Saif Ahmad is an assistant professor in the Department of Translational Neuroscience at the Barrow Neurological Institute. His expertise includes the molecular studies of neurodegenerative diseases. He is a member of the American Heart Association and the Indian Academy of Neurosciences. He earned his doctorate in biotechnology from Hamdard University in New Delhi, India, and his Master's of Science in organic chemistry from Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. He began his postdoctoral fellowship in the Program in Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. The laboratory moved to Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia, where he completed his training. His current research focuses on the inflammatory mechanisms of stroke.