Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Gonen Ashkenasy
Gonen Ashkenasy conducted a PhD research in organic chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), and a postdoctoral research in peptide chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute (CA, USA). Since 2006 he runs the Systems Chemistry laboratory at the Ben-Gurion University (Israel), focusing on the study of molecular replication networks as tools to develop and investigate complex chemical systems. In 2011, Ashkenasy was promoted to tenured Associate Professor, and in 2015 to Professor of Chemistry. Ashkenasy served as the BGU Chemistry Department chair, and he is currently the director of Minerva Center for Studying the Planetary Emergence of Life.