and cattle grazing.[3] He was awarded the Sir John Hammond Memorial Award from the British Society of Animal Science (BSAS) in 1996[1][4] and the British Grassland Society Award for outstanding contributions to grassland knowledge in 2001.[1][5] Dr. Mayne became president of BSAS beginning March 31, 2009.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Dr Sinclair Mayne takes up his post as BSAS President following the AGM on 31 March 2009, BSAS.
  2. ^ Record for Mayne's thesis on ScientificCommons.
  3. ^ 1998 Pennsylvania Grazing And Forage Conference To Be Held In Grantville, Pennsylvania State University, February 6, 1998, http://aginfo.psu.edu/news/1998/2/grazeconf.html . Mayne was invited to give two addresses at this conference.
  4. ^ Sir John Hammond Memorial Award.
  5. ^ Davies, D. Arthur (2005), An Account of the Activities and Organisation of the British Grassland Society from 1995 to 2005, British Grassland Society, p. 7, http://www.britishgrassland.com/_code/common/item.asp?id=4034423 .