Mouna Esmaeilzadeh

Mouna Esmaeilzadeh (Persian: مونا اسماعیل زاده‎; born April 15, 1980) is a medical doctor, neuroscientist, entrepreneur and TV personality. She has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Stockholm Brain Institute at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. She often appears on Swedish TV covering science and technology.

Mouna Esmaeilzadeh
Mouna Esmaeilzadeh in August 2014
Born (1980-04-15) April 15, 1980
Tehran, Iran
NationalitySwedish/Iranian
Alma materKarolinska Institutet (M.D, Ph.D.)
OccupationPhysician, neuroscientist and entrepreneur

Biography

Mouna Esmaeilzadeh was born in Tehran and moved to Stockholm, Sweden with her family at the age of three. Her older brother is Saeid Esmaeilzadeh. She is married to Danish entrepreneur Rasmus Ingerslev one of the founders of Barry's Bootcamp.[1]

Esmaeilzadeh began her academic career studying philosophy at Stockholm University and received her master's degree at University of Oslo. She went on to study medicine at Karolinska Institutet receiving her medical license in 2005 and her Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2011 specializing in PET-imaging and the dopamine system in the brain. Her thesis was written at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Karolinska Institutet and had the title of "Towards a novel treatment of Huntington's Disease".[2]

Entrepreneurship

Esmaeilzadeh founded SciLife Clinic in 2009, a longevity clinic. Esmaeilzadeh has been the doctor and personal advisor to the Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang and Swedish business icon Anders Wall.

Scholarship

Her work on longevity has been cited in medical publications on the subject.[3][4]

Public speaking

Esmaeilzadeh is a recurring guest at Swedish national TV4 Nyhetsmorgon speaking about popular science, where she covers topics such as longevity, artificial intelligence, and genetics.[5][6][7]

References
  1. "Danske karatemannen går all-in på gym". Dagens PS (in Swedish). 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  2. Mouna Esmaeilzadeh:"Towards a novel treatment of Huntington's Disease"
  3. https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/krankheit-erzeugt-angst-mouna-will-ewig-leben-13332003.html
  4. http://itivarden.idg.se/2.2898/1.518736/i-framtiden-kan-vi-kanske-leva-nastan-for-alltid
  5. "Här är roboten som kan ta över läkares jobb - Nyhetsmorgon (TV4)".
  6. "Klippa ut gener - och byta till andra? Ny metod kan bota sjukdomar - Nyhetsmorgon (TV4)".
  7. ""De som föds i dag kan bli 150 år" - Nyhetsmorgon (TV4)".
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