Neil Stickland
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Neil is currently the Head of Veterinary Basic Sciences at the Royal Veterinary College, leading the department in its broad range of teaching and research activities.
Biography
Neil graduated in Zoology with Physiology from Bedford College, University of London in 1970. He then moved to Hull where he gained a PhD in porcine muscle growth.
His lecturing career started in 1974 as a Lecturer in Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, where he spent three years before moving to the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh. During his Edinburgh appointment he spent sabbatical periods of one year at Tufts University, Boston and two months at the University of Morogoro, Tanzania where he helped to set up Veterinary Anatomy teaching.
In 1984 he took up a position as Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at the Royal Veterinary College(RVC). He was promoted to a Chair in Anatomy in 1994 and has previously been Head of Department and Vice Principal for Research. He has contributed to a number of books and has over 100 scientific publications on the development and growth of skeletal muscle.
In October 2008, Neil was appointed as Head of Veterinary Basic Sciences at the RVC.