Curriculum Vitae

Personal data

Name: Dr. agr. Jochen Wegner
Date of birth: 19 July 1945
Place of birth: Dippoldiswalde, Saxonia, Germany
Personal status: married to Dr. agr. Gabriele Wegner, 3 children, 2 grandchildren

Education and Employment

1964 Abitur
1964-1965 Apprenticeship as Preserver of Animals
1966 Work in Animal Production
1967-1970 Study of Animal Science at the University Rostock

1974 Graduation A (Dr. agr. ) "Histometrische Untersuchungen der Muskelfaser und ihrer Beziehung zum Schlachtkörperwert beim Schwein" Universität Rostock April 1974

1971-1991 Research Centre of Animal Production, Dummerstorf, Department Meat Science
1992 - Research Institut for Biology of Farm Animals, Dummerstorf, Research Unit Muscle Biology and Growth

1999 Adjunct Professor at the University of Lethbridge, Canada

2005 Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

"The roots"