SAIC Endowed Chair, Distinguished Professor, Chair of Nanongineering, UCSD. Director, Center Wearable Sensors (UCSD), C-Director, Center for Mobile-health Systems (UCSD). ‘Citation Laureate’ Award-ISI Institute- World Most Cited Scientist in Engineering during the 1991-2001 and 1995-2005 periods. Chief-Editor – Electroanalysis (international journal; Wiley-VCH Publishers); 1988-present. Associate Editor- Wiley Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry; 2007-present.

He obtained his higher education at the Technion and being awarded his D. Sc. in 1978.