David is a pioneer of the IVF community contributing ground breaking research on embryo physiology, cryopreservation and culture conditions for over 30 years.

In 2017, in recognition of his many significant contributions to science, he was elected a Fellow into the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) and further was the recipient of the Distinguished Researcher Award from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.

When not lecturing around the world, he can be found at the University of Melbourne as a Distinguished Professor in the School of BioSciences and at Melbourne IVF as Scientific Director, which is part of Virtus Health.