Sonja Pyott (PhD) is Associate Professor at the University Medical Center Groningen in Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on the molecular and cellular neuroscience of auditory and vestibular systems. Her academic training includes a Fulbright Scholarship at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany, a PhD from Stanford University, and postdoctoral research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She has extensive experience coordinating interdisciplinary and international research collaborations and organizing top-tier scientific training. She serves as the Coordinator of the PROVIDE network and oversees all network activities.