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Edit Y Tshuva

Edit Tshuva is an Israeli chemist and full professor at the Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, known for developing titanium-based anticancer compounds.

born 1975Titanium-based anticancer compoundsDeveloping PhenolaTiBioinorganic chemistry research

Born: 14 November 1975
Occupation: researcher, chemist, university teacher
Education: Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv University

Edit Y Tshuva was born in 1975

Edit Tshuva was born on November 14, 1975, and grew up in Rehovot. She studied chemistry and biology at De Shalit High School.

She served in the IDF as an operations sergeant in an anti-aircraft battalion of the Air Force.

She earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Tel Aviv University in 1998. In 2001 she completed a direct-track doctorate there under Professor Moshe Kol, working on metal-based catalysts for polymerization. From 2001 to 2003 she was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT, where she studied iron-binding proteins.

In 2003 she joined the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a senior lecturer, becoming associate professor in 2009 and full professor in 2016. Her work in bioinorganic chemistry produced a family of titanium-based anticancer compounds, including one she named PhenolaTi, meant to replace platinum-based chemotherapy. She won European Research Council grants in 2009 and 2016.

From 2022 to 2025 she was deputy chair of the Council for Higher Education. She holds the Lester Aronberg Chair in Applied Chemistry and sits on the university senate. She is married with 3 children.

Edit Y Tshuva's life in 8 milestones

1998
Earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Tel Aviv University.
2001
Completed her doctorate and won the Schmidt Prize and a Wolf Foundation prize.
2003
Joined the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a senior lecturer.
2009
Became associate professor and won a European Research Council grant.
2012
Was chosen as a member of the Israel Young Academy.
2016
Became full professor and won another European Research Council grant.
2018
Was named one of 50 influential women by Lady Globes.
2022
Was appointed deputy chair of the Council for Higher Education.