Julius Van Der Werf

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Biographical Details

Julius van der Werf holds an MSc and PhD from Wageningen University, The Netherlands and studied at Cornell University in New York. He started as Assistant Professor in Wageningen from 1985 to 1993, Senior Researcher in dairy cattle breeding at the National Institute for Animal Science and Health between 1993 and 1997. In 1997, he moved to Armidale, first as Senior Lecturer and now as Professor in Animal Breeding and Genetics at the University of New England. Julius specialises in research into genetic evaluation, breeding program design, breeding objectives and genomic selection. He has supervised more than 60 PhD students. He was manager of the Sheep CRC genetics program from 2003-2019, during which genomic selection was implemented in the Australian Sheep Industry. Julius has been a member of several industry advisor committees and was on the panel of experts of the Australian Research Council (2019-2021). He was also Editor of leading journals such as Genetics, Selection and Evolution journal and the Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. He is now Head of School of Environmental and Rural Science.

Education/Academic qualification

Bachelor

Masters

Doctorate, Wageningen University & Research

Research Interests

Animal Genetics
Genomics
Quantitative Genetics
Animal Breeding
Animal Production

Approved to Supervise

Approved PhD/HDR supervisor

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 15 Life on Land

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A pilot study evaluating the behaviour of grazing sheep feeding on an anti-methanogenic feed additive from an automated feeder
Kebeta, M. M., Sitienei, D., Lee, C., Campbell, D. L. M., Davison, T. M. & Van Der Werf, J., 31 May 2026, In: Animal Production Science. 66, 7, p. 1-17
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
Genetic correlations between measured methane and production traits improved prediction accuracy for methane in Australian Merino sheep
Aldridge, M. N., Brown, D. J., Fitzgerald, P. T., Clayton, E. H., Donaldson, A., Paganoni, B., Thompson, A., Clarke, B. E., Mortimer, S. I., Oddy, V. H. & van der Werf, J. H., 31 Jul 2026, Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. Iowa, United States of America, Vol. 2026. p. 1-4 2286191
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Open Access
Ascertaining the breed composition of an admixed sheep population using genomic information: A simulation study
Sahoo, S., Ferdosi, M. H., van der Werf, J. H. J. & De las Heras-Saldana, S., 24 Jun 2025, Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.26. Hatcher & Sue (eds.). Armidale, Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG), Vol. 26. p. 323-326
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Cost - benefit of genotyping commercial Merino sheep
Rose, G., Martin, S., Brown, D. J., Kahn, L. P. & van der Werf, J. H. J., 30 Jun 2025, In: Proceedings of the AAABG 26th Conference. p. 291-294
Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article

Open Access
Feed-intake and methane efficiency for weight and growth pre-slaughter of MLA resource flock lambs
Paganoni, B., Bolt, B., Bowden, A., Fitzgerald, P., Walkom, S. F. & van der Werf, J. H. J., 30 Jun 2025, Proceedings of the AAABG 26th Conference. Hatcher, S. (ed.). Armidale, Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, p. 22-26
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Open Access

26 Finished

A national approach to sheep methane mitigation, (MERiL Stage 3)
Van Der Werf, J. (UNE Lead Investigator), Ghaedi, B. (Co-Investigator), Hutton, P. (Co-Investigator), Simanungkalit, G. (Co-Investigator), Ireland, A. (Partner Investigator), Sawyer, I. (Partner Investigator) & Winslow, E. (Partner Investigator)
1/12/22 → 30/04/25
Project: Grant
Methane mitigation from grazing sheep using red algae (Asparagopsis spp)
Van Der Werf, J. (UNE Lead Investigator), Davison, T. (Co-Investigator), Doyle, E. (Co-Investigator) & Elsom, S. (Co-Investigator)
31/01/22 → 29/02/24
Project: Grant
Decide and thrive. Innovative and regionally-relevant livestock ranking strategies that secure the business into, during and out of drought, and preserve and improve natural capi
Kahn, L. (UNE Lead Investigator), Clark, S. (Co-Investigator), Fitzgerald, P. (Co-Investigator), Hayes, B. (Co-Investigator), Hine, B. (Co-Investigator), Moss, J. (Co-Investigator), Thomson, M. (Co-Investigator) & Van Der Werf, J. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/22 → 30/04/25
Project: Grant
Goat production systems and marketing in Lao PDR and Vietnam
Walkden-Brown, S. (UNE Lead Investigator), Carnegie, M. (Co-Investigator), Cowley, F. (Co-Investigator), Freitas Gerber, P. (Co-Investigator), Hoang, N. (Co-Investigator), Roschinsky, R. (Co-Investigator), Van Der Werf, J. (Co-Investigator), Douangngeun, B. (Partner Investigator), Groves, P. (Partner Investigator), Huu Van, N. (Partner Investigator), Kim, N. T. (Partner Investigator), Millar, J. (Partner Investigator), Nampanya, S. (Partner Investigator) & Phengsavanh, P. (Partner Investigator)
1/07/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Grant
Complete Geonotyping Activities
Van Der Werf, J. (UNE Lead Investigator)
1/07/19 → 31/10/21
Project: Grant