Amir Rahmani
Research Associate · University of Cambridge · Cambridge, UK
Positions
Oct 2025 – present
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Kaminski Group · Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK
In collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey
In collaboration with the British Antarctic Survey
Mar – Sep 2025
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Kaminski Group · University of Cambridge, UK
Oct 2021 – Sep 2025
Doctoral Researcher
Ponjavic Lab · School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, UK
Funded by EPSRC Doctoral Training Studentship
Funded by EPSRC Doctoral Training Studentship
2020
Research Trainee
ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences · Barcelona, Spain
Supervisor: Prof. Stefan Wieser
Supervisor: Prof. Stefan Wieser
2019
Research Trainee
EMBL Heidelberg · Heidelberg, Germany
Supervisor: Prof. Jonas Ries
Supervisor: Prof. Jonas Ries
Education
Oct 2021 – Sep 2025
PhD in Physics
University of Leeds, Leeds, UK · Supervisor: Dr. Aleks Ponjavic
Thesis: Single-molecule imaging flow cytometry
Thesis: Single-molecule imaging flow cytometry
Sep 2015 – Sep 2019
BSc in Physics
Honours & Awards
2025
Best Poster Award
EPFL LATSIS Symposium on Smart Microscopy · Lausanne, Switzerland
2025
Travel Grant
Focus on Microscopy Conference
2024
JCS-FocalPlane Training Grant
The Company of Biologists Ltd, UK
2021
EPSRC Doctoral Training Studentship
UKRI, UK
2020
Student Research Fellowship
ICFO, Spain
Presentations
Oct 2024
EPFL LATSIS Symposium on Smart Microscopy
Poster presentation · Lausanne, Switzerland
Jun 2024
European Light Microscopy Initiative (ELMI 2024)
Oral presentation · Liverpool, UK
Aug 2023
SMLMS 2023
Poster presentation · Vienna, Austria
Mar 2023
Physics of Life 2023
Oral presentation · Harrogate, UK
Dec 2023
Super-Resolution in the North
Oral presentation · York, UK
Jan 2023
Bragg Exchange 2023
Poster presentation · Leeds, UK
Teaching
2025 - 2026
Teaching Assistant — Computational Skills: Python
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2022 – 2024
Teaching Assistant — Computational Skills: Python
University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
2022 – 2024
Teaching Assistant — Introduction to Experimental Physics
University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Service & Reviewing
Peer review
Reviewer
Nature Communications · Optics Letters · Optics Express · Biomedical Optics Express
Technical Skills
| Optics | Optical alignment · Interferometry · Fluorescence microscopy · Super-resolution (SMLM, SIM) · Light-sheet (OPM) · TIRF |
| Instrumentation | Custom microscope design & build · Focus stabilisation systems · Microfluidics |
| Electronics | Microcontrollers (Arduino, Raspberry Pi) |
| Coding & Software | Python (data analysis, image processing) · CAD |
| Bio Lab | Cell culture (Jurkat T cells) · Immunolabelling |