After graduating from Tel Aviv University in 1987, he conducted his Ph.D. research (1987-1993) in the Weizmann Institute of Science under the guidance of Prof. David Milstein. After two post-doctoral fellowships, one with Prof. Itamar Willner of the Hebrew University (1994-1995) and one with Prof. Barry M. Trost in Stanford University (1995-1997), he joined the faculty of the School of Chemistry of the Tel Aviv University, where he has been promoted to his current position in 2008. His research spreads over several areas of organic chemistry, among them development of new synthetic methods, solid-phase synthesis, organocatalysis, dendrimers and their applications in catalysis and life sciences.