Education
In Biology from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Doctor of Philosophy in genetics also the Hebrew University. He did postdoctoral work in plant biology at Yale University where he discovered the COP9 Signalosome.
In Biology from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Doctor of Philosophy in genetics also the Hebrew University. He did postdoctoral work in plant biology at Yale University where he discovered the COP9 Signalosome.
He received a Bachelor of Science He has an extensive research record using both arabidopsis and drosophila as model systems His work employs genetic, biochemical, molecular and computational approaches to study the COP9 Signalosome. He has many published professional papers in peer-reviewed journals with over 3400 citations listed in Google Scholar, as well as lecturing about Food Security in a growing world.
His popular science book What a Plant Knows was published in 2012.
What a Plant Knows has been translated and published in 14 countries. The book also served as the base for a course with the same name taught on Coursera by Chamovitz to over 42,000 students.