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    Professor Michael Lee

    FRSA FRSB FRASE ARAgS BSc (Hons) PhD PGCTHE CAnimSci

    Deputy Vice-Chancellor

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    Professor Michael Lee is an expert in sustainable livestock systems, defining their role in securing global food security at the same time as protecting environmental health (Livestock’s role in human and planetary health).

    Professional Memberships

    • President of the European Federation of Animal Science, Livestock Farming Commission
    • Chair of the UK Universities Climate Network - Net Zero Group
    • Technical Advisor to the FAO (LEAP)
    • UK Representative on Animal Task Force - EU
    • Member of the BBC Rural Affairs Committee
    • Advisor for the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission
    • Member of the Scientific Council of the World Farmers Organisation
    • Member of the Global Farm Platform

    Department: Senior Management

    Department: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor

    Research: Beef and Sheep Research Group

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    He graduated with first class honors in Animal Science from University of Wales, Aberystwyth in 1997 and gained a PhD in ruminant nutrition (protein and energy metabolism) from the University of Aberdeen in 2001 followed by a postgraduate certificate for teaching in higher education from Aberystwyth University in 2012. He worked for the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research from 2001-2008 (with his first post-doc on ruminal lipid metabolism), before the merger with Aberystwyth University, where he stayed as a Principal Scientist and Senior Lecturer in animal nutrition and rumen biochemistry until moving to the University of Bristol, School of Veterinary Science (Bristol Veterinary School) in 2013 as a Reader in Sustainable Livestock Systems. In 2015, he took a joint appointment between Rothamsted Research and the University of Bristol as Head of Site at North Wyke and was promoted to Chair in Sustainable Livestock Systems later that same year. In November 2020, Michael moved to his current position as Deputy Vice-Chancellor of 琳琅视频, England’s premier specialist agriculture and land use University. He has published more than 350 research articles and papers, including articles in Nature and Science. He was awarded the Sir John Hammond Memorial Prize in 2015 for services to Animal Science. In August 2016, he was elected as Vice President of the European Federation of Animal Science Livestock Farming Systems Commission and in August 2019, became President of the commission. He served as a Trustee for the British Society of Animal Science for more than 10 years, including the President's group from 2019 - 2023 (President 2021-2022). He is Co-Chair of the UK Universities Climate Network - Net Zero Group, as well as representing the UK in the Animal Task Force in Brussels, feeding into EU policy discussion around the role of livestock in sustainable food systems. In March 2023, he was appointed as a Technical Advisor to the FAO of the UN within its Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) group.

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