Curriculum Vitae
Born on May 21, 1978.
Employment
2018 - Present: Associate Professor, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2013 - 2018: Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2008 - 2013: Post-doctoral studies, under the supervision of Prof. Donald Hilvert, The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.
Education
2004 - 2008: Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Technion under the supervision of Professor Ehud Keinan jointly with Professor Philip E. Dawson from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), La Jolla, CA, USA.
2001 - 2004: M.Sc. in Chemistry, Technion, Haifa, Israel. (Cum Laude).
1997 - 2000: B.A. in Chemistry, Technion, Haifa, Israel. (Cum Laude).
Scholarships & Awards
2022: The NCK Prize for Outstanding Young Medicinal Chemist from the Medicinal Chemistry Section of the Israel Chemical Society (MCS-ICS)
2021: Zelman Cowen Academic Initiatives Prize for Discovery in Medical Research
2020: Israel Chemical Society (ICS) Prize for Outstanding Young Scientist
2018: The Miklós Bodanszky Award from the European Peptide Society for outstanding contributions to peptide science.
2017: Thieme Chemistry Journals Award
2013 - 2016: Ma’of Fellowship: Established by the Kahanoff Foundation (and covers my university salary for the first three years as a Sr. lecturer at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in addition to $48,000 for research).
2008 - 2010: Bikura Fellowship for Post-doctoral studies, VATAT Scholarship-Commission for Planning and Budgeting of the Council for Higher Education - The Ministry of Education.
2007: The 2007 Young Investigators’ Poster Competition Awards - Top seven posters, The American Peptide Society.
2007: The American Peptide Society Travel Award Recipient, for attending the 20th American Peptide Society Symposium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2007: Financial full support by the U.S. National Science Foundation for attending the “Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry Workshop” Instructed by Prof. Stephen J. Lippard, Petra, Jordan.
2006 - 2008: VATAT Scholarship - Commission for Planning and Budgeting of the Council for Higher Education - The Ministry of Education.
2006: The Israel Ministry of Science and Technology Scholarship for Minorities (two semesters).
2005: Scripps Research Institute - Society of Fellows (SOF) Fall Poster Symposium, winner of first prize in Chemistry.
2003: The Miriam and Aaron Gutwirth Memorial Fellowship for Special Excellence in Research and Studies during Master degree studies (two semesters).
2000-2001: Visiting Student, Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, USA.
1999: Technion - Dean’s excellence distinction.
1998: Technion - Award for Young Student for Research during the B.A. degree.
1998: Technion - President’s excellence distinction.
1997: Technion - Dean’s excellence distinction