Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro

Prof. Satchi-Fainaro joined the Board of Directors in 2018. 

Prof. Satchi-Fainaro is a Full Professor at Tel Aviv University, where she is head of the Gray School of Medical Sciences, Head of the Cancer Research and Nanomedicine Laboratory, Director of the Cancer Biology Research Center at Tel Aviv University and its 18 affiliated hospitals, The Kurt and Herman Lion Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies, and Director of the Tel Aviv University Kahn 3D BioPrinting initiative.

Prof. Satchi-Fainaro also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) in Barcelona and MultiMedica in Milan, as well as Visiting Professor at the University of Lisbon. She has authored over 170 publications and 13 book chapters and serves on several scientific journals editorial boards. Her multidisciplinary research laboratory focuses on basic research that explains mechanisms underlying the transition from cancer dormancy to metastatic disease, and has led to the discovery of new molecular targets to disrupt tumor-host interactions.

Prof. Satchi-Fainaro received a B.Pharm. from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry and Cancer Nanomedicine from the University of London. She spent two years as a postdoctoral research fellow on biochemistry and protein delivery at Tel Aviv University and two years as a postdoctoral research fellow on vascular and cancer biology at Harvard University and in Boston Children’s Hospital. 

 Prof. Satchi-Fainaro serves as a member of our Compliance, Science and Technology, and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees.