Shady Farah PhD, Associate Professor

Assoc. Prof. Farah is a highly passionate young innovator and scientist. He holds a Ph.D. (direct track) in Medicinal Chemistry at HUJI-Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy - Israel under the supervision of Prof. Avi Domb (Currently Israel’s Chief Scientist) and a BSc in Chemistry specialized in Medicinal Chemistry, HUJI. Following a productive 5 years of postdoc training at Prof. Daniel Anderson/Prof. Robert Langer Lab at MIT (at Koch Institute for Cancer Research and Chemical Engineering Department) & BCH/Harvard Medical School, he joined the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 2019 at the age of 32 as an assistant professor.

At the Technion, he is leading the Laboratory for Advanced Functional/Medicinal Polymers and smart drug delivery technologies, supervising a large interdisciplinary team of postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students, researchers, physicians, and technicians across diverse fields of Biomedical, Materials Science, Medicinal Polymers, and Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, Medicine, as well as Drug Delivery.
So far, he has published more than 80-papers (35 of them during his PhD!!) in first-tier journals (e.g., Nature Materials & Nature Biomedical Engineering, etc.), 13 patents, and 2 books. His work holds over 250,000 reads and 7700 citations with an h-index of 28 (i10-index of 44). Also, he won several prestigious awards and recognitions, among them: ICCES Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2025) -acknowledges researchers who have made significant contributions to their respective disciplines, Global Young Academy (2023, 200 members worldwide, 5 years appointment), named a Semi-finalist (the 100 names list) in Global MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 competition (2021). Neubauer Asst Prof Award (2019). MAOF Fellowship for Outstanding Young Researchers - Assistant Professor (2019). Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship, for Outstanding Postdoctoral students, Council for Higher Education, Israel (2016-2018). Postdoctoral Research has chosen to be part of the exhibition 'True Beauty - Stories on Research and Imagination', at Stedelijk Museum Breda, The Netherlands (2018). Excellence Doctoral Fellowship, for Outstanding PhD students, Council for Higher Education, Israel (2012-2014). Award for Excellence in PhD at School of Pharmacy, HUJI (2013). The Medicinal Chemistry Prize of the Israeli Chemical Society for graduate students, Weizmann Institute, Israel (2013). Merck Serono Innovation Cup Summer Camp, Frankfurt, Germany. Selected among 30 participants from 150 countries for this international research program (2013). Award for excellence in teaching at the School of Pharmacy, HUJI (2010-2014). Also, he holds active memberships in top national and international professional societies, including ADA, PPSM, MCS-ICS, EFMC, AAPS, CRS, ICRS, and ISR-GSF. He also serves as a reviewer for leading journals and as a scientific grants reviewer and evaluator for the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the Israel Science Foundation (ISF), and other national and international funding agencies. Also, he serves as a scientific consultant for varied national and international materials and pharmaceutical companies.

His research interests span Functional and Medicinal Polymers, Polymeric and Crystalline Systems for Cancer-Targeted Delivery, Crystalline Drug Delivery Systems, Theranostics, Drug Crystals for Long-term & Localized Delivery, Personalized Medicine, Cells Encapsulation and “Live Drug Factories” for Chronic Diseases, Controlled Drug Release, Antimicrobial and Antiviral Polymers, Bioactive Surfaces Biomaterials, Biodegradable Polymers, Smart Materials and Composites for Medical Needs, 3D Printing of Medical Implants, Functional Polymeric Nanoparticles, Crosslinked Polymers, Shape-Memory Polymers, Hydrogels, Tissue Engineering.