Autor: Luca Fontanesi

Agustin Blasco is a Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics at the Institute for Animal Science and Technology. His career has focused on animal breeding for pigs and rabbits. In the latter case, he has contributed to the development of commercial lines and to the creation and management of genetic improvement programs in the industry. During his sabbatical periods, he has been both lecturer and professor at institutes such as ABRO (now the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh), INRA in France and FAO in Rome. Blasco has published three books as a single author, inclduing Bayesian data analysis for Animal Scientists (Springer), Mejora Genética Animal (Síntesis) and Animal Ethics (Akal). Furthermore, he has been President of the World Rabbit Science Association (2000-2004) and editor-in-chief of World Rabbit Science (indexed, Q2-Q3), Director of the Department of Animal Science (1990-94), Director of the Institute of Animal Science and Technology ( 2012-20) and the Director of the Master”s Degree in Animal Genetic Improvement and Reproductive Biotechnology (2007-19).