Scientific Advisory Board

The MS Tech SAB is the company's primary scientific review board for all R&D projects, screening them for entry into the MS Tech pipeline and monitoring their ongoing progress. With vast scientific and technological knowledge, the SAB members meet regularly with MS Tech management and staff to optimize and maximize the success of each potential product in the pipeline. Our core SAB is also supplemented by domain specific professionals on a per project basis.

Prof. Abraham Shanzer
Scientific Advisor for Biomimetic Chemistry and Molecular Recognition
Faculty Member at the Organic Chemistry Department, Weizmann Institute of Science

Prof. Shanzer is a faculty member at the Organic Chemistry Department in the Weizmann Institute of Science. Prof Shanzer received his undergraduate from Bar-Ilan University in Israel and his PhD from the Virginia Polytechnic in the United States. Since 1976, Prof. Shanzer has been a Senior Scientist at the Weizmann Institute. Between 1984 and 1985 Prof. Shanzer was a Visiting Biological Chemistry Professor at Harvard Medical School. He was also a Visiting Professor at Strasburg University in 1992.

Prof. Shanzer's Organic Chemistry Group has published over 150 reviewed articles covering the following key topics: (1) Biomimetic Chemistry applied primarily to the design, preparation and study of mimics to the natural siderophores. (2) Sensor based on molecular recognition phenomena developed by methods of self-assembly on conductive and semi-conductive surfaces. (3) Molecular switches and functional molecular logic-gates. Prof. Shanzer's Group pioneered and demonstrated the feasibility of molecular approaches to future memory and functional integrated logic ‘devices’.

Prof. Ron Naaman
Scientific Advisor
Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science

Prof. Naaman is a research expert in the fields of sensor technologies, electronic properties of self-assembled monolayers, nanotubes and nanowires. He is a full professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science, where his research group developed the Molecular Controlled Semiconductor Resistor (MOCSER). Prof. Naaman currently serves as the Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Weizmann Institute and previously acted as the Chairman of the National Committee for Chemistry Education in High Schools in Israel. Prof. Naaman also previously served as the Chairman of the FIRST Foundation for Interdisciplinary Research and as a Scientific Advisor for the US-Israel Science Foundation.

Prof. Naaman received a BSc in Chemistry from the Ben-Gurion University and a PhD in Chemical Physics from the Weizmann Institute. Prof. Naaman was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University and served as lecturer and research associate at the Department of Chemistry at Harvard University. 

Prof. Naaman is a frequent invited lecturer at international symposiums and has co-published over 200 reviewed articles. Prof. Naaman is also the co-inventor of eleven patents related to his different fields of expertise and scientific research. 

Prof. Shimon Shatzmiller
Scientific Advisor for Biological Chemistry
Founder & Head of Biological Chemistry Department, Ariel University

Prof. Shatzmiller is the Founder and Head of the Biological Chemistry Department at Ariel University. Prof Shatzmiller received his BSc, MSc AND PhD from Technion Institute in Israel. Between 1975 and 1979 Prof. Shatzmiller was a Visiting Scientist and Professor at Heidelberg University in Germany. He was also a Visiting Professor at Rand Africans University, Johannesburg S. Africa in 1987 and 1991. Between 1992 and 1995, He also served as the Organic Chemistry Section Head at Israel Chemical Corporation Ltd. Prof. Shatzmiller is a frequent invited speaker or chairman at international meetings and has published over 50 reviewed articles and reviews.

Prof. Shatzmiller is also a member of the Israel Chemical Society, German Chemical Society and the American Chemical Society. Prof. Shatzmiller is also a member of council of the Federation of the European Chemical Society. He also served as President of the Israel Chemical Society.

Dr. Joseph Scolnik
Scientific Advisor for Organic Chemistry
Research Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science and Tel-Aviv University

Dr. Scolnik is an independent researcher and consultant at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Tel-Aviv University. Dr. Scolnik is an experienced researcher both in basic and applied research in the fields of Basic Chemistry, Symmetry and Chirality. He is also active in researching the Use and Improvement of AFM in Biology, Research of the Nuclear Pore Complex, Electrochemistry of Ceramic Superconductors, Radiation Interaction with Matter, Scintillation and in the Physics and Chemistry of the Organic Solid State.

Dr. Scolnik's current research is on the Dogma-Breaking Concept of Chirality and Water Structure. Dr. Scolnik received his BSc, MSc and PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the Ben-Gurion University in Beer-Sheva, Israel. Between 1989 and 1994 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Dr. Joseph Frey
Scientific Advisor for Nanotechnology and Organic Chemistry
Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Dr. Joseph Frey is an active member of the Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA) and currently holds a faculty position at the Department of Chemistry of Bar-Ilan University. Dr. Frey earned an MSc in Biochemistry and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Hebrew University. Dr. Frey conducted postdoctoral research at the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis at Cambridge University as a Marie Curie Fellow. Dr Frey has also gained industrial R&D experience while working at BTG Israel as a Research Scientist and at RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems as a Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Materials and Processes.

Dr. Moshe Rafaelovitz
Scientific Advisor for Food Safety and Product Inspection
Head of Veterinary & Food Inspection Department, Dan District, Israel

Dr. Rafaelovitz is a certified Veterinary Surgeon and Secretary of the Veterinary Association in Israel. Dr. Rafaelovitz received his PhD from Giessen University in Germany 1990. Between 1991 and 1994, he served as the Head of the Veterinary Department in the City of Rehovot. Since 1998, Dr. Rafaelovitz serves as the General Secretary of the Municipality Veterinary Surgeons Association in Israel. He was also a Council Member in the Food Safety Committee at the Israel Standards Institute between 2000 and 2004.

Dr. Rafaelovitz is a leading expert in the development of government programs and services designed to protect the public from preventable food safety hazards, to ensure that food safety emergencies are effectively managed, and that the public is aware of food safety issues. Today, Dr. Rafaelovitz is heading the food safety & inspection activities in the Dan District, Israel.