Professor Roger Sturmey

Roger Sturmey is a Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the Hull York Medical School and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and serves as HFEA Person Responsible for human embryo research licenses at both institutions. He is interested in studying metabolic function at the nanoscale of individual oocytes and embryos and how this links to embryo physiology, and has subsequently applied these interests to somatic cells and stem cells. His laboratory studies oocytes and embryos of domestic species; notably bovine, porcine and equine, in addition to work on human embryos. His research has identified key metabolic adaptations of early embryos in response to nutritional and physiological challenges, informing the debate on maternal health around conception. His group has also developed a novel model of the female reproductive tract which has provided new insight into the formation of reproductive tract fluid. From 2017-22 he served as the Basic Science Officer for the ESHRE Embryology Special Interest Group, as well as a Board Member of the Association of Embryo Technology in Europe, Associate Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University where he teaches on the NHS STP Embryology Training programme and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee the animal IVF Technology company IVF Bioscience. In 2023 he was appointed as Chair of Scientific Advisory Panel for the UK Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists (ARCS), and is serving as a member of the Programme Committee for the Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR)'s 2024 annual conference.