Erfan Monfared

BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science graduate from the University of Brighton. Since returning to hometown, having a renewed focus and strong motivation to launch professional career. Now ready to step into the workforce and fully commit myself to learning, growing, and contributing with hard work. Alongside academic and professional goals, dedicated a significant amount of free time during university years to martial arts, an endeavour which was synergistically complemented with biomedical science education. Through the carefully planned application of scientific principles to diet, nutrition, and recovery approach it served to optimise performance as both a student and a combat sports athlete. Recently, coaches have encouraged to stepping into the amateur to professional ladder, recognising the skill level, no commitment has been made to a debut for reasons of self-preservation and strategic timing. The experience has taught the importance of measured decision-making under pressure. Martial arts continues to sharpen not just physical ability, but also mental tenacity, focus, and capacity for growth. All this has shaped an eager professional ready for hard work in the biomedical science field.

• Gold Medalist, UK Open Taekwondo Championships (x2), 2012
• Rugby 7s Champion, GEMS Wellington (2015)
• Assistant Instructor, Taekwondo – led beginner sessions and drills
• Emergency First Aid & CPR – Trained through personal experience and martial arts environment

• Exploring antimicrobial resistance trends and public health implications
• Understanding host–pathogen interactions and immune response mechanisms
• Investigating advances in diagnostic microbiology and point-of-care testing
• Following emerging research in virology, bacterial genetics, and vaccine development
• Staying informed on microbiome research and its potential in clinical therapeutics
• Public health research and diagnostics
• Nutritional science and applied physiology
• Martial arts, with long-term training in Taekwondo and Muay Thai