Following his BSc Hons and PhD in Zoology, Professor Fowler worked on ovarian hormones in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Aberdeen. In 2000, he moved to the University of Aberdeen’s Institute of Medical Sciences and is currently its Director. His career focus is elucidating mechanisms regulating reproduction. Since the new century, his research has focused on effects of environmental exposures and endocrine disruption on fetal development and health in human and animal models. His main model is the normal first and second trimester human fetus. He set up the FeGo (Fetal Gonad) and then SAFeR (Scottish Advanced Fetal Research) studies focusing on the normal first and second trimester human fetus. His work on real-life effects of biosolids on development and function used a sheep model. He is currently involved in 2 major projects on endocrine disruption - PROTECTED https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/protectedeu/ and FREIA http://freiaproject.eu/wp/. URL: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/people/profiles/p.a.fowler