Menahem Segal, PhD, is an emeritus professor with the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel. Menahem was born 11 August 1944 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Menahem's nationality is Israeli. Menahem's education and work experience is as follows: 9/2014 Emeritus Professor 1986–2014 Professor, Weizmann Institute 1978–1985 Associate Professor, Weizmann Institute 1975–1978 Senior scientist, Weizmann Institute 1972–1974 Postdoctoral fellow, NIMH, USA 1970–1972 PhD student, California Institute of Technology, Biology 1965–1970 Bar ilan University, Israel, BSc and MSc. Menahem's main research interests are as follows: • Impact of stress on brain functional and structural plasticity. • Presenilin mutation in Alzheimer’s disease models. • Role of calcium stores in dendritic spines and synaptic plasticity. Menahem's activities in the scientific community, honors, and awards are as follows: 1983–1984 Director, Center for Neuroscience, WIS 1987–1991 Director, Center for Neuroscience, WIS 1991–1994 Chairman, Department of Neurobiology, WIS 2001–2003 President, Israel Society for Neuroscience 2004–2009 Head, Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases 2008–2011 Head, IACUC Weizmann 1996–1998 Fogarty Scholar in Residence, NIH Menahem is an elected member of the EDAB Foundation, Academia Europea, and an honorary member of the Israel Society for Neuroscience.