Professor Sir Martin Evans is the co-founder of Celixir.

In 1981, he isolated the first embryonic stem cells.

He has published more than 120 scientific papers over his career and received numerous awards for his ground-breaking research.

Alongside his 2007 Nobel Prize, Sir Martin was awarded the prestigious Albert Lasker Award in 2001 and in 2009, was awarded the Gold Medal of The Royal Society of Medicine, the Copley Medal of the Royal Society and the Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians.