Rate My Professor Hassan Bakos

Dr. Hassan W. Bakos serves as Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences, within the College of Engineering, Science and Environment at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He earned a Bachelor of Health Sciences with Honours in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from the University of Adelaide, followed by a PhD in 2010 from the same institution, investigating the effects of paternal obesity on sperm function, embryo development, and offspring metabolic health under the supervision of Dr. Michelle Lane and Emeritus Professor Brian P. Setchell. His career encompasses research roles at the University of Adelaide's Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, Research Centre for Reproductive Health, and Robinson Institute. Bakos has held operational leadership positions in reproductive medicine, including directing laboratories at Repromed, Bump IVF, and Monash IVF Group across New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Since April 2023, he has been Director of Operations at Memphasys Reproductive Biotechnology, managing daily operations, medical device sales, technology development, strategy, marketing, and commercialization. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Management, Certified Practising Manager accreditation, and a Master of Business Administration.

Bakos specializes in male reproductive health, with research interests in sperm function, cryopreservation, oxidative stress, DNA damage, paternal obesity impacts on fertility, and assisted reproductive technology outcomes. He has produced 54 publications cited over 2,752 times, including 'ICSI Clinical Outcomes: A Non-Inferiority Comparison of the Novel Felix™ Electrophoretic System and Routine Density Gradient Centrifugation Sperm Selection Methods' (2025), 'Development of an improved medium for the preservation of human spermatozoa' (2025), 'Addition of Vitamin C Mitigates the Loss of Antioxidant Capacity, Vitality and DNA Integrity in Cryopreserved Human Semen Samples' (2024), and 'Improved fertilization, degeneration and embryo quality rates with PIEZO-ICSI compared with conventional ICSI - A sibling oocyte split multi-center trial' (2024). His contributions include grants at the University of Newcastle's Centre for Reproductive Science, such as on novel determinants of male fertility via seminal fluid extracellular vesicles. Awards include the Society for Male Reproduction & Urology Travelling Scholar Award, Society for Reproductive Biology Oozoa Award, finalist for SRB New Investigator Award (2009), multiple Society for Reproductive Biology Student Travel Grants, and Faculty of Health Sciences Travel Fellowship. He previously served as Honorary Treasurer of Scientists in Reproductive Technology (SIRT) of the Fertility Society of Australia.