Affiliation: University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical and Dental Sciences

Alexander Brill received his MD and PhD from Saratov State Medical University, Russia. He did his first postdoctoral training at the Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, and then, for five years, was the head of the Blood Coagulation Unit, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem. Alexander finished his second postdoc at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He was promoted there to Instructor and, in 2013, received a faculty position at the University of Birmingham, UK. Currently, Alexander holds the position of Associate Professor in Thrombosis and Hemostasis at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham.