Rate My Professor John Aitken

Distinguished Emeritus Professor John Aitken is a globally recognized leader in reproductive biology within the University of Newcastle's Faculty of Science, School of Environmental and Life Sciences. He earned a BSc in Zoology from the University of London, an MSc from the University of Wales, a PhD in reproductive biology from the University of Cambridge under the supervision of R.V. Short, and an ScD from the University of Cambridge in 1998. Aitken's career includes postdoctoral positions at the Institute of Animal Genetics in Edinburgh and the University of Bordeaux, managing two WHO task forces on fertility control in Geneva, and establishing a reproductive biology research group at the Medical Research Council's Reproductive Biology Unit in Edinburgh from 1977 to 1998, where he held a special appointment and honorary professorship in medicine. In 1998, he joined the University of Newcastle as Chair of Biological Sciences, later serving as Head of the School of Environmental and Life Sciences (1999-2002), Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development (2003-2010), and Laureate Professor since 2005. He previously held the position of Pro Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Health and Medicine.