Professor of Pharmacology and Jacob Gitlin chair in Physiology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is a member of the Institute of Drug Research of the School of Pharmacy. Professor Lazarovici graduated in pharmacology and toxicology at the Hebrew University, post graduated on neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute of Science and conducted neurochemical and molecular research at the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, NIH as a visiting scientist, which all set the stage for his lifelong career on neurosciences. His groundbreaking work provided Israeli scientific community with neuronal models and technologies towards development of different brain neuroprotective drugs and elucidation of their mechanism of action. Prof. Lazarovici is a member of 10 international and national academic societies, published about 200 scientific articles and reviews and edited six books in his field of research. He is most proud of his graduate students which are active in the Israeli community pharmaceutical practice, academia, hospitals and institutions of teaching and research.