Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro

Ronit Satchi-Fainaro is a full Professor at Tel Aviv University, where she is Head of the Gray School of Medical Sciences, Head of the Cancer Research & Nanomedicine Laboratory, Director of the Cancer Biology Research Center, and Director of the TAU Kahn 3D BioPrinting Initiative. 

She received her B.Pharm. from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and her Ph.D. from UCL, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University and Children’s Hospital Boston.

She has authored over 170 publications, 13 book chapters, edited 2 books, is named inventor on 95 patents, some of which were licensed to Pharmaceutical and Biotech companies, founded 3 spin-off companies, and initiated 2 clinical trials.

Her multidisciplinary research laboratory focuses on basic research elucidating the mechanisms underlying the switch from cancer dormancy to metastatic disease, leading to the discovery of new molecular targets to interrupt tumor-host interactions.

Her approach is followed by the design of targeted molecules integrating engineering, biology, chemistry, medicine, bioinformatics, and nanotechnology to guide drugs into pathological sites.