Dr. Nick French

Dr Nick French is former Head of Technical Transfer at Aviagen, one of the world's foremost poultry breeding companies. Over a career of nearly 40 years, Nick has been an incubation specialist for both Aviagen Chicken and Aviagen Turkeys before becoming Technical Director at Aviagen Turkeys and Global Head of Technical Transfer in Aviagen Chicken. He is a former Chairman of the Incubation and Fertility Research Group (IFRG), one of the Working Groups of the World's Poultry Science Association ...See more

Dr Nick French is former Head of Technical Transfer at Aviagen, one of the world's foremost poultry breeding companies. Over a career of nearly 40 years, Nick has been an incubation specialist for both Aviagen Chicken and Aviagen Turkeys before becoming Technical Director at Aviagen Turkeys and Global Head of Technical Transfer in Aviagen Chicken. He is a former Chairman of the Incubation and Fertility Research Group (IFRG), one of the Working Groups of the World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA), and has published widely in the area of poultry embryo development and hatchery science. His distinguished contribution to both research and practice has been recognised in the Aviagen Nick French Award given to the best paper at the annual IFRG meeting. See less