Prof. Ruth Ashery-Padan

Prof. Ruth Ashery-Padan is a Professor and Head of the Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, a member of the Sagol School of Neuroscience and head of the Zucker–Sussman Chair for Glaucoma Research and Yoran Institute for Human Genome Research.  Prof. Ashery-Padan completed her MSc and PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her postdoctoral training at Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany. She has obtained prestigious grants and has been the recipient of awards including the Alon Fellowship, the Dan David Prize for young investigators, Teva Prize for a research grant, and an award from the E. Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind.