Sinclair Mayne
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Dr. Colin Sinclair Mayne was born in Magherafelt
Magherafelt
Magherafelt is a small town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 8,372 people recorded in the 2001 Census. It is the biggest town in the south of County Londonderry and is the social, economic and political hub of the area...

, County Tyrone
County Tyrone
Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

 on the 21st July 1957.

Since February 2009, Dr. Mayne is Departmental Scientific Advisor in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive...

. Prior to taking that position has worked for the English Grassland Research Institute and the Agricultural Research Institute in Hillsborough
Hillsborough, County Down
Hillsborough is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, situated from the city of Belfast. It is within the Lisburn City Council area....

, Northern Ireland, which later became part of the U.K.'s Agri-Food and Biosciences Institutes.

Dr. Mayne earned his Ph.D. from Queen's University Belfast in 1983; his research expertise is in dairy cattle and cattle grazing. He was awarded the Sir John Hammond Memorial Award from the British Society of Animal Science
British Society of Animal Science
British Society of Animal Science is a learned society in the field of animal science, established in 1944 as the British Society of Animal Production....

(BSAS) in 1996 and the British Grassland Society Award for outstanding contributions to grassland knowledge in 2001. Dr. Mayne became president of BSAS beginning March 31, 2009.
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