Prof. Angel Porgador is a full-time Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences (FOHS) at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He received his MSc and PhD from the Weizmann Institute of Science and then trained at Duke University Medical Center, NC, and at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, MD, USA.

Prof. Porgador served as the Deputy Dean for Research in the FOHS and is currently serving as Dean for Faculty of Health Sciences. He also served as the president of the Israel Immunological Society and is currently serving as the president of the federation of Israeli societies for Experimental Biology (FISEB-ILANIT) and the president of the Israel Society for Cancer Research (ISCR).

Prof. Porgador has published over 130 scientific publications with over 12000 citations and HI of 48 (Google Scholar). His research focuses on precision cancer medicine, cancer immunotherapy, recombinant immune receptors and their ligands, cancer immunome and cellular-based therapeutic approaches to diseases.