Loveland professorship renewed

President of JLU, Professor Joybrato Mukherjee,
and Professor Kate Loveland.

Professor Kate Loveland's honorary title of Liebig Professor with the Justus-Liebig University (JLU) was formally renewed on Wednesday, 16 January, acknowledging her important work with the German University.

Prof Loveland first received the honour in 2014 for her work developing the International PhD Research Training Group in the Pathogenesis of Male Reproduction (IRTG), a collaboration between Monash University and JLU.

The title was renewed at a meeting with Monash research and education leaders, during presentation by the President of JLU, Professor Joybrato Mukherjee.

The IRTG was established in 2013, then renewed in 2017 through funding from the German Research Foundation ($10 million) and support from Monash University ($4 million). The objective is to train a new generation of researchers to tackle a critical global health issue, men’s reproductive health.

“The renewal of the title conveys the importance that Justus-Liebig University places on the IRTG as an important link with our local research teams at Hudson Institute and Monash University. The opportunity to work with JLU colleagues who have particular strengths in clinical research, has created significant national and international capacity for our research and for research training to address unmet needs in the field of male reproductive orders,” Prof Loveland said.

“This program underpins our strength in male reproductive research at Hudson Institute.”