Hermona Soreq, PhD, professor of molecular biology and the elected Dean at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is best known for her discovery of the molecular basis of mammalian stress reactions which increase the risk of chronic diseases such as anxiety and fear responses, muscle fatigue, inflammation and neurodegeneration.

Daniela Kaufer earned a PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and completed post-doctoral training at Stanford University. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkley, and associated with the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, and the Berkeley Stem Cell Center.

Alon Friedman graduated from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 1992 after completing its MD-PhD program. He leads the laboratory for neurophysiology and experimental neurosurgery in Ben-Gurion University and Soroka University Medical Center.