Alessandra Moretti (b. 1967) conducts research in the fields of stem cell biology and cardiac development. Her research focuses are 1) cardiovascular progenitors and their specification into the various heart cell lineages 2) cellular plasticity and 3) human induced pluripotent stem cells as model systems for studying cardiovascular disease and regeneration.

AWARDS
ERC Advanced Grant (2018)
Innovation prize of the German Medical Faculties (2013)
Göttingen Academy of Sciences Award for Biology (2012)
Principal investigator of the German Center of Cardiovascular Research (DZHK) (since 2011)
Astra Zeneca Award in Cardiovascular Sciences (2006)