Biographies
Team Members

Stefan Marciniak
Researcher, Clinician, Centre Leadership Team

I  studied medicine at the University of Cambridge as part of its MB/PhD program. After training in respiratory medicine in Cambridge, London and Edinburgh, I undertook post-doctoral research in New York University for three years and then again in Cambridge. In 2012, I established his lab in the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) to study diseases caused by abnormal protein folding, including alpha1-antitryspin deficiency. In 2016, I was elected the Professor of Respiratory Science at the University of Cambridge. I’m an active respiratory physician at Cambridge University Hospitals and Royal Papworth Hospital. In Cambridge, I direct the MB/PhD program, while nationally I direct the NHS England Rare Disease Collaborative Network (RDCN) in Familial Pneumothorax .

Member of the senior leadership team. Co-leads work package 5 (education). Developing cell and organoid models of cystic lung disease, especially Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome.

Outside work, I have a keen interest in education. I’m a fellow and the director of studies in clinical medicine at St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge. I’m chair of the board of trustees of Alliance Française East Anglia, a charity promoting French language teaching and sharing French culture throughout East Anglia, as part of the a global network of 800 similar Alliances. Our outreach work provides free French classes to children in less advantages parts of East Anglian. I’m a trustee and sit on the board of Greenwood Academies Trust, a multi-academy trust providing education to 17,000 pupils in 34 primary and secondary academies, mainly in less advantages part of the midlands and East Anglia, with a mission to help every child reach their full potential.