Ana Belén Elgoyhen, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine and a Senior Scientist and Vice-Director of the Institute for Research in Genetic Engineer and Molecular Biology, National Research Council (CONICET), Argentina. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Pharmacology from the University of Buenos Aires and performed her postdoctoral training in Molecular Neurobiology at the Salk Institute, California.

Her research interest is focused on the genetics, physiology and pathology of hearing at the systems and synaptic level, the mechanisms underlying noise-induced hearing loss and the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms leading to tinnitus.

Prof Elgoyhen has been the recipient of several important awards including: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow (2003, USA), the TWAS prize in Biology (2011), Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Scholar (1997-2011), Latin American Laureate of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science (2008), Scientist of the Argentine Nation nominated by the President (2012), Fondation Pour L´Audition Grand Prix (2018). She is a member of the World Academy of Science, the Latin American Academy of Science and the Argentine Academy of Science.