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| Vice-Chancellor of University of Hertfordshire | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 01 January 2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Residence(s) | Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow, University of London |
| Occupation | University administrator, educator, finance expert |
Quintin McKellar CBE is the current Vice-Chancellor of University of Hertfordshire since 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.
Early Years and Education
Having graduated from Glasgow University Veterinary School 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.
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 Moredun Research Institute and Chief Executive of the Moredun Foundation.
He became a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) with Honours in 2002 and was elected Fellow of the Institute of Biology in 2001, Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Societies in 2002 and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2003.
In 2004, McKellar was appointed Principal of The Royal Veterinary College of University of London, the first and largest institution of its kind in the UK which was identified as the top English veterinary school in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.
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 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (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
- "Vice-Chancellor". http://www.herts.ac.uk/. University of Hertfordshire. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - "Professor Quintin McKellar". http://www.thersa.org/. RSA. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
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