Ehud Gazit is a Professor at the Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Faculty of Life Sciences and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and a member of the Executive Council of Tel Aviv University (elected by the University Senate in 2017). He is also a member of Israel National Council for Research and Development (NCRD).

Gazit is also the founding director of the BLAVATNIK CENTER for Drug Development and the Head of the Laura Schwartz-Kipp Institute for Biotechnology. In 2015, he was knighted by the Italian Republic for his service to science and society.

From 2012-2014 he served as the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the coordinator of the forum of Chief Scientists of the Israeli ministries. From 2008-2012 Gazit served as Tel Aviv University Vice President for Research and Development and the Chairman of the board of directors of Ramot Ltd., the technology transfer company of Tel Aviv University.