2012 - present: Professor of Sensory Neuroscience 2006 - present: Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK. 2004 - 2005: Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Sussex, UK. 2001 - 2004: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sussex, UK. 1997 - 2000: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bristol, UK. 1994 - 1997: PhD, University of Pavia, Italy. 1989 - 1992: University Degree in Biological Science, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

Molecular and physiological mechanisms controlling the functional maturation of the auditory system. Mechanoelectrical transduction at the hair cell stereocilia Signal processing at ribbon synapses Age-related hearing loss Mechanisms underlying different forms of hearing loss and deafness

Corns, L. F., Johnson, S. L., Kros, C. J., & Marcotti, W. (2014). Calcium entry into stereocilia drives adaptation of the mechanoelectrical transducer current of mammalian cochlear hair cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(41), 14918-14923. Corns, L. F., Johnson, S. L., Kros, C. J., & Marcotti, W. (2016). Tmc1 Point Mutation Affects Ca2+ Sensitivity and Block by Dihydrostreptomycin of the Mechanoelectrical Transducer Current of Mouse Outer Hair Cells. Journal of Neuroscience, 36(2), 336-349.