Prof. Ehud Banin is the Director of the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials at Bar-Ilan University. He heads the biofilm research laboratory and is an expert in molecular microbiology and antimicrobial development. His work focuses on understanding the basic aspects of the signals and processes involved in bacterial biofilm formation and developing new methods and agents for treating biofilm-related infections. He holds several patents related to the development of novel antimicrobial and antibiofilm nano based agents (some of which have been licensed) and published over a 100 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and proceedings. Prof.

completed his B.Sc. in Food engineering and Biotechnology (Technion) and a Ph.D. from the Tel-Aviv university in Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology.