Laurent Roybon, PhD, earned his doctorate from the Wallenberg Neuroscience Center at Lund University, Sweden, under the supervision of Prof. Jia-Yi Li in 2006. He subsequently completed two postdoctoral fellowships: first at Lund University under the supervision of Prof. Patrik Brundin from 2006 to early 2009, and then at the Project ALS Laboratory for Stem Cell Research at the Motor Neuron Center, Columbia University, New York, under the supervision of Prof. Christopher E. Henderson and Prof. Hynek Wichterle from early 2009 to 2011. In 2011, he established his own research group at Lund University in Sweden. In 2021, he relocated his research to the Van Andel Institute in Michigan, USA. His work focuses on utilizing human pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs—cells capable of differentiating into any cell type in the human body) to study neurodegeneration, particularly Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease. Notably, his laboratory has developed experimental models using nerve cells derived from iPSCs donated by individuals with PD. These models serve as valuable tools for mechanistic studies and drug discovery.