# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daniel-chamovitz
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:45:12.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daniel-chamovitz"
name: "Daniel Chamovitz"
slug: "daniel-chamovitz"
description: "Daniel Chamovitz is an American-born Israeli plant geneticist and the 7th President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer-Sheva, Israel. On July 1, 2024, he assumed the position of head of VERA – Association of University Heads, Israel. Previously he was Dean of the George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University, Israel, and the founding director of the multidisciplinary Manna Center Program in Food Safety and Security."
tagline: "American-born Israeli biologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chamovitz_14082018_042.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IL"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1963-04-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump