Editing Israel Hanukoglu (section)

==Academic and civic activities==

Besides a scientific career, Hanukoglu has maintained an active academic and civic leadership role. In 2003, Hanukoglu founded Israel's first B.Sc. degree program in Molecular Biology at the Ariel University Center.<ref name="Bio">Israel Hanukoglu. [https://www.science.co.il/hi/cv-brief.php Brief Biography]</ref> He served as the Chairman of the Molecular Biology Department from 2003 to 2008.<ref name="Hanukoglu_CV" />

Hanukoglu has been an editorial board member/Associate editor in five journals, including Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, BMC Biotechnology, Cells, Frontiers in Renal and Epithelial Physiology, and Gene.<ref>{{cite journal| vauthors = Tsueng G, Good BM, Ping P, Golemis E, Hanukoglu I, van Wijnen AJ, Su AI |title=Gene Wiki Reviews-Raising the quality and accessibility of information about the human genome.|journal=Gene|date=5 November 2016|volume=592|issue=2|pages=235–8| doi=10.1016/j.gene.2016.04.053|pmid=27150585|url=https://zenodo.org/record/890749|pmc=5944608}}</ref> In 2018, he received Publons Peer Review Award for placing in the top 1% of reviewers in "Molecular Biology and Genetics" with a global rank of 22nd.

In 1995, Hanukoglu was elected as the Chairman of the [[Professors for a Strong Israel]], a self-described "non-partisan organization of academics united by a shared concern for the security and the Jewish character of the State of Israel." From 1996 to 1999 he served as the science adviser to the prime minister of Israel [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]. Hanukoglu was placed as an honorary candidate on the [[Herut – The National Movement]] list.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/aboutisrael/history/pages/candidates%20for%20the%2016th%20knesset.aspx Candidates for the 16th Knesset] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627111958/http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/aboutisrael/history/pages/candidates%20for%20the%2016th%20knesset.aspx |date=2015-06-27 }} Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs</ref>

In 2003 he was appointed as the scientific advisor to the mayor of [[Rishon LeZion]] for establishing the [https://www.science.co.il/nobel-prizes/nobel-laureates-boulevard/ Jewish Nobel Laureates Boulevard]. For 12 years (1996–2008), he served as a founding member of the Ariel Center for Policy Research executive board.<ref name="Hanukoglu_CV" />