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Michael M. Meijler, Ph.D.

 

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Research Interests: Chemical Biology, Bioorganic Synthesis,

Quorum Sensing, Bacterial-Eukaryotic Communication,

Molecular Basis of Pathogenesis

 

Address:
Department of Chemistry and NIBN
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Beer Sheva, 84105
Israel
E-mail: meijler@bgu.ac.il
tel: +972 74 7795495

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Positions / Education:

From 6/2015:  Full Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

From 4/2011:  Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

9/2006 to 3/2011:  Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Dept. of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

12/2005 to 9/2006:  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.

9/2004 to 11/2005:  Senior Research Associate, Dept. of Chemistry (with Prof. K. D. Janda), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.

7/2002 to 8/2004:  Research Associate, Dept. of Chemistry (with Prof. K. D. Janda), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. Subjects: Immunization Against Drugs of Abuse; Synthesis of Quorum Sensing Molecules; Blue Fluorescent Antibodies; Antibody Catalysis.

1997 to 7/2002: Ph. D. studies, Department of Organic Chemistry, with Prof. A. Shanzer, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Thesis: “Biomimetic Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Siderophore Analogs”.

1990 to 1996: B. Sc. in Chemistry, M. Sc. in Organic Chemistry, with Prof. G. J. Koomen, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Thesis: “Synthesis of Brominated Indole Alkaloids”.

Winter 1995/1996: Research Project (4 months), with Prof. D. Sigman, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA, California, USA. Title: “Chemical Mechanism of DNA scission by (1,10-phenantroline)-copper Complexes”.

Summer 1994:  International Summer Program (10 weeks), with Prof. Y. Burstein, Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science. Title: “Isolation and Purification of Alcohol Dehydrogenases from Thermophilic Bacteria”.

 

 

Awards and Grants:

Karyn Kupcinet Summer Science School Fellowship, Weizmann Institute of Science, 1994. The Feinberg Graduate School distinguished fellowship for academic and scientific achievements, Weizmann Institute of Science, 1998-2000. Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2010, 2013. Toronto Prize for Excellence in Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2011. NCK Prize, Outstanding Medicinal Chemist, 2023. HFSP Young Investigator Grant, 2007-2010. GIF Young Scientist Grant, 2007-2008. BSF Startup Grant, 2007-2009. ISF Converging Technologies Grant, 2007-2010. ERC Starting Grant, 2009-2014. ISF Personal Grant, 2009-2013. BSF Grant, 2013-2017. ISF Personal Grant, 2015-2019. MOST Grant, 2016-2019. Germany-Israel Project Grant (DIP), 2019-2024. ISF Personal Grant, 2020-2024. BSF Grant, 2023-2027. HFSP Grant, 2024-2027.

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Portrait by Geert van Kesteren, as part of the series 'Dutchies in Israel', from the Embassy of The Netherlands in Israel