After obtaining his PhD in the study ofOstertagia ostertagi, a parasite of cattle, McKellar remained at Glagow University in the department of pharmacology, researchinganthelmintics, and became head of the department in 1988.[5] In 1996, Glasgow awarded McKellar a personal professorship.[9] McKellar remained Professor of Veterinary Parasitology at Glasgow until 1997, when he became Scientific Director and Chief Executive of theMoredun Research Institute, a post which he held until the end of 2003.[10] From 2004 until the end of 2010, he was principal of theRoyal Veterinary College of theUniversity of London.[11] In January 2011, McKellar became vice-chancellor of theUniversity of Hertfordshire, succeeding Tim Wilson.[7]
In 2015 he was elected as a board member ofUniversities UK[12] and is chair of the University Vocational Awards Council.[13]
He is chair of the board of trustees of thePirbright Institute,[14] and co-chair of the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) Food Economy Task Force.[15] a member of the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership,[16] and chair of the Hatfield Renewal Project Board.[17] and was a member of the Government Chief Scientist Steering Group on Animal and Plant Health in the UK.[18]
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