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'''Quintin McKellar''' ] is the current Vice-Chancellor of ] from January 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice-Chancellor|url=http://www.herts.ac.uk/about-us/corporate-governance/our-structure/key-people/vice-chancellor|website=http://www.herts.ac.uk/|publisher=University of Hertfordshire|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> McKellar was previously the Principal of The ] (RVC) of the ], a position which he held for six years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Quintin McKellar|url=http://www.thersa.org/events/speakers-archive/m/professor-quintin-mckellar|website=http://www.thersa.org/|publisher=RSA|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref> His research interests are in the pharmacology of anti-infective and anti-inflammatory drugs in domestic animals. '''Quintin McKellar''' ] is the current Vice-Chancellor of ] from January 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice-Chancellor|url=http://www.herts.ac.uk/about-us/corporate-governance/our-structure/key-people/vice-chancellor|website=http://www.herts.ac.uk/|publisher=University of Hertfordshire|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> McKellar was previously the Principal of The ] (RVC) of the ], a position which he held for six years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Quintin McKellar|url=http://www.thersa.org/events/speakers-archive/m/professor-quintin-mckellar|website=http://www.thersa.org/|publisher=RSA|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref> His research interests are in the pharmacology of anti-infective and anti-inflammatory drugs in domestic animals.

==Early Years and Education==
Having graduated from ] in 1981, McKellar went on to gain his PhD in Veterinary Parasitology in 1984 and was appointed to a lectureship at the Veterinary School in the same year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quintin McKellar|url=http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2665&type=P|website=http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/|publisher=University of Glasgow|accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref>

==Career==
He became Head of the Veterinary Pharmacology Department in 1990 and was awarded a personal professorship by the University of Glasgow in 1996. In August 1997 McKellar took up the post of Scientific Director ] and Chief Executive of the Moredun Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Quintin McKellar|url=http://www.hertfordshirelep.com/about-us/board-member-quintin-mckellar.aspx|website=http://www.hertfordshirelep.com/about-us/|publisher=Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership|accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref>

He became a ] (DVM) with Honours in 2002 and was elected Fellow of the ] in 2001, Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Societies in 2002 and Fellow of the ] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Honours|url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/602_NationalHonours.html|website=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/|publisher=The Royal Society Of Edinburgh|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref>

In 2004, McKellar was appointed Principal of The Royal Veterinary College of ], the first and largest institution of its kind in the UK which was identified as the top English veterinary school in the 2008 ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Quintin McKellar|url=http://www.unialliance.ac.uk/about/board/professor-quintin-mckellar/|website=http://www.unialliance.ac.uk/|publisher=University Alliance|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref>

He is a member of the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Science Advisory Council, Chair of the Biological and Biotechnological Research Council Animal Research Club and a member of the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership.

McKellar was made a ] (CBE) in 2011 for services to science. He was a distinguished researcher with interests in the pharmacology of anti-infective and anti-inflammatory drugs in domestic animals.


==References== ==References==

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Quintin McKellar
File:Quintin McKellar.jpg
Vice-Chancellor of University of Hertfordshire
Incumbent
Assumed office
01 January 2011
Personal details
Residence(s)Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
University of London
OccupationUniversity administrator, educator, finance expert

Quintin McKellar CBE is the current Vice-Chancellor of University of Hertfordshire from January 2011. McKellar was previously the Principal of The Royal Veterinary College (RVC) of the University of London, a position which he held for six years. His research interests are in the pharmacology of anti-infective and anti-inflammatory drugs in domestic animals.

References

  1. "Vice-Chancellor". http://www.herts.ac.uk/. University of Hertfordshire. Retrieved 30 September 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  2. "Professor Quintin McKellar". http://www.thersa.org/. RSA. Retrieved 28 September 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

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