Irfan Lodhi received his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan Medical School, where he studied insulin-stimulated glucose transport in adipocytes under the mentorship of Dr. Alan Saltiel. In 2007, he joined the laboratory of Dr. Clay Semenkovich at Washington University School of Medicine as a postdoctoral research fellow, focusing on lipid metabolism. Dr. Lodhi was appointed Instructor in the Department of Medicine in 2011 and promoted to Assistant Professor on the tenure track in 2014. In 2020, he was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, and in 2024, he was promoted to Full Professor.