Professor Gorecki received a Ph.D from the Weizmann Institute of Science and was a post graduate fellow in Biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass, USA. In 1976, he was appointed Senior Research Scientist and Associate Professor at the Weizmann Institute. In 1980 Professor Gorecki founded BTG and was responsible for its R&D group. He was appointed Sr. Vice President and Chief Technical Officer for BTG. Professor Gorecki was appointed Professor of molecular biology at the Weizmann Institute in recognition of his expertise in peptide and protein chemistry. Professor Gorecki has authored over 80 publications and numerous patents. Professor Gorecki took early retirement from BTG and is a consultant to BTG, SciGen and the Biotechnology Investment division of Clal Industries.