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Iman Zarei is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, UEF. Prior to arriving to Finland, he completed his PhD in Human Nutrition, minor in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology at the University of the Philippines joined with Colorado State University, USA, in 2018. Zarei's PhD research focused on identification of dietary biomarkers in cereal bran using metabolomics from human intervention studies in adults and children and determination of cereal bran property in inhibiting bacterial pathogenicity in mouse cell line. He also worked over three years as a researcher/PhD scholar at the Grain Quality and Nutrition Center as well as the Genetic Transformation Laboratory at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines. Dr. Zarei's work at IRRI included rice metabolomics, identification rice varieties with high protein content, and genetic modifications of rice for vitamin A (Golder Rice project) and iron and zinc bio-fortification. He did his master’s degree in Biochemistry at the University of Pune, India. He received his B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology & Biochemistry in Iran. Ice-swimming, cross-country skiing, and cooking have been his constant, and hopefully life-long passions. Dr. Zarei is also inspired by helping better peoples’ lives.