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.

Oneeba Ahmed

Institution: Brunel University London
Research areas: cochlear implants, improving hearing

Professor Stefan Bleeck

Institution: University of Southampton
Research areas: hidden hearing loss, diagnosis, speech perception, preventing hearing loss

Eleanor Brown

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

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 Benjamin Delprat

Institution: Université de Montpellier, France
Research areas: inner ear, ototoxic drugs, prevention

Dr Demi Gao

Institution: Bionics Institute, Australia
Research areas: ochlear implants, improving hearing, diagnosis

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

Dr Stuart Johnson

Institution: University of Sheffield
Research areas: loud noise, ageing, preventing, hair cells

Professor Hannie Kremer

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

Xena Liu

Institution: University College London
Research areas: restoring hearing, listening effort, cognition

Professor Walter Marcotti

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

Dr Michael Mather

Institution: Newcastle University
Research areas: middle ear, glue ear, children’s hearing loss, 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 Sonja Pyott

Institution: University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
Research areas: tinnitus, treatments, auditory neuroscience

Dr Will Sedley

Institution: Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Research areas: tinnitus

Professor Raj Shekhawat

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

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