Ph.D.

1974, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Thesis: “Synthesis of Polymers Having Special Backbone Structure 
(Synthesis of Rotaxanes and Catenanes)”.

Instructor: Prof. A. Zilkha 

THE HEBREW ENCYCOLPEDIA

Author and editor of entries in chemistry and geology 

Head of chemistry section in the scientific secretariat

SPECTRUM CHEMICALS LTD.

Entrepreneur, vice-president and chief chemist

Fields of activity: 

Feasibility studies for organic chemicals 

Economical evaluation

Market surveys

Purchasing of raw materials

Marketing organic intermediates

Research and development of processes for production of organic chemicals

Literature surveys

Managing and carrying out R&D [31 processes in the field of organic 
chemicals]

Analyses and specifications

Scaling-up, running-in of production units and of processes [22 processes]

Managing production

Waste treatment and ecology

Preparation of data sheets and safety data sheet

Design and reviewing process flow-sheets

Treatment of cyanide wastes

BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV 

Guest Lecturer

Entrepreneurship and giving a course to 4th year students in chemistry 
and in chemical engineering departments, on the subject of chemicals 
in the real world.

Nominated by the students as the best teacher in the faculty of chemistry.

BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY 

Guest Lecturer

Nominated by the students as the best teacher in the faculty of chemistry.

TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE, BEER SHEVA

Lecturer

BROMINE COMPOUNDS (DEAD SEA BROMINE Ltd.)

R&D manager and Chief Scientist

Initiation of projects

R&D management

Restructuring the R&D organization and work-processes to a modern 
matrix model

Accreditation of the R&D to conform to ISO9001

Fields of activity:

Brominated flame-retardants

Inorganic brominated compounds

Monomers for high-performance polymers

Organic intermediates

Biocides 

ISRAELI FORUM OF R&D MANAGERS IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Chairman

PI2CHIM Ltd.

Founder and manager of the company for consulting services in the field of 
industrial chemicals and their development

OFFICE OF CHIEF SCIENTIST 

OF THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE

Project reviewer

Reviewed hundreds of R&D projects in all types of chemical industry

THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE

Project reviewer

CARBON MEMBRANES Ltd.

A start-up for a novel gas separation membrane - General Manage