Andres Salumets (born 19 May 1971 in Jõhvi) is an Estonian biologist, biochemist, and international infertility expert. He currently is Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the Karolinska Institute.[1]
Andres Salumets (born 19 May 1971 in Jõhvi) is an Estonian biologist, biochemist, and international infertility expert. He currently is Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the Karolinska Institute.[1]
He completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Tartu in 1993 and 1995, respectively. In 1995, he also became an embryologist at the Nova Vita Clinic, a private IVF provider in Estonia.[2] In October 2003, he received his PhD at the University of Helsinki with the academic dissertation "Effects of embryological parameters on the success of fresh and frozen embryo transfers".[3]
Following the completion of his PhD, he conducted research at the Estonian Biocentre (2004 - 2007). He became a faculty member at the University of Tartu in 2008. [4] He became Professor of Reproductive Medicine at Karolinska Institute in September 2020.[2] Salumets is currently a Member of the executive committee (2013–2015) of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology[5] and has published extensively in major scientific journals.[6] He is also a Board Member at the Competence Center for Reproductive Medicine and Biology,[7] as well as the Project Manager for the scientific synergy "Novel approaches for human infertility diagnostics" for the sub-project: "Endometrial receptivity: systems biology approach".[8]
