Dr Sebastian McBride
PhD, BSc

Lecturer in Biological Science
Contact Details
- Email: sdm@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0001-5120-0115
- Office: 1.22
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 621633
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
All undergraduate and postgraduate appointments can be made via my appointment calendar accessible here.
Dr Sebastian McBride is a Liverpool (BSc.) and Edinburgh (PhD.) graduate who first took up a lectureship position at Aberystwyth in 1996 in what was the Institute of Rural Sciences. He left the Institute in 2005 to extend his research interests in cognitive robotics in the Department of Computer Science (Aberystwyth) and then cognitive neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. He has returned to Aberystwyth University in 2016 to take up an appointment as lecturer in Biosciences.
Additional Information
All undergraduate and postgraduate appointments can be made via my appointment calendar accessible here.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- BR34920 - Animal Behaviour Field Course
- BRM6220 - Understanding Equine Action: from Anatomy to Behaviour
- RD11210 - Animal Science
- BR35120 - Behaviour and Welfare of Domesticated Animals
- BDM6620 - Understanding Equine Action: from Anatomy to Behaviour
Lecturer
- BR10910 - Equine Anatomy and Physiology
- BR15720 - Skills for Wildlife Scientists
- BR26820 - Vertebrate Zoology
- RD27120 - Veterinary Health
- BR30220 - Advanced Animal Behaviour
- BR27120 - Veterinary Health
- BR34920 - Animal Behaviour Field Course
- BR12410 - Study and Communication Skills
- RD20320 - Equitation
- RD11210 - Animal Science
- BRM6220 - Understanding Equine Action: from Anatomy to Behaviour
- RD16710 - Equine Anatomy
- BR35120 - Behaviour and Welfare of Domesticated Animals
- VE10430 - Animal Husbandry
Tutor
- BR26820 - Vertebrate Zoology
- BR27120 - Veterinary Health
- VE10430 - Animal Husbandry
- RD11210 - Animal Science
- RD20320 - Equitation
- RD27120 - Veterinary Health
- BR15720 - Skills for Wildlife Scientists
- BR35520 - Biotechnology
- BR30220 - Advanced Animal Behaviour
- BRM6420 - Research Methods in the Biosciences
- BR35120 - Behaviour and Welfare of Domesticated Animals
- BRM6220 - Understanding Equine Action: from Anatomy to Behaviour
- BRM2860 - MBiol Research Project
Course Viewer
Coordinator
- BR35120 - Behaviour and Welfare of Domesticated Animals
- BR34920 - Animal Behaviour Field Course
- BRM6220 - Understanding Equine Action: from Anatomy to Behaviour
- RD11210 - Animal Science
- BDM6620 - Understanding Equine Action: from Anatomy to Behaviour
Grader
- BRM1620 - Infection and Immunity
- BR36440 - Research Project
- BRM6420 - Research Methods in the Biosciences
Moderator
Research
Dr Sebastian McBride is involved in a number of research projects based around cognition and the neurophysiological control of behaviour. In particular, he is currently working on: animal cognition markers of human neurodegenerative disease, neurophysiological mechanisms underpinning repetitive behavioural disorders and cognitive enrichment in farm and captive animal species.