D.V.M., Ph.D.
Dr. Cibelli earned his DVM from the University of La Plata, School of Veterinary Medicine, Argentina, and
his Ph.D. in Reproductive Physiology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Before accepting a
faculty position at MSU, he served as Vice President of Research at Advanced Cell Technology.
He is internationally recognized as one of the pioneers in the area of cloning for producing transgenic animals and embryonic stem cells. His work has been published in numerous scientific journals, including Science, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Medicine, Nature Methods, PNAS, and JAMA. He has
also testified about cloning in public forums sponsored by the US Food and Drug Administration, the
USA National Academy of Sciences, the Canadian House of Commons, the US Department of Agriculture, the United Nations Commission for Human Rights, and the British Royal Society.