Alan Osborne Trounson AO (born 16 February 1946[5]) is an Australian embryologist with expertise in stem cell research.
This announcement led to a dramatic increase in interest in the potential of stem cells to cure a range of currently incurable diseases.
[11][12][13][14] In 2003 he was appointed a Personal Chair as Professor of Stem Cell Sciences at Monash University, was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa by the Faculties of Medical Sciences and Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium,[15] and was named Australian Humanist of the Year.
[17][18] He serves on the Science Advisory Board of the Genetics Policy Institute and was a founder of the Australian Stem Cell Centre.
Trounson was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to medical science, and to in vitro fertilisation and stem cell technologies" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.