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Dr. Raphael Isaac Benhamou

Dr. Raphael Isaac Benhamou

Assistant Professor

School of Pharmacy Faculty of Medicine 
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Hadassah Jerusalem, Israel
raphael.benhamou@mail.huji.ac.il

Positions:

  • Assistant Professor/Senior lecturer at the School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (2021-present) 

  • Post-Doctoral Associate in Prof. Matthew D. Disney’s lab, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, Florida, United State of America. “Design of small molecules targeting RNAs”. (2019-2021)

Education:

  • Direct path to Ph.D., School of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Thesis Advisor: Prof. Micha Fridman. “Strategies for development of small molecules for direct and indirect perturbation of microbial-cell-membrane integrity”. (2013-2018)

  • B.Sc. in Chemistry & Biology, Magna cum Laude in Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel. (2010-2013)

Awards and Scholarships:

  • Recipient of the Kaye Innovation Award from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Researcher category, awarded in recognition of innovative research with significant commercial and translational potential. (2026)

  • Recipient of the Dean’s Prize for Outstanding Young Researcher, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, awarded in recognition of scientific excellence and the impact of an independent research program. (2026)

  • Selected as an outstanding professor, ranking in the top decile of faculty members at the university, based on the teaching satisfaction for senior academic staff. (2024)

  • Recipient of the NCK medicinal chemistry prize for outstanding young chemist, Medicinal Chemistry Section of the Israel Chemical Society (MCS-ICS). (2024)

  • Recipient of the Alon Scholarship for outstanding young scientists, Council for Higher Education, Israel. (2022-2025)

  • Recipients of Edward and Millie Carew Shaw Distinguished Faculty Award, Israel. (2022)

  • Recipients of Golda Meir Fellowship Lectureship Award, Golda Meir Fellowship Fund, Israel. (2022-2023)

  • Recipient of the ICRF Research Career Development Award, Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), Israel. (2022)

  • Recipient of the Myotonic US and UK Post-Doctoral Fellowship Research Award for academic year 2020/2022, Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation (MDF).

  • Recipient of the National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) Post-Doctoral Fellowship Research Award for academic year 2020/2021.

  • Recipient of the Fulbright Post-doctoral Scholar Award for academic year 2018/2019, United States-Israel Educational Foundation (USIEF).

  • Prize for the best poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of The Medicinal Chemistry Section - Israel Chemical Society, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, June 2018.

  • Outstanding students award for active participation to an international symposium, Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel. (2017)

  • "Shahak" Scholarship, Volunteer in a Foundation Helping New Immigrants Absorption in Israel. (2011-2013)

  • Amos De-Shalit Ulpana scholarship for Outstanding Students, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot. (2013)

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