• Specialist in agriculture-related and food security projects and start-ups.
  • Founder and manager of a few start-companies in the fields of biotechnology and agro-high-tech:
  • CapsiBreed ltd., breeding Pepper as a platform for producing natural health-promoting metabolites.
  • PlantExt ltd., evaluation, and identification of specific cannabis plant extracts with activity against inflammatory diseases.
  • BreedIt ltd., breeding information technology. Software as a decision support system.
  • CannabiVar, develops cannabis Chemo-variants and molecular markers for better breeding.
  • Chief scientist and CTO of Gaon Agro Industries Ltd. Manager of Aquaagrolab, and founder of Aquagro fund.
  • Wide-ranging experience in scientific development and management of various R&D projects.
  • Entrepreneur of international projects in agriculture. Including a seed breeding company in Baku, Azerbaijan. Seed company in UAE.
  • Senior scientist and Department manager in the ARO, Volcani Center, Israel.
  • Head of various R&D committees and projects including BARD and the chief scientist evaluation committee for research budgets.
  • Vice president and CTO of the public company Phytech Ltd.
  • R&D manager in AminoLab ltd., the largest contract laboratory in Israel
  • Holds master’s degree (Cum Laude) in plant sciences and Ph.D. in plant physiology, The Hebrew University. Postdoc, UCR, USA.