Ricardo Dolmetsch Biography and Net Worth

Dr. Ricardo Dolmetsch joined uniQure as President, Research & Development in September 2020. He is responsible for uniQure’s gene therapy research activities, as well as nonclinical development, process development, analytical development and vector development.

Dr. Dolmetsch joins uniQure from Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR), the research arm of Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS), where he served as the Global Head of Neuroscience since 2013. He has led the development of treatments for neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases, including rare genetically defined disorders. During his tenure, Dr. Dolmetsch played an instrumental role in Novartis’ acquisition of AveXis in 2018 and the successful approval of Zolgensma, a commercial gene therapy for patients with spinal muscular atrophy Type 1. Prior to NIBR, Dr. Dolmetsch was a Professor at Stanford Medical School and a Senior Director at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle, Washington.

He obtained his bachelor’s degree with honors from Brown University, earned his Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stanford University and conducted his postdoctoral training at Harvard University Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston.