Gil Atzmon graduated in Population Genetics from Hebrew University, he completed his fellowship in Human Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he then joined as a faculty and rose to the rank of Associate Professor. Gil Atzmon is a Professor of Human Biology at Haifa University in Israel, where he runs the Laboratory of Genetics and Epigenetics of Aging and Longevity. The foremost focus of his entire research career has been the understanding of the association of the whole genome to disease, performance, health, and longevity. Since 2001, Gil Atzmon has focused on the human genome and its impact on aging and longevity.