Syed Ibrahim Rizvi is currently a Principal Investigator in a major research project sponsored by SERB-DST, New Delhi (2018-2021) called ‘Anti aging strategies based on caloric restriction mimetics: Role of glycolytic & mTOR inhibitors, and sirtuin activators in an accelerated senescence model of rat’ (Rs. 44,12,200).

He teaches as Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Allahabad. He has been a visiting Professor at several Universities including University of Athens, University of Nice, University of Pisa, University of Milan, University of Rome, Istanbul University, Szeged University, and Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia. Prof. Rizvi is a grantee of the International Foundation for Science, Sweden. His research interests include the aging mechanism(s), anti-aging interventions, metabolic diseases, and natural products. Till date, he has published 165 research papers, 10 book chapters and a large number of popular science articles. He is recipient of fellowships/grants from EMBO, FEBS, ICRO, Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and DST, India. He was conferred the Academic Excellence Award of the University of Allahabad in 2016.
His writing goes beyond scientific publishing as he is also engaged in writing popular science articles. He has written on the biology of music, laughter, sleep, etc. and has a keen interest in evolutionary psychology.