Shimon Marom ( شمعون ماروم / שמעון מרום ), professor of physiology, and the Pearl Seiden Academic Chair of Sciences at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology. Completed basic training (MD, PhD) at the Technion, and a postdoctoral training (Fulbright & Fishbach fellowship) at Brandeis University (Mass., USA). Returned to the Technion (Alon Fellow) in 1993, and serves as a Faculty there to date. Focuses on theoretical and experimental analyses of the self-organization of bio-electrical phenomena in proteins, cells, and networks embedded in responsive and adaptive environments, implementing closed-loop experimental designs and natural input statistics. Over the years, headed the Physiology & Biophysics department, the Technion Program for Excellence, was the dean of medicine (2017–2019) and the Technion Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs (2019–2022). CEO (2023– present) of the Samuel Neaman institute.