He is currently the head of the Division of Developmental Biology and Physiology in the Faculty. Ehud received his B.Sc. degree in Biotechnology and Food Engineering from the Technion (summa cum laude), and his Ph.D. degree from Tel-Aviv University. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA and at the University of Iowa, Iowa-City, IA, USA. Banin joined Bar Ilan University in 2006.