Prof. Andrew Shinn

Prof. Andy Shinn is a Global Technical Expert in Disease Management as part of Benchmark’s Advanced Nutrition (INVE) Technical Service. Andy is passionate about aquatic animal health and has >35 years’ experience working in health, welfare and biosecurity, the last ten years of which have been spent in Thailand working for Fish Vet Group Asia and INVE (Thailand) both of which are part of the Benchmark Group. In Thailand, Andy manages a disease challenge R&D aquarium facility as part of INVE’s Technical Service. Within his role, Andy works closely with aquaculture stakeholders providing diagnostics, health support and training in disease diagnostics, pathogen control, aquatic health management, biosecurity, and welfare.
Andy is British, was born and raised on a pig farm in what is now Cambridgeshire, UK, and has spent his whole life working on farms. He has a PhD in Veterinary Aquaculture from the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland and the Natural History Museum, London. Andy is an Honorary Professor in Aquaculture at the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling (2022 - ), and an Adjunct Professorial Research Fellow (Nov 2018 - ) in the Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, James Cook University, Australia. He is the co-founder and Overseas Director of the Fish Museum & Biodiversity Center, Mymensingh, Bangladesh; and is an invited member of the Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific (NACA) - Asia Regional Advisory Group on Aquatic Animal Health. He is a former disease editor for “Aquaculture”, and sits on the editorial board. He is also an active player in a range of FAO and OIE activities.
Andy has co-authored >190 international peer-reviewed scientific articles and loves talking about aquatic disease! More information about his research interests can be found at; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew_Shinn; and, https://scholar.google.co.th/citations?user=lAMEm7MAAAAJ&hl=en

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