Edward WebbProfessor Edward Cottington Webb obtained the degrees BSc (Agric)(1988), BSc(Agric) (Hons) cum laude (1989), MSc(Agric)cum laude (1992) and PhD(1994) from the University of Pretoria. He received a number of awards for outstanding academic achievement including the Standard Bank of South Africa merit award, UP postgraduate and merit bursaries, National Research Foundation (NRF/FRD) merit awards, AM Bosman Gold medal for most deserving postgraduate student, SA Society for Animal Science merit award and SA Society of Animal Science bronze medal for the best thesis. In 1989 he joined the research team concerned with meat science and animal production physiology at the University of Pretoria. In 1997 he was awarded a research fellowship from the Flemish Ministry and completed a postdoctoral study at the University of Ghent in Belgium and Nutreco in the Netherlands on aspects of growth modelling and fatty acid synthesis. He was appointed on the academic staff in the department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, University of Pretoria in 1993 and was promoted to associate professor in 2001, head of the department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences in 2005 and full professor at the end of 2008. His teaching and research focus on various aspects of applied animal production physiology and meat science, with emphasis on the effects of dietary factors on meat quality and animal reproduction. He has published and presented more than 70 peer reviewed scientific papers, presented 85 papers at conferences or symposia, 25 technical reports, 7 chapters in books and 23 popular scientific papers. He is president of the South African Society for Animal Science and is a registered professional Animal Scientist. Edward is married to Elizabeth Melanie Jooste and they have three daughters, Miné, Jenette and Lelanie. Edward was involved in beef cattle and goat farming from 1985 to 2004. Read More Read Less