Prof. Ehud Gazit was elected Vice President for Research and Development of Tel Aviv University

Gazit is an expert in the field of nanotechnology. will replace Prof. Hagit Messer-Yeron who was elected president of the Open University

The Executive Committee of Tel Aviv University unanimously approved the election of Prof. Ehud Gazit (41) to the position of Vice President for Research and Development of Tel Aviv University. Prof. Gazit will take up his position in October 2008 and he will replace Prof. Hagit Maser-Yeron who was elected to the position of president of the Open University.

Prof. Gazit, a global expert in the field of nanotechnology, is one of Tel Aviv University's most prominent scientists. His many studies have been published in the most important scientific press and he is considered a pioneer in the field of biological and chemical nanotechnology. His laboratory is one of the largest and most active in Israel and he has mentored dozens of research students, some of whom are in leading academic institutions in the world.

His pioneering work also led to important technological achievements in the field of medicine and engineering which are commercialized with great success by the Ramot company. Among his technological achievements are the pre-clinical development of a drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease that was licensed to the German company Merz Pharmaceutical, the pre-clinical development of a drug for diabetes funded by a leading American pharmaceutical company, developments in the field of energy using nanotechnology, the creation of surfaces coated with nanometric structures Self-cleaning, and developments of innovative nanometric materials with exceptional properties for industry and medicine.

Prof. Gazit is a member of a large number of leading international scientific journal systems, active in European and American scientific organizations, and a member of scientific forums of the Israeli National Academy of Sciences. In addition to his main academic appointment at Tel Aviv University, he has a visiting appointment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since 2002.

Prof. Gazit won many awards for his scientific work, including the John F. Kennedy, the Landau Prize, and the Research Excellence Award of the Scientific Council of Tel Aviv University. The pioneering work of Prof. Gazit and his contribution to the economy was also recognized by the national and international media. Last year, he was selected for the list of 40 promising young people up to the age of 40 by The Marker magazine, and in 2008 his work was chosen as one of the XNUMX outstanding inventions in the transition from the academic world to the real world by AUTM, the Association of Academic Technology Directors.

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