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Mario David Bachi, Italian, Israeli chemistry professor. Achievements include development of synthesis of antibiotics; development of synthesis of neuroactive amino acids; discovery of new potent antimalarial agents; patents for synthesis of azetidinones stucturally related to penicillin; patents for antimalarial pharmaceutical compounds; development and invention of synthetically usefful free-radical reactions.

Background

Bachi, Mario David was born on April 16, 1936 in Torino, Italy. Arrived in Israel, 1939, permanent resident, 1948. Son of Augusto Bachi and Elena Bachi-Colombo.

Education

Master of Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1964.

Career

Research fellow Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1964—1966. Postdoctoral fellow University Sussex, Brighton, England, 1966—1967. Professor chemistry The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1967—2004, emeritus professor, since 2004.

Visiting scientist Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977—1978. Visiting professor Polytechnic Milan, 1983—1984, 1996, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1994, 98, Australian National University, Canberra, 1998.

Achievements

  • Mario David Bachi has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Chemical Society, Israel Chemical Society.

Connections

Married Tamar Jonas; 1 child Michal.