Dr Liana Maree (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medical Bioscience at the University of the Western Cape (UWC, South Africa). After obtaining a BSc Agric (Animal Physiology, Zoology, Nature Conservation) and MSc Agric (Animal Science), she pursued her PhD in Reproductive Physiology, focussing on the variations in structural and functional aspects of sperm mitochondria. Currently her research focus is comparative sperm biology, with emphasis on: sperm morphometry and sperm motility; relationship between sperm structure and sperm selection; applications of computer-aided sperm analysis in fertility studies; and cryopreservation of sperm of human and various animal species.