Prof. Ciechanover is distinguished research professor in faculty of medicine, at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He is the founder of the Rappaport-Technion Integrated Cancer Center and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

He is a recipient of the Albert Lasker Award in Medical Research and was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. His research led to the development of Velcade® and he has more than 200 peer-reviewed articles.