Meet our scientists

Find out about some of the dedicated researchers and PhD students we’re currently supporting, and why they’ve chosen to work in hearing and tinnitus research.

Our researchers have been awarded grants by RNID through our five different types of grants. Discover more about RNID research funding and grants.

Dr Bob Carlyon

Institution: University of Cambridge
Research areas: cochlear implants

Professor Alan Cheng

Institution: Stanford University, USA
Research areas: ototoxic drugs, prevention

Professor Sally Dawson

Institution: University College London
Research areas: dementia and hearing loss

Dr Tobias Goehring

Institution: University of Cambridge
Research areas: cochlear implants, improving hearing

Sarah Hool

Institution: University of Sheffield
Research areas: inner ear, ageing, hearing loss, preventing

Professor Laura Hurley

Institution: Indiana University, USA
Research areas: hearing brain, impact of hearing loss

Professor Dan Jagger

Institution: University College London
Research areas: inherited hearing loss, auditory nerve, prevention

Professor Hannie Kremer

Institution: Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands
Research areas: gene therapy, inherited hearing loss, prevention

Professor Walter Marcotti

Institution: University of Sheffield
Research areas: inner ear, ageing, preventing hearing loss

Dr Torsten Marquardt

Institution: University College London, United Kingdom
Research areas: drug delivery to the inner ear, preventing, restoring

Dr Elisa Martelletti

Institution: King’s College London, United Kingdom
Research areas: inner ear, preventing hearing loss, immune system

Professor Bill Newman

Institution: University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Research areas: inherited hearing loss, genetics, hair cells, prevention

Dr Fabiola Paciello

Institution: Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Research areas: dementia, age-related hearing loss, cognitive decline

Dr Will Sedley

Institution: Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Research areas: tinnitus

Professor Raj Shekhawat

Institution: Flinders University, Australia
Research areas: tinnitus, treatments

Professor Karen Steel

Institution: King’s College London, United Kingdom
Research areas: genetics of hearing loss, age-related hearing loss, preventing, restoring

Professor Jason Warren

Institution: University College London
Research areas: dementia and hearing loss

Dr Magdalena Zak

Institution: King’s College London, United Kingdom
Research areas: hair cell biology, development of the inner ear, restoring hearing

Alice Zanella

Institution: University of Sheffield
Research areas: inner ear, ageing, hearing loss, gene therapy

Xinyu Zhou

Institution: University College London, United Kingdom
Research areas: drug delivery to the inner ear, preventing, restoring