Rate My Professor Tayler Kent

In 2023, Kent joined Murdoch University as a full-time academic while finalizing her PhD, now coordinating units such as BRD202 Biomedical Research Techniques and BMS317 Human Pharmacology. Her research specialization lies in reproductive pharmacology and toxicology, examining how herbal products and dietary phytoestrogens affect spermatogenesis, seminal plasma proteome, and sperm fertilizing capacity. Key publications include "Oestrogenic metabolite equol negatively impacts the fertilising capacity of cryopreserved ram spermatozoa" (2021, co-authored with K.R. Pool et al., Reproduction, Fertility and Development), "Low-moderate dietary phytoestrogens transiently disrupt spermatogenesis and the seminal plasma proteome in the ram" (2023), and a contribution to "Prevalence and associated plasmid resistant genome of ESBL-producing E. coli in dairy cattle in Western Australia" (2025). In 2024, she received two grants from the School of Medical, Molecular and Forensic Sciences to fund post-PhD projects: expanding flow cytometric methods for sperm function and optimizing oocyte maturation for in vitro embryo development. Kent has chaired sessions at conferences including APSA-ASCEPT and featured in university publications, enhancing education on herbal medicine safety and pharmacology.