Stefano Pluchino's Biography

Stefano Pluchino, Principal Investigator, University of Cambridge

After receiving his MD (1995) and PhD in Neuroscience (2004) from the University of Siena (Italy), Stefano completed a residency program in Neurology at the same University (1999) and received additional training at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Brain Repair Centre, Cambridge University, UK (1996-1998). He then completed two Postdoctoral fellowships (2004-2005) with Gianvito Martino at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan (Italy), where he progressed to the position of Project and the Group leader (2005-2010). Stefano is an University Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Neurology at the University of Cambridge, UK, as well as a Principal Investigator at the Wellcome Trust-MRC Stem Cell Institute (2010-). He is also an European Research Council (ERC) Starting Independent Researcher and member of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences.