Suresh Rattan has been heading, since its inception in 1984, the Laboratory of Cellular Ageing at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the
Aarhus University in Denmark, where he has become Emeritus since 2020. He was introduced to the field of ageing by Professor Suraj P. Sharma at the
Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU),
Amritsar,
India, during his BSc and MSc studies (1973–1977), followed by MPhil studies on the regenerative capacity of Hydra, under the guidance of Professor Sivatosh Mookerjee, at the School of Life Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India (1977–1979). Suresh Rattan earned his PhD in 1982 from the
National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK, based on his research project testing the error theory of cellular ageing, under the supervision of Dr.
Robin Holliday FRS, and Dr. Ian Buchanan. He also earned the degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) in 1995, from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark, based on his post-PhD research work on the molecular biology of human cellular ageing. He is also the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences for his "...fruitful research and training in the field of biology of ageing, as well as his outstanding contribution to dissemination of scientific knowledge in basic gerontology...". He has been awarded a Visiting Professorship at the Faculty of Science, Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic (2012–2016). The
British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA) has awarded their prestigious
Lord Cohen Medal to Suresh Rattan for his continuing contributions to gerontology. He was unanimously elected as the President/Chair of the Biological Section of the European Region of the
International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (
IAGG-ER) for the periods 2011–2015, 2015 to 2019, and again for the period 2019–2023. He was also given the Outstanding Career Achievement Award - 2017, by the International Dose Response Society, USA Suresh Rattan has published over 300 research and review articles and about 20 books a leading peer reviewed journal in the field of ageing. His name has been included in
Marquis Who's Who in the World(from 1993); Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare (from 1998); and International Directory of Distinguished Leadership (from 1998). He was a member of the
World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Gerontology (2008–2009). ==Important contributions==