Prof. Lior Gepstein graduated his MD studies at the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion and conducted his PhD thesis at the same institute.
Professor of Physiology and Medicine (Cardiology) at the Technion’s Faculty of Medicine and heads the "Sohnis Family Research Laboratory for Cardiac Electrophysiology and Regenerative Medicine".

Dr Gepstein’s group was among the pioneers in developing unique cardiomyocyte differentiation strategies from human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells.

Dr. Gepstein was awarded a number of prestigious awards for his work including and the American College of Cardiology Douglas Zipes distinguished young scientist award and the European Society of Cardiology outstanding research achievement award.