Professor Catherine Racowsky is Professor Emerita of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, and was director of the IVF laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for over 20 years. She is currently CEO of Ostara Scientific Consulting and CSO of OvoScore.  Professor Racowsky is a Past President of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and has received several awards including the 2021 Society for Reproductive Biologists and Technologists Scientific and Leadership Award, and the 2025 American Society for Reproductive Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award. She is currently an Editorial Editor of Fertility and Sterility, and an Associate Editor of Human Reproduction and Basic and Clinical Andrology, and she is an editorial board member of the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics and Reproductive Biomedicine Online.  Her research interests include investigating oocyte molecular and cellular mechanisms and expanding methodologies for assessing human embryo developmental competency.  She has authored over 210 peer-reviewed papers, has published many news releases and book chapters, has co-edited nine books, and has mentored numerous clinical trainees and embryologists in reproductive medicine, both in the United States and around the world.