Christina Marie (Chrissy) Rochus
Core Scientist in Quantitative Genetics and Breeding
Contact details
- Email: crochus@ed.ac.uk
- Web: Google Scholar profile
- Web: ResearchGate profile
Address
- Street
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The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus - City
- Midlothian
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
I am a Core Scientist working in Ivan Pocrnic’s group. My research interests include working with genomic data to study genetic diversity and adaptation. I have worked on a variety of domestic species including Atlantic salmon, sheep, chicken, pig, turkey, and dairy cattle, and have over 12 years of research experience resulting in over 30 coauthored peer-reviewed publications, conference papers, and technical reports for the animal breeding industry.
Qualifications
- PAg - Professional Agrologist (Ontario), Ontario Institute of Agrologists, Canada, 2023
- PhD(Agr) - Doctorate of Agriculture, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden, 2017
- PhD - Doctorate of Animal Genetics, AgroParisTech and INRAE, France, 2017
- MSc - Masters of Science in Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Canada, 2013
- BSc(Hons) - Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Animal Biology, University of Guelph, Canada, 2011
Research summary
Recent publications and projects: https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/chrissy-rochus.