Zahida Sultanova

Zahida Sultanova is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, conducting cutting-edge research on the biological mechanisms of ageing and longevity. Her position is research-intensive with no teaching obligations, funded through a prestigious fellowship grant.

Her research program focuses on evolutionary biogerontology, investigating how insulin/IGF-1 signaling pathways and dietary interventions modulate reproductive ageing, lifespan, and intergenerational fitness. She employs Caenorhabditis elegans as a primary model organism while extending findings to vertebrate systems through meta-analyses. Key interests include multigenerational epigenetic effects, nutritional ecology of ageing, and pharmacological mimetics of dietary restriction.

Analysis of her 2021-2025 publications reveals a cohesive trajectory examining the evolutionary trade-offs between reproduction and longevity. Her work consistently bridges molecular genetics with evolutionary theory, demonstrating how transient early-life interventions produce lasting fitness benefits across nutritional environments. Recent meta-analyses critically evaluate pharmacological approaches to lifespan extension.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2022-2025)

She leads the active Leverhulme Trust-funded project "Early-life transient interventions to extend healthy lifespan" (Dec 2022-Nov 2025) as Principal Investigator. Her publications have generated significant academic attention with 23 citation indexes, 42 Mendeley readers, and coverage across 36 news outlets and social media platforms. No student supervision details are available in current records.

Her research operates within collaborative networks spanning evolutionary biology and biomedicine, though specific laboratory infrastructure details are not disclosed in available profiles.