Affiliation: Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Vienna General Hospital, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Lukas Landegger is a resident and junior research group leader in Vienna, Austria. After gaining clinical as well as research experience in various countries (US, UK, France, Spain, Germany, Singapore, Australia), he received his medical degree from the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria. He then served as a military doctor in the Austrian Armed Forces and soon thereafter started his residency in addition to conducting translational hearing research in Vienna, Austria and for five years in Boston, USA (Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School), after which he obtained his PhD in Neuroscience. Apart from clinical projects, some of his current basic research foci include inner ear gene therapy, vestibular schwannomas, and noise-induced hearing loss.