Alan Twomey
ResearcherResearch Interests
- Genetic improvement in dairy and beef cattle
- Genetic and genomic analyses and evaluations
- Statistics
- Development of breeding objectives
- Breeding scheme design
- Development of decision support tools
Current Projects
- Development of genetic evaluations, breeding objectives and breeding goals in Irish dairy cattle, beef cattle, and sheep
- Genetic improvement in age at slaughter and carcass traits.
- Improving breeding of dairy-beef animals to improve profitability and sustainability of the system
- Development of a breeding program for dairy and beef cattle
- Validation of national breeding objectives
Education
PhD in Quantitative Genetics. University College Dublin/ Teagasc Moorepark
Bachelor of Animal Science, University College Dublin