Background
Shemesh, Mordechai was born on October 17, 1937 in Bazra, Iraq. Son of Menashe and Aziza (Karmush) Shemesh. arrived in Israel, 1949.
Shemesh, Mordechai was born on October 17, 1937 in Bazra, Iraq. Son of Menashe and Aziza (Karmush) Shemesh. arrived in Israel, 1949.
Master of Science, Tel-Aviv University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, 1972.
Head laboratory steriod biochemistry, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet-Dagan, 1965-1972; head department hormone research, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet-Dagan, 1975-1981, 85-; research associate, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1972-1974; visiting professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, 1982-1984; professor, Hebrew U., Jerusalem, since 1993.
Member Society for the Study of Reproduction, Society for the Study of Fertility, Endocrine Society.
Married Naomi Gafni, August 12, 1945. Children: Sharon, Donna, Ido.