Beeologics is led by a seasoned team of executives and scientists with decades of entrepreneurship, corporate leadership and vast research experience.
 |
Eyal Ben-Chanoch
Chief Executive Officer,
President and Co-founder
|
Eyal Ben-Chanoch is Chief Executive Officer, President and Co-founder of Beeologics. With more than 25 years of experience founding and running companies in the innovation-driven technology field, Ben-Chanoch is an experienced entrepreneur and executive with a proven track record of success.
In his role, Ben-Chanoch sets the strategic direction for Beeologics, collaborates with scientists on the company’s research efforts, and determines go-to-market strategies that enable Beeologics to achieve its vision of bringing RNAi based products to the agriculture and animal health markets. The Remebee® product line is now proving to be a viable solution to "Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), "Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) infection and other diseases that threaten the world’s bee population.
In 2007, Ben-Chanoch established GreenOvation Labs, a business accelerator focused on green technology, which led to the foundation of Beeologics. Prior to this, he founded and led several technology companies through a series of mergers & acquisitions that culminated in the formation of Aspect Software, where in his last role as Senior Vice President of Customer Support, he led a team of 850 individuals across 23 countries.
Prior to Aspect, Ben-Chanoch served as Chief Engineer for Tadiran Electronic Industries, Inc. (TEI), a leading PBX manufacturer. During his career, he held several engineering roles in the Israeli technology industry with companies such as IAI, Elbit and Intel. At Intel, he was part of the team that developed the architecture and design of the first Pentium Microprocessor.
[click
to hide]
 |
Dr. Eitan Glick, PhD.
Vice President of Development and Operations
|
Dr. Eitan Glick, Ph.D. is Vice President of Development and Operations. He has been the main driving force behind the development, production, scaled-up manufacturing and success of Remebee since 2007. Glick brings vast experience in molecular processes to the Beeologics team. In his role, he is responsible for turning the innovations created within the group into working, predictable processes; for leading the development of new RNAi projects that will follow the well-established Remebee footprint; and for day-to-day operations of the Israeli entity.
Glick has two decades of scientific experience in academia and biotech. Following his post doctorate research at the University of Washington in Seattle, Glick was recruited as an Acting Assistant Professor at the Department of Pathology, University of Washington. There, he led a research team that used mutagenesis and protein engineering techniques for the study of cancer and aging mechanisms.
Upon returning to Israel in 2005, Glick employed his broad knowledge in molecular cellular biochemical biology to applicable biology in the biotech industry. Prior to joining Beeologics, he served as a Manager of Research at NutriCognia Ltd. where he led several key projects including the development of a microarray-based diagnostic kit for probiotic food.
Dr. Glick graduated with a BSc cum laude from the Hebrew University and MSc cum laude from the Tel Aviv University in 1992. He also holds an MBA cum laude from the Peres Academic Center and a Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1999. He has published close to 20 publications and patents based on his research.
[click
to hide]
 |
Nitzan Paldi
Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder
|
Nitzan Paldi brings expertise in research and development and product regulation to the Beeologics leadership team. As Chief Technology Officer, he is responsible for transforming the company’s intellectual capital into products that help achieve its vision of delivering safe, sustainable RNAi-based products that help restore bee health and protect the future of insect pollination.
After earning his Masters Degree in Agriculture from the Hebrew University, Paldi joined Gesher Advanced Biotechs Ltd., a firm that incorporated technology for the design and construction of combinatorial DNA libraries. It was here that he refined his research skills before taking the entrepreneurial route which led to the founding of biotechnology enterprises including ScentGene Pollination Ltd., a company based on a patent for enhancing cross-pollination; Phosphogenesis Inc., a company that developed technology for spatially addressable Enzyme Substrates; and PlantScent, a company focused on joint development of biotechnology-based, environmentally-friendly alternatives to agricultural practices.
Upon joining Bio-Oz Biotechnologies Ltd., Paldi assumed the role of Head of Research and Development. He was instrumental in coordinating research projects for Magnet Tevel, a consortium of generic technologies for Israeli Ag-Biotech and PotyProtect, a European Community Fifth Framework Program (EC5) designed to recognize novel plant-immunity-inducing mild viruses. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted to Head of Regulation and Intellectual Property where he laid the foundation for the regulatory approval of Bio-Oz’s flagship product in Europe and the United States. This product is one of the few biological solutions to receive such approval by the strict Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD), the British equivalent of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
In 2006, Paldi proceeded to become Bio-Oz’s Chief Operating Officer.
[click
to hide]
 |
Professor Ilan Sela
Chief Scientist and Co-founder
|
As Chief Scientist and Co-founder of Beeologics, Professor Ilan Sela advises the company on scientific vision and research direction.
Sela contributes more than five decades of accumulated knowledge in virology, plant and insect pathology and RNAi technologies to specifically address the long-term well being of the bees.
Sela is world renowned for his innovative work in virology and is credited with identifying, sequencing and naming the Israel Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) in 2002. As a Professor Emeritus of Virology and Molecular Biology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, he sits on the Faculty of Agriculture at the Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics (Virus Laboratory), and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Molecular Biology, Virology and Genetic Engineering. His current research is focused on bee viruses including Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), the expression and silencing vectors for plants, and the integration of viral sequences into host genomes.
Over the course of his career, Sela has authored more than 100 papers that have appeared in reviewed scientific journals. He has also supervised 106 graduate students’ theses.
Sela earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Virology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
[click
to hide]
 |
Dr. Gal Yarden
Executive Vice President of Business
Development and Co-founder
|
Dr. Gal Yarden has more than 15 years of experience operating entrepreneurial ventures in biotechnology and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Beeologics team. As Executive Vice President of Business Development and co-founder, he guides Beeologics in developing the strategy that will produce a balanced product roadmap and worldwide distribution channels for Beeologics’ products.
After earning his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and Chemical Ecology from Ben-Gurion University, and a Post Doctorate in Plant Virology from ARO in Israel, Yarden has spent his career lecturing on basic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry at Ben-Gurion University and Sapir College and advising students in Chemical Ecology and Applied Virology.
Yarden has helped raise more than $16 million for research and development of various initiatives and has co-registered ten different industry patents for his inventions.
Yarden co-founded Bio-Oz Biotechnologies, a firm focused on applied virology for plant protection, in 1996. Three years later, he took on the role of CEO. Yarden has also served as Coordinator of PotyProtect, a European research and development consortium for plant vaccines, as a Director of ScentGenePollination Ltd. and Bio-Horizons Ltd., a chemical-ecology firm; and as a Director of a bi-national Israel/Germany research and development consortium aiming for the development of nutritional trait improvements of agricultural crops.
[click
to hide]
