Gabriel Lemcoff began his chemistry studies at the University of Buenos Aires and continued at Tel Aviv University, where he worked with Prof. Benzion Fuchs on acetal chemistry and received his Ph.D, in 2002. He then went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to work with Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman on imprinted dendrimers chemistry until the end of 2004 when he joined the chemistry department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The Lemcoff group’s research includes polymer chemistry, organic methodology development, and organometallic catalysis. Prof. Lemcoff has published over 100 papers in these areas and was recognized in 2020 for his work in light induced olefin metathesis and 3-D printing by the ICS Adama Technological Innovation award.

In administration duties, from 2012 until 2016 Gabi was the head of the Chemistry department, during this time he also chaired the 77th Annual Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society (ICS) which took place on February 7–8, 2012, in Kfar HaMaccabiah. From 2020 until 2026 he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Exact Sciences. He is currently the Head of the Exact Sciences and Technology Field of the Israel Science Foundation