Dr Amin Ardestani

I completed my Bachelor’s degree in Biology at Tarbiat Moalem University, Tehran, Iran, in 2004. I then undertook my Master’s training in Biochemistry at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, between 2005 and 2007. In 2013, I was awarded a PhD in Biology (Molecular Diabetology) from the University of Bremen, Germany. From 2013 to 2015, I carried out postdoctoral training in the Islet Biology Laboratory at the Centre for Biomolecular Interactions, University of Bremen. In 2015, I also undertook a visiting postdoctoral placement in Professor Per-Olof Berggren’s laboratory at the Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. I subsequently established my independent research programme as a Group Leader in islet biology at the University of Bremen, a position I held from 2015 to 2023. Alongside this role, I held several international visiting appointments, including a Visiting Professorship in the Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran, from 2019 to 2022. I am currently a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor equivalent) in Metabolic Signalling at Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, UK.