Alysson Muotri

Alysson Renato Muotri is a Brazilian geneticist and developmental biologist, and a professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego, where he directs the UCSD Stem-Cell Program. His research focuses on the evolutionary genetics and neuroscience of brain development, using human and "Neanderthalized" brain organoids developed from stem cells. He is one of the most scientifically impactful Brazilian researchers in the world.