I completed my Doctorate at The University of Nottingham, UK, investigating the role of progesterone in early embryo development and how nutrition can affect the dialogue between the early embryo and maternal uterine environment. Following this in 2002, I was awarded a Life Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship to work at the University of Missouri, Dept.
of Animal Sciences with Professor Mike Roberts investigating how glucose and a high-fat diet can skew sex ratio in mammals; both in vitro and in vivo, as well as elucidating embryonic signals responsible for the maternal recognition of pregnancy.
In 2004, I moved to New Zealand and as the inaugural Maurice Paykel Fellow began working at the Liggins Institute University of Auckland, in the area of developmental programming. Over seven years, as a member of the Placental and Endocrinology Groups, I continued to investigate how dietary intake (under and over nutrition) impacted embryonic and foetal development in trans-generational sheep and rat research models. In addition, I embarked upon research with Fertility Associates Ltd., the largest Human Fertility Company in New Zealand, to improve the efficiency of IVF technologies in humans, as well as to investigate whether the phenotype of IVF children differed from the phenotype of children that were naturally conceived. Alongside this from 2006, I held a joint appointment at AgResearch Ltd. as a senior scientist researching how reproductive technologies, specifically IVF and somatic cell nuclear transfer (cloning), influence offspring phenotype. During this period I also focused on enhancing fertility of the dairy cow by understanding the long-term consequences of uterine infection on the follicular environment and uterine stem cell turnover during involution.
In late 2011, I moved to the Department of Zoology (now School of BioSciences), University of Melbourne to begin my appointment as the Merck Serono Lecturer of Reproductive Biology. My current research focuses on improving the in vitro culture of the early embryo by translating knowledge from the dynamic in vivo environment. This is in several species including human, cattle, rodents and invertebrates. My particular interest is understanding how environmental factors (endocrine disruptors and nutrition) affect the development and metabolism of the early embryo.
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Senior Lecturer In Reproductive Biology
Biosciences
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Pre-Conception Health Special Interest Group, Fertility Society of Australia
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The Fertility Society of Australia (FSA), Australia
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International Embryo Transfer Society (IETS), USA
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The Society for Reproductive Biology (SRB), Australia
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Americian Society of Animal Sciences (ASAS), USA
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Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR), USA
Education
Doctorate in Reproductive Biology
University of Nottingham
Bachelors of Science with Honours in Animal Science with European Studies
University of Nottingham