Mohammad Rahnamaeian

I am Mohammad Rahnamaeian

I am an experienced leader in the field of Biotechnology Research and Development with a passion for innovation aimed at recruiting novel anti-infectives for health sector. In addition to my teaching commitments at the university, I am currently pursuing a degree in Pharmacy at Marburg University in Germany. This program has allowed me to gain knowledge and skills in discovering, producing, reviewing and monitoring medications. As a result, I now find myself at the intersection of health sciences, pharmaceutical sciences and natural sciences. The long range goal is to make the most of the knowledge I have acquired over the past 25 years to contribute to the improvement of people's health. Before pursuing Pharmacy, I held leadership roles in Discovery functions at Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology where I delivered globally recognized knowledge on insect antimicrobial peptides and their modes of action. I coordinated at Fraunhofer an international common project with Dow AgroSciences (now Corteva AgroSciences), USA. Prior to Fraunhofer, I served as a professor at Kerman University, Iran, where I lectured postgraduate students of the major Plant Biotechnology and supervised their theses. There I delivered several sequences of responsive genes to biotic and abiotic stresses in different plants. Before my tenure at Kerman University, I held a post-doctoral research position in insect-microbe interaction at Giessen University, Germany. Throughout my career, I have authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. I hold a Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology / Genetic Engineering from Giessen University, as well as an M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Plant Sciences from Sari University in Iran.