Dr Andy Constanti's first degree was a BSc (C.N.A.A.) in Pharmacy with Honours in Pharmacology. He then studied for a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital whilst working as a Research Assistant in the Department of Pharmacology. He obtained his PhD in 1976, with a Thesis entitled "A quantitative study of the actions of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), GABA analogues and antagonists on the membrane conductance of lobster muscle fibres"

Since then he has worked at The School of Pharmacy, first as a Teaching Fellow and then as a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and currently as a Reader in The Department of Pharmacology.