Dr. Donagh Berry Teagasc, Ireland

Donagh Berry works as a principal investigator in statistical genetics at Teagasc, Moorepark, Ireland since completing his PhD in Animal Genetics in 2003. He is responsible for the development of the national cattle breeding objectives which includes the prioritisation of the relative importance of different animal characteristics in the national... read morebreeding goals, generation of statistical and genomic models to generate accurate individual animal estimates of genetic merit for all traits, and the development of optimal breeding schemes to ensure long-term genetic gain.