Addy Pross received a B.Sc (Honours) and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Sydney University in 1970, carried out post-doctoral work in London and Jerusalem, before taking up a lectureship in Chemistry at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in 1973, where he is now Professor Emeritus. His research interests are in theoretical organic chemistry and chemical reactivity with current emphasis on systems chemistry and the origin of life. A special focus is on evolutionary theory and recent attempts to formulate a theory that is able to integrate the physical and biological worlds. He has served as a Visiting Professor in a number of universities including NYU Shanghai, Rutgers University, Stanford University, Auckland University and as an ARC Professorial Fellow at Sydney University. He has also served on a variety of editorial boards and academic management committees. Pross has authored 120 papers and reviews, and two books: ‘‘Theoretical and Physical Principles of Organic Reactivity’’, Wiley 1995, and ‘‘What is Life: How Chemistry Becomes Biology’’, 2nd Ed., Oxford, 2016.
