Biomaterials and Biopolymers

About

Prof. Avi Domb earned B.Sc. degrees in Chemistry (Bar Ilan 1978) Pharmacy (Hebrew University 1984) and Law (Hebrew University 2007). He earned Diplomas in Polymer and Textile Chemistry (Hebrew University 1980) and Executive business management (Hebrew University 1997) and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (Hebrew University 1985). He had a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Syntex Research (1984-5) and continued at the Department of Surgery The Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School (1985-6) and the Department of Chemical Engineering M.I.T (1986-7) . In 1987 he joined the Biological Institute in Nes-Ziona Israel and in 1988 he served as head of Drug Delivery Laboratories at Nova Pharmaceutical Corporation Baltimore USA. Since 1991 he has been a faculty member at the School of Pharmacy-faculty of Medicine The Hebrew University. Between the years 2012-2017 he took leave to head the Division of Identification and Forensic Sciences (DIFS) Israel police Rank: Brigadier General. During 2014-2016 he was President of the Azrieli College of Engineering Jerusalem and from 2018 he has been the head of the School of Pharmacy-Faculty of Medicine of The Hebrew University. In 2021 he joined the Ministry of Science and Technology as Chief Scientist.Prof. Boaz Mizrahi earned a B.Pharm (Pharmacy) degree from the Hebrew University (1998) and a Diploma in Pharmacy from Hadassah Medical Hospital. He then earned a Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry (Hebrew University 2008). Prof. Mizrahi had a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Department of Chemical Engineering/Koch Institute at M.I.T (2012) and at Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School (2012). He was appointed professor at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in October 2013. Today Prof. Mizrahi is the Head of the Interdisciplinary program of Biotechnology of the Technion. Prof. Mizrahi combines his greatest passionsmedicine and chemistryto promote the development of innovative biotechnological and engineered solutions to everyday challenges in medicine.Neubauer Asst. Prof. Shady Farah earned his BSc in Medicinal Chemistry from the School of Pharmacy Faculty of Medicine The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) Israel (2008) and then Prof. Farah completed his MSc (2009 direct track to Ph.D.) and Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry at HUJI-Faculty of Medicine Israel (2015). Prof. Farah was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Chemical Engineering Dept. & Koch Institute at MIT and BCH/Harvard Medical School in the group of Prof. Daniel Anderson/Prof. Robert Langer (2014-2019). In 2019 he joined the Technion where he is heading The Laboratory for Advanced Functional/Medicinal Polymers & Smart Drug Delivery Technologies at the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering- Technion (www.TheFarahLab.com). His main research interests are in the fields of Medicinal Polymers Biomaterials Implants and Drug Delivery: Advanced functional and biodegradable polymers smart materials drugs crystallizations controlled and localized drug delivery for chronic diseases such as diabetes and cancer cells encapsulation and living therapeutics and 3D printing of implants. Prof. Farah won several prestigious awards and recognitions among them: Named in the 100-list of Global MIT Technology Reviews 35 Innovators Under 35 competition (2021). Neubauer Asst Prof Award (2019). MAOF Fellowship for Outstanding Young Researchers (2019) and in 2023 Prof. Farah was selected to the Global Young Academy.