Amel Alghrani

Amel read law (1999-2002) and was called to the Bar (2003) before working at the General Medical Council. Passionate about the interplay between philosophy, medicine, law and ethics, Amel completed a PhD at the University of Manchester on the regulation of assisted reproductive technologies (2008). Post PhD, she held two post doctorate positions: a Research Associate post at the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, led by Professors Margaret Brazier and Soren Holm (University of Manchester, 2008-11); and then a Research Fellowship at the Institute of Science Ethics and Innovation, led by Nobel Laureate Sir John Sulston and Professor John Harris (2011-2012). Amel was appointed as a Family Law Lecturer at the University of Manchester (2012-13). Shortly after, she took up a Senior Lecturership at the University of Liverpool (2013), was promoted to Reader (2018) and then Professor of Law (2020).