The Changing Tide of Human Populations lecture and book launch

Distinguished Laureate Professor John Aitken

In this special event and book launch, internationally-renowned biologist Distinguished Laureate Professor John Aitken will present his Clarke Memorial Lecture and launch his new book 'The Infertility Trap’.

Professor John Aitken's lecture and book discuss the universal decline in human fertility, the factors causing this, and the social, political, environmental and lifestyle changes needed to reduce the severity of what is about to come.

In 2021, Professor John Aitken was awarded the Clarke Medal. Professor Aitken will share his Clarke Memorial Lecture, which is delivered annually by the most recent winner of the Clarke Medal.

  • Date: Tuesday 26 July 2022
  • Time: 5.30pm
  • Location: The University Gallery, University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus

The Infertility Trap

The Changing Tide of Human Populations lecture + book launch 1:18:05

Keynote Speaker

Distinguished Laureate Professor John Aitken

Distinguished Laureate Professor John Aitken is an internationally renowned biologist whose research focuses on reproductive science. He was formerly Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Health and Medicine at the University of Newcastle. According to expertscape.com he is the world’s leading authority on spermatozoa, fertilization, and the cell biology of germ cells.

He has been named as Australia’s leading reproductive biologist and has published more than 600 research articles that have been cited more than 56,000 times (h-index of 121). A former NSW Scientist-of-the-Year (2012), his academic standing is evidenced by the 460 lectures he has been invited to give at major meetings and the receipt of several international awards. These include the 2016 Carl G Hartman Award, the American Society for the Study of Reproduction’s highest accolade, and the 2020 Distinguished Andrologist award from the American Society of Andrology.

He is author of ‘The Infertility Trap’ a book published by Cambridge University Press describing the forces that are serving to suppress the fertility of our species.

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