Haja Kadarmideen

Short presentation

Haja Kadarmideen is a Professor and Group Leader of Animal Breeding, Quantitative Genetics and Systems Biology in the Department of Large Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. He is also the Director of 2 major national/international consortiums: the Danish-Indian BioChild Consortium, on childhood obesity and the Danish-Brazilian GIFT Consortium on cattle reproduction. He serves as a board and steering committee member of various research and innovation initiatives within the University of Copenhagen and nationally. He is on the Editorial board of Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, Turkish J. of Veterinary & Animal Sciences and EC Veterinary science journals. His main research interests are in:

-Genomic evaluation, selection and breeding programs of cattle, sheep and pigs for improved production, health and welfare, disease resistance, natural resource use and product quality.

- Systems genetics and systems biology of health, diseases, performance, production and reproduction traits in animals

- Statistical genetics and bioinformatics analyses of both animal and human diseases and quantitative traits

- Genomics and systems genetics/biology of human obesity, diabetes, psychiatric disorders and stem cells

Please visit groups’ website www.qsg.dk for more information regarding his group’s research focus, publications, projects, teaching etc.

Haja Kadarmideen obtained a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and Masters' degree (MVSc) in Veterinary Genetics (Chennai, India) in 1989 and 1992, respectively. He obtained his PhD degree in Quantitative Genetics from The University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) in 1998 after conducting a part of his PhD research at the Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He was a scientist in dairy cattle genetics for over 3 years at the Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK. He spent a short time as a visiting scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA in 1999. He was then a head of statistical animal genetics group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich in Switzerland (2001-2006). For two years at ETH Zurich, he was also a Deputy head or director (Stellvertreter) of the Institute of Animal Sciences. In 2006, he was appointed as a principal research scientist and leader of quantitative genetics and systems biology group at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia where he worked until his move to the University of Copenhagen in January 2011. He has closely worked with animal breeding/genomics/biotech industries, international organisations and led many international research projects in Europe, Africa and Asia. He has trained over 25 graduate (MSc and PhD) students, 10 postdocs and mentored many junior and senior scientists/faculty members. He has authored/co-authored over 250 scientific publications (journal articles with scientific peer review, refereed book chapters,conference proceedings papers, abstracts etc).

Teaching

Haja Kadarmideen is a course coordinator and teacher in MSc curriculum for Animal Science and Biotechnology for the following masters course:

SASK16003U Quantitative Genomics and Breeding 15 ECTS (MSc)

He further takes part in short module MSc and PhD courses at the faculty as a lecturer

3917-B3-3F16 Animal Production Science

CV

Professor HAJA KADARMIDEEN

1. EDUCATION

1984 - 1990: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Science, TANUVAS, Chennai, India

1990 - 1992: Master of Veterinary Genetics (MVSc), TANUVAS, Chennai, India

1994 - 1998: Doctorate in Quantitative Genetics (PhD), University of Guelph, Canada

2.  EMPLOYMENT

1989 - 1990: State Government Veterinary Surgeon, India.

1990 - 1992: Graduate Research Assistant, TANUVAS, Chennai, India.

1993 - 1994: State Government Veterinary Surgeon, head of hospital, India.

1994 - 1998: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

1997: Visiting researcher, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

1999: Visiting Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

1998 - 2001: Geneticist, Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK

2001 - 2006: Assistant professor (Tenure-track) and head of statistical (animal) genetics group, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland

2004-2005: Deputy Director or Deputy cheif (Stellvertreter) of the Institute of Animal Sciences, ETH Zurich,, Switzerland

2006 - 2010: Principal Research Scientist & Team Leader, Quantitative and Systems Genetics, Rockhampton & Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

2007 - 2010: Adjunct Associate Professor of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia

2011 - Present: Full professor and Group Leader of Animal Breeding, Quantitative Genetics and Systems Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

3. AWARDS AND HONOURS/DISTINCTIONS

1992: TANUVAS, India Gold Medal for Masters Thesis in Animal Genetics

1994: University of Guelph, Canada student merit scholarship

1996: Guelph-Wageningen Exchange Graduate Research Program award

1997: University of Guelph, Canada merit scholarship for Animal Genetics

1999: Fellowship by European Union (EU) for a visit to USA

2001: Best Alumni award in Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India

2004: ETH Zurich, Switzerland - Rektor award for establishing International MSc course in 'Sustainable Animal Breeding and Genetics'

2007: Office of the Chief Executive (OCE) CSIRO Australia award for PhD and Postdoc grants in 'Systems Biology of Complex Traits in Livestock'

2011: EU FP7 Marie Curie Career Integration Award for 4 years in Systems Genetics and Biology of Obesity and Diabetes in Animal Models for Human Health

4. MAIN SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY, MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP ROLES

- Head of the Animal Breeding, Quantitative Genetics and Systems Biology (AQS) group at IPH, SUND, University of Copenhagen

- Director of the Danish-Indian BioChild Consortium on childhood obesity and pig models

- Director of the Danish-Brazilian GIFT Consortium on cattle reproduction

- Former Board member of the Institute Council of Clinical Veterinary and Animal Sciences (IKVH), University of Copenhagen (2013-2015)

- Board member of the Graduate (PhD) School of Animal Nutrition, Breeding and Physiology (RAN), University of Copenhagen

- Member of Steering Committee, the Center for research in pig production and health, University of Copenhagen

- Steering committee member for coordination of Danish research in relation to genetics and biotechnology in cattle

- Core Expert Group Panel Member - EU ERA-Net for Applied Systems Biology (ERASysAPP) Program: Transferring Systems Biology Knowledge into Applications (2014)

- Standing committee member of the University of Copenhagen for India Action Plan

- Team Leader, Quantitative & Systems Genetics, CSIRO Australia (2006-10)

- Advisory and Task group member of the "Transformational Biology Initiative", CSIRO Australia (2006-10)

- PhD students' Co-ordinator, CSIRO Livestock Industries, Rockhampton and Townsville, Australia (2006-10)

- Deputy Director or Deputy cheif (Stellvertreter) of the Institute of Animal Sciences, ETH Zurich (2004-05)

- Board member for commission of experimental research stations ETH Zurich (2001-06)

- Board member of the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences (DAGRL), ETH Zurich, Switzerland

- Auditor of the Swiss Centre for International Agriculture (ZIL) at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

- Co-ordinator of 'Computational and Quantitative Biology', BEST, ETHZ (2001-2006)

- Member of Systems X, a system biology research cluster ETH Zurich (2001-2006)

- Member of more than ten international professional associations in Genetics, Systems Biology and Animal Science, Production and Breeding

-Reviewer for more than 20 international journals in Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Animal Science, Animal Production and Animal Breeding

- Reviewer of grant applications submitted to national and international funding agencies and industry bodies