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Biography:

Professor Evans is currently the Director of the Reproductive Biology Research Cluster. The Cluster is funded by a multi-million Euro grant from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and a number of industrial partners. The Cluster comprises over 50 scientists working on basic and applied projects to address specific aspects of female infertility focusing on events in the days immediately before and after fertilization. The overall objective is to identify genes, proteins and other complex molecules, and their expression patterns, in bovine ovarian follicles, oocytes, embryos, cervix and uterus that are responsible for, or are markers of, infertility. Particular focus is on those molecules that are responsible for failure of the initiation and establishment of pregnancy in the days following fertilization.  

Professor Evans has conducted research on the regulation of puberty in cattle and is involved in research that examines fertility in sheep and cattle with additional interests in sperm physiology and early pregnancy. The main focus of his research at the moment is on ovarian follicle development focusing on animal models involving sheep and cattle. He is particularly interest in the causes and consequences of different follicle functions including the gene and protein expression.

1989 BSc (Hons) in Animal Science, Nottingham University, Sutton Bonington, England

1993 PhD in Reproductive Physiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

1994 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Reproductive Physiology, Cornell University, USA

1996 to 2006 Assistant Lecturer, College Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, University College Dublin, Ireland   

2003 Visiting Scholar at Michigan State University, USA 

2006 to present Associate Professor of Animal Physiology, University College Dublin, Ireland

2007 to present Director Reproductive Biology Research Cluster

2009 DSc, National University of Ireland