Brief bio
Professor
Department of Physics, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
2015 – 2016 Visiting Professor
Department of Physics, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
2008 – present Principal Investigator
Department of Physics, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
2003 – 2008 Postdoctoral fellow
Julie Theriot’s lab, Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, USA.
2003 Ph.D. in Physics
Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
1998 M.Sc. in Physics
Weizmann Institute of Science.
1996 B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics
The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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2017 – present Research Scientist and Lab Manager
Department of Physics, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
2012 – 2016 Research Scientist
Department of Medicine, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
2012 Ph.D. in Medical Sciences (direct track)
Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
2005 B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering
Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
The Role of Nematic Actin Organization and the Influence of Mechanical Constraints on Morphogenesis in Hydra Regeneration
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2016 – Present Direct Ph.D. track
Department of Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
2015 – 2016 Researcher in theoretical Biophysics
under the supervision of Dr. Assaf Zemel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2012-2015 Bsc. in Physics and Biology
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Structure and Dynamics in Reconstituted Contracting Actin Networks
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2019 – Present Ph.D. student
Department of Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
2019 M.Phil. in Biology
National Centre for Biological Sciences – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore.
2015 M.Sc. in Physics
Bangalore University, Bangalore.
2011 B.Sc. in Physics
Bangalore University, Bangalore.
Relations between actin fibers organization and calcium activity in hydra morphogenesis
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2022 – present – Postdoc
Department of Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
2019 – 2021 – Postdoc on hydrodynamics between mucus and cilia
Aix-Marseille University
2015 – 2018 – PhD on microfluidics and B cell monitoring
Sorbonne University Paris
Alumni
M.Sc. and Ph.D. (2016 – 2022)
The Relation between Body Axis Polarity and Mechanical Processes in Morphogenesis during Hydra Regeneration.
Ph.D. (2016 – 2020)
Dynamics and Instabilities in Confined Contractile Actin Networks.
Direct Ph.D. (2012-2018)
Scaling behavior in steady-state contractile actomyosin network flow.
Research Scientist (2014-2016)
Actin-Based Cell Motility.
Direct Ph.D. (2008-2014)
Reconstitution of actin-based motility in a cell-like compartment- toward the generation of an artificial crawling cell.
Ph.D. (2009-2014)
The dynamic interplay between membrane tension and the spatiotemporal organization of the cytoskeleton in rapidly moving cells.
Ph.D. (2009-2014)
Lamellipodial fragments as a model system of self-organization in actin-based motility.
PostDoc (2008-2012)
The Role of Membrane Tension in Actin-Based Cell Motility.