Marcelo Rivolta

Marcelo is a globally recognized thought leader in the area of sensory stem cells authoring over 40 papers in the field, including publishing in Nature. The Rivolta laboratory is dedicated to studying the biology and behavior of auditory stem cells and to explore their potential to regenerate the damaged inner ear. His academic group has made key advances in developing stem cell technologies into a potentially viable therapy establishing that pluripotent stem cell-derived progenitors can repair the damaged cochlea. His program of research has been supported by the MRC, the UK Regenerative Medicine Platform, the EU, the Wellcome Trust, charities like Action on Hearing Loss and he has led several UK and international collaborations with industry and academia. Marcelo qualified in Medicine and Surgery in 1989 at the National University of Cordoba in Argentina and did his Ph.D. work at the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders in Maryland, USA. He joined the University of Sheffield in 2001 and since 2013 has been Professor of Sensory Stem Cell Biology.