EDUCATION
1997-2000: B.A., Molecular Biochemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
2000-2001: M.Sc., Organic Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. Supervisor: Prof. Timor Baasov. Research subject: Towards Carbohydrate-Based Catalytic Systems: Rational Approaches.
2002-2005: Direct Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005-2008: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. Prof. Daniel E. Kahne, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
2008-2013: Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry; Faculty of Exact Sciences Tel Aviv University.
2013-2016: Senior Lecturer with tenure, School of Chemistry; Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
2016-2020: Associate Professor, School of Chemistry; Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
2020-Present: Full Professor, School of Chemistry; Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University.
ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS
2009-Present Coordinator of the Joint Chemistry and Biology undergraduate program at Tel Aviv University.
2010 Co-Chairman of the 8th meeting of the Section of Medicinal Chemistry of the Israel Chemical Society, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel.
2010-Present Chairman of the safety committee of the Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2013 Co-Chairman of the 17th European Carbohydrate Symposium, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2014 Guest Editor, Special Issue: Eurocarb 17, Carbohydrate Research.
2014 Guest Editor, Special Issue: Wolf prize laureate Prof. Chi Huey Wong, Israel Journal of Chemistry.
2016 Chairman of the 81st Annual Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
2016-Present Vice President of the Medicinal Chemistry Section of the Israel Chemical Society.
2017 Member of the organizing committee of the 14th meeting of the Section of Medicinal Chemistry of the Israel Chemical Society, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel.
2018 Member of the organizing committee of the 15th meeting of the Section of Medicinal Chemistry of the Israel Chemical Society, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel.
2018 Coordinator of the nomination committee of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences in the field of Chemical Biology.
2018-Present Member of the editorial board, Israel Journal of Chemistry.
2018-Present Member of the executive board of the Israel Chemical Society.
2019 Member of the organizing committee of the 16th meeting of the Section of Medicinal Chemistry of the Israel Chemical Society, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel.
2019 Member of the scientific advisory board of the 19th European Carbohydrate Symposium, Leiden, Netherlands.
2019 Chair of the Symposium of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences in the field of Chemical Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2019 Chair of the Symposium of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences in the field of Chemical Biology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2019 Visiting Professor, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.
2019 Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
HONORS & AWARDS
Fellowships, Awards, and Honors
2002: Prize for the best poster presented at the 5th Graduate Students Symposium, May 1st, Department of Chemistry, Technion.
2004: Wolff Foundation Award for Excellence during Ph.D. studies.
2005: Israel Chemical Society Award for the excellence of Ph.D. research students.
2005: Rothschild Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship.
2006: Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Award.
RECENT TALKS
Sugar-based probes for studying the assembly and disassembly of microbial membranes. International Carbohydrate Conference (CARBO-XXXVI). IIT Bombay, Bombay, India, November 29, 2022.
Chemical Biology Approaches for Deciphering the Biological Activities of Antifungal Drugs and Improving their Performance. Sipolakorn University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, December 13, 2022.
Chemical Biology Approaches for Deciphering the Biological Activities of Antifungal Drugs and Improving their Performance. The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, USA, February 22, 2023.
43. Chemical Biology Approaches for Deciphering the Biological Activities of Antifungal Drugs and Improving their Performance. Rice University, Huston, TX, USA, February 28, 2023.
Chemical Probes Reveal Mechanisms of Action of Antifungal Drugs and Guide Modifications to Improve Performance. Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany, April 21, 2023.
Chemical Probes Reveal Mechanisms of Action of Antifungal Drugs and Guide Modifications to Improve Performance. National University of Singapore, Singapore, August 9-12, 2023.
Chemical Probes Reveal Mechanisms of Action of Antifungal Drugs and Guide Modifications to Improve Performance. Ewha Chemistry and Nanoscience International Symposium, Seoul, South Korea, April 2-3, 2024.
Chemical Probes Reveal Mechanisms of Action of Antifungal Drugs and Guide Modifications to Improve Performance. Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, April 5, 2024.
Chemical Probes Reveal Mechanisms of Action of Antifungal Drugs and Guide Modifications to Improve Performance. Westlake University, Hangzhou, China, July 12, 2024.
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