Academics
Research interests:
- Semen preservation
- Controlled breeding of livestock
- Production of pre-sexed offspring by flow cytometric sex-sorting
- Application of technology to improve reproductive diagnostics and veterinary education
- Reproduction of marine invertebrates
Current research projects:
- Liquid and frozen preservation of ram semen
- Sperm transport in the female tract of sheep, goats, horses and donkeys
- Advanced imaging of fetal development in sheep
- Machine learning for reproductive diagnostics
- Effect of a warming ocean on the fertility of invasive marine invertebrates
Research interests:
- Semen and embryo preservation
- Artificial insemination and embryo transfer
- In vitro fertilisation and embryo culture
- Reproductive endocrinology
Current research projects:
- Precision monitoring of reproductive state via development of pen side mucus testing and continuous remote monitoring in pigs
- Reducing impact of plastic waste from reproductive technologies
- The use of oxytocin during PCAI in pigs
- Are umbilical hernias an inherited trait in neonatal pigs?
Research interests:
- Optimising reproductive technologies available to sheep and wildlife
- Interaction of sperm, seminal plasma and the female reproductive tract
- Physiological role of proteins on the sperm surface
- Extension and adoption of research outcomes for industry
Current research projects:
- In vitro prediction of fertility in sheep and cattle
- Sperm-female tract immune interactions and fertility outcomes
- Development of assisted reproductive technologies in rhinoceros
Emeritus Professors
Professional Staff
Cameron Sharpe (Farm manager Animal Reproduction Unit, Cobbitty)
Comprehensive experience of domestic animal husbandry and management for natural and artificial breeding programmes.
Current Higher Degree by Research students
Madison Golledge
PhD Student
Coming soon.
Mehran Dabiri
PhD Student
Coming soon.
Tara Bampton
PhD Student
Coming soon
Liam Mowbray
PhD Student
Coming soon
Sarah James
PhD Student
Coming soon.
Weiyu Chen
PhD Student
Coming soon.
Past students
Higher Degree by Research
- Madeleine Van de Hoek PhD (graduated 2026)
- Sophie Warr PhD (graduated 2026)
- Katherine Seymour PhD (graduated 2025)
- Eloise Spanner PhD (graduated 2025)
- Alexandra Walls PhD (graduated 2025)
- Emmah Goldsmith PhD (graduated 2024)
- Danielle Glencorse PhD (graduated 2021)
- Cameron Negus PhD (graduated 2021)
- Kelsey Pool PhD (graduated 2020)
- Alicia Steel PhD (graduated 2020)
- Naomi Bernecic PhD (graduated 2019)
- Samir Al-Bulushi PhD (graduated 2019)
- Taylor Pini PhD (graduated 2018)
- Jessie Maddison PhD (graduated 2017)
Higher Degree by Research
- Cassandra Stuart PhD (graduated 2016)
- Louise Bartolac PhD (graduated 2016)
- Danielle Johinke PhD (graduated 2015)
- Jessica Rickard PhD (graduated 2015)
- Zamira Gibb PhD (graduated 2013)
- Jenna Lowe PhD (graduated 2015)
- Timothy Portas MVSc (graduated 2012)
- Kiri Beilby PhD (graduated 2010)
- Michael Bertoldo PhD (graduated 2010)
- Tamara Leahy PhD (graduated 2010)
- Shelley Underwood PhD (graduated 2009)
Undergraduate honours
2026
- Sarah Anscombe BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Emma Astridge BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Sophie Battishall BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Zachariah Bohsali BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Connor Butchard BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Abigail Sopniewski BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Hamish Whelan BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Lachlan Willson BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2025
- Tara Bampton BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Maria Costantino BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Yana Kuptsova BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Eliza Martin BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Lydia Mikhael BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Yuki Okahara BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Lucy Palmer BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Iris Radosevic BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Jess Vaughan BAnVetBioSc(Hons and Medal)
2024
- Akash Gokhale BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Ellie Worthington BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2023
- Maya Robertson BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Megan Walker BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2022
- Theresa-Fina Barker BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Chelsea Moss BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Olivia Speechley BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Madeleine Van de Hoek BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Sophie Warr BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2021
- Angela Azar BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Jock Capel BScAgr(Hons)
- Victoria Efstathiou BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Madison Golledge BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Rachel Ku BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Katherine Seymour BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Eloise Spanner BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Trinity White BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2020
- Alexandra Walls BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Melissa Annetts BScAgr(Hons)
- Taylor Cole BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Charlotte Edwards BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Rachel Ku BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Amy Phillips BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Maddison Plant BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Sumana Singareddy BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Shao-rong Wang BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2019
- Teigan Farrar BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Bianca Hatze BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Alexandra Hunter BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2018
- Madeleine Close BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Kareena Evans BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Christine Green BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Molly Greentree BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Ryan Kristen BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Natalie Rizkallah BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
Undergraduate honours
2017
- Bethan Arthur BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Philippa Bruce BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Nicola Culey BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Kiri Farmer BAnVetBioSc(Hons and Medal)
- Max Lloyd BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Emily Underwood BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2016
- Diana Escalante BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Charley-Lea Pollard BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Gabrielle Ryan BAnVetBioSc(Hons and Medal)
- Brianna Smits BVSc (Hons)
2015
- Emmah Tumeth BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Annabel Tym BVSc(Hons)
2014
- Naomi Bernicic BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Melissa Caruso BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Samuel Yoon BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2013
- Joanna Aitken BVSc(Hons)
- Dannielle Glencourse BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Aaron Jin BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Emily Knight BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Ethan Mooney BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Cameron Negus BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Taylor Pini BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2012
- Elizabeth Barter BVSc(Hons)
- Jessica Craig BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Michelle De Martin BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Sally Hall BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Jessie Maddison BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Paola Rosales BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Rose Schmidt BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Alicia Steel BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2011
- Natasha Tarapor BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Felicia Li BScVet
- Alyssa Dickinson BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Natalie Hackl BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2010
- Jenna Lowe BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Jessica Rickard BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Rachel Rodney BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Teigan Sellens BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Naomi Williams BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2009
- Mohammad Bahrini BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Tess Harris BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Kellie Masters BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Luke Micallef BScAgr(Hons)
- Cassandra Stuart BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Kristen Yeung BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
- Sheridan Young BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2008
- Tamara Butler BVSc(Hons)
- Nicole Mace BAnVetBioSc(Hons)
2007
- Tamara Butler BScVet
- Kylie Dunn BAnVetBioSc(Hons)