CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
- Scientific Director, Melbourne IVF
- Director of ART, Scientific Innovation and Research, Virtus Health
- Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- Fellow of the Society of Reproductive Biology
- President of the Alpha, International Society of Clinical Embryology
- Program Chair of the Fertility Society of Australia
CAREER SUMMARY
1981 – 1984 Bsc (Hons), Department of Biology, University of York, UK
1984 – 1987 PhD, Department of Biology, University of York, UK
1988 Research Fellow in Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Harvard University, Boston, USA
1989 – 1997 Head, Embryo Physiology Laboratory, Centre for Early Human Development (CEHD), Monash
1997 –2007 Scientific Director, Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, USA (this was the #1 clinic in the USA)
2008 – 2014 Professor & Head of Department of Zoology (BioSciences), University of Melbourne
2015 – Research Professor, Department of BioSciences, University of Melbourne
2017 – Scientific Director, Melbourne IVF
2018 – Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, University of Melbourne
2018 – Virtus Health Director of ART, Scientific Innovation and Research
RECENT AWARDS/HONOURS
2017 Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)This is the highest honour in Australia for scientists across all disciplines. There are currently ~500 Fellows in the country, with only 20 elected into the Academy each year.
2017 Distinguished Researcher, American Society of Reproductive MedicineThis is the highest honour bestowed by the oldest Society in the world for Reproductive Medicine. (see Nomination Letters & ASRM Award)
2018 Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, University of MelbourneThis is the highest honour bestowed by the University of Melbourne to those Professors who have shown exemplary Academic Excellence and Leadership. It is named after the University Founder.