Institute for Advanced Study

IAS Distinguished Fellow Profile

Professor Martin Johnson

IAS Distinguished Fellow 2006

Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, UK

Professor of Reproductive Sciences at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Christ’s College. Research interests include mammalian fertilization, early development and implantation, and the socio-ethico-legal issues raised by their study in humans. Prof Johnson is co-author of the standard text on mammalian reproduction “Essential Reproduction. He has been a member of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, Chairman of the British Society for Developmental Biology, Head of the Department of Anatomy, Cambridge, and is a non-medical Fellow of the Royal College of Obstretricians and Gynaecologists, London.