Ahmad-Reza Dehpour

In addition to his academic contribution, he was the General Secretary of the Iranian Society of Physiology and Pharmacology from 1981 to 1986. He became a member of the Iranian Board of Pharmacology form 1999 and a member of the Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences since 2007. Dehpour was the President of the Iranian Society of Physiology & Pharmacology from 2005 to 2007. He is also an adjunct professor at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran.

He began his academic career by joining Tehran University of Medical Sciences as an assistant professor of pharmacology in 1978. He was promoted to an associate professor of pharmacology in 1983 and consequently to a professor of pharmacology in 1993 and was awarded distinguished professorship in 2011. He has devoted himself to teach fundamental concepts in pharmacology to undergraduate and graduate students, also serving as an undergraduate and graduate research mentor/advisor. Additionally, he was a visiting professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich from 1998 to 1999.

Ahmad-Reza Dehpour was born in Siahkal, Gilan province, north of Iran, in 1948. He attended Moshir and Farhang elementary school. He received his diploma in Natural Sciences from Ferdowsi high school in Bandar-e Anzali, Gilan province. He was granted admission from the most prestigious university of Iran, and earned his doctorate in pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from Tehran University in 1972. After graduation, he served his military services in the Khark Island Naval base for two years. After his time in the Navy, he continued to pursue further research and education in his field of passion. He earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology from the Medical School of Tehran University under the supervision of Professor Frank Michal—a guest professor from Cambridge University living in Iran at that time. His thesis title was "Some Biophysical and Biochemical; Aspects of Blood Cell Membranes."