Mahtab Jafari, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences & UC system-wide teacher of ’Life 101’ 12/08/2020

Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor Mahtab Jafari has come a long way from being a teenager in Tehran, Iran and having a goal to lead a purposeful life. She now directs the UCI Center for Healthspan Sciences, leads her own lab and teaches a UC-wide virtual class called Life 101 which focuses on stress management and adopting healthy lifestyle choices. She loves teaching, is inspired by her students and uses fruit flies for research. Her lab looks to slow the aging process and add healthy years to the human life.