Aziz El Amraoui - Curriculum Vitae#

EDUCATION

• 2004 HDR in Neuroscience. Sorbonne University, Paris
  
• 1995 PhD Neuroscience. University Claude Bernard-Lyon I
  
• 1987 - 1990 Ms. Biology, University of Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech
  

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• Regular Lectures (10-12 hours per year) in Master and PhD University programs on sensory perception and related disorders, in France, Tunisia, Morocco, USA (Woods Hole).
  
• Director/Organizer of International course on neurosensory disorders; with Open Medical Institute: a global educational initiative for medical professionals which aims to improve healthcare on a global scale.
  
• Mexico City, 3-days course, 2024
  
• Salzburg, 5-days course, 2022

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

• Since 2017 Co-organizer of > 12 national and international pivotal events in sensory biology and therapy, such as International Usher info Symposium (2021), World Congress of Audiology (2024), and the International Symposium of Inner Ear Therapies (ISIET), with editions in 2017, 2023 and 2025 in Marrakech
  
• Co-organizer interdisciplinary workshops & Jury Session « Innovations in Audiology», 127ème SFORL, Paris (2023), France; 125ème SFORL, Marseille (2021); UNESCO's Week of Sound’s session, Nice (2021, 2022, 2023)
  
• Co-organizer institutional partnerships’ meetings (e.g., Institut de l’Audition with: University College London (2022, 2025), Pittsburgh University (2022), and Sheffield University (2025)

INVITED PRESENTATIONS TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

• Since 2015 More than 100 invited talks to national and international (~60) conferences
  

REVIEWING ACTIVITIES (SINCE 2015)

• Expert European Commission (> 60 Applications): MSCA fellowships, & Horizon Europe, cluster HEALTH, ERC-SyG
  
• Ad hoc Grant reviewer for over 30 funding agencies: ERC-SyG, ERA-net, NSF, US-Israel Sci Found, Moorfield Eye Charity UK, RNID, Wellcome trust, FNRS Belgium, Novo Nordisk Denmark, Cineca Italy, UEFISCDI Romania, VIAA Slovak Republic and several other national and international calls
  
• Ad hoc Article’ reviewer, >100 manuscripts for >30 journals including JCI, PNAS, JCB, Nat Comm, Sci Trans Med, EMBO Mol Med; eLife, EMBO, Mol Therap, JCS, Hum Genet, JARO, Hear Res

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY SERVICE

Regular member Int. Assoc. for Research in Otorhinolaryngology (2000 -), Société Française biologie cellulaire (2019 -), Neuroscience society, FENS (2015-), Editorial Board J. Clin Med (2020 -), executive committee “Voir et Entendre” foundation (2012 - 2017)

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

Active contributions to public outreach & engagement, helping to raise awareness of key health issues related to hearing and vision. Recent activities include a YouTube video on Vision and Deafness, podcast on hearing health, and several interviews (2-3 per year) for outlets like FNRS (Belgium), BriefScience, Guide de la vue, Ouest-France, Audiology Info, further promoting public understanding of sensory health issues.