Citizenship: Israeli
Status: Married + two children
Address: 33 Ha'arazim Street, Mevasseret Zion, Israel

EDUCATION
1961-67 French High School, Casablanca, Morocco
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Pharmacy, B.Pharm.
(with Distinction)
1974-76 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Pharmacy, Course work
requirement for special direct doctoral program
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Pharmacy Department, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1978-81: Assistant 1986-91: Senior Lecturer
1981: Instructor 1991-1994: Associate Professor
1981-86: Lecturer 1991-1994: Chairman of Pharmacy Department
1994 at present: Full Professor
University of Paris-Sud
1983-84 ; 1988-89 and 1998, 2000 - Associate invited Professor, Department of
Physico-Chimie- Pharmacotechnie- Biopharmacie
URA CNRS 1218, Faculty of Pharmacy, University
Paris-Sud (sabbatical).
University of Angers-France
Associate invited Professor, Laboratoire de
Pharmacie Galenique
Industry
1975-present - Consultant to various local and international pharmaceutical companies.

RESEARCH
Research is focused on new microparticulate and nanoparticulate targetable drug delivery systems (microspheres, microcapsules, nanoparticles, nanocapsules). Determination of drug release kinetics and release mechanism identification from all the above dosage forms are also performed. Antibody-emulsion or -nanoparticle conjugates and modified submicron emulsions are being designed as promising lipid colloidal carriers for drug targeting and improved drug delivery by various routes of administration (most particularly the intravenous and ocular route). Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS) and innovative original nanoparticulate DDS for enhanced oral bioavailability of poorly absorbed and highly lipophilic drugs which can be subjected to massive pre-systemic metabolism and P-gp efflux pump effect are currently under investigation. As a result of his research activities, Prof. S. Benita formed and supervises a group of 30 M.Sc. students, 22 Ph.D. students and 10 post-doctoral students in Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Publications:
Original Articles: 120; Review Articles: 12; Chapters: 17; Patents and Patent applications: 20; Proceedings & Abstracts: 88; 45 international invited lectures. Editor of 3 and co-editor of 1 books: a) Microencapsulation: Methods and Industrial Applications, Marcel Dekker, NY. 1st 1996 ; b) Submicron Emulsions in Drug Targeting and Delivery, harwood academic publishers, The Netherlands, 1998; c) co-editor of Emulsions and Nanosuspensions for the Formulation of Poorly Soluble Drugs, eds., R. H. Muller, S. Benita and B. H. L. Bohm, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart, 1998; and d) Microencapsulation: Methods and Industrial Applications, Francis Taylor, CRC Press, Fl., 2nd revised and expanded, 2006 .

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Foreign Correspondent of Academie Nationale de Pharmacie, France
Member of Editorial Board of Pharmaceutical Development and Technology
Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Microencapsulation, Taylor & Francis, London
Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology
Member of Editorial Board, European Journal of Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics
Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Electronic AAPS PharmSciTech
Governor of The International Microencapsulation Society
Member of the Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the International Pharmacy Federation (1996-2000).
Governor of the Controlled Release society (1995-1998)
Member of International Advisory Board of Pharmaceutical Technology Conference
Co-program Chair of the 27th Controlled Release Society Symposium, Paris, France, July 13, 2000.
Chairman of the National Committee for the novel design and concept of Pharmacy in Israel
Member of the Program Committee of the 7th European Congress in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Stockholm, October 21-23, 2002

Recipient of the Kaye Innovation Award
at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , 2000 and 2005

Founder of Novagali Pharma (website: novagali. com)

AAPS Fellow Reward (2006)