Jing WANG Research Director INSERM (MD, PhD) Qualifications 1989 MD ENT specialist University of Kunming, Chine 1998 DES Medical Biology University of Louvain, Belgium 2003 PhD Neuroscience University of Montpellier, France 2010 HDR Neuroscience University of Montpellier, France Work experience 2019 to date Research Director (INSERM) and group leader of auditory disorders and therapies, Institute for Neurosciences Montpellier 2016 to date Invited Professor, University of Kunming, China 2006–2010 Senior Researcher, Institute of Neuroscience of Montpellier, France Current and previous research interests My research interests are focused on the elucidation of signaling pathways underlying the degeneration of cochlear neuro-epithelium in acquired (e.g., noise-, ototoxic drug-induced), age-related, and genetic hearing loss using disease-specific model systems. My final goal is to restore hearing using pharmacological or genetic approaches. During my career, I have completed more than 58 research publications and 13 book chapters and more than 150 communications or posters. I took out four patents for tinnitus and deafness treatments and promoted translational research. Honors and awards 2018 Prize of Supervision of PhD students and Research (PEDR) INSERM 2002 Alexandre Joël Scientific Prize of the Association for Cancer Research (ARC) 2001 Prize of the French Association of Women Graduates of Universities