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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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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.
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.
The Relation between Body Axis Polarity and Mechanical Processes in Morphogenesis during Hydra Regeneration.
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2016 – present Ph.D. student
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Physics Department.
Advisors: Prof. Kinneret Keren and Prof. Erez Braun
2016 M.Sc. in Physics
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Physics Department
Topic: Actin Organization in Hydra Regeneration.
Advisors: Prof. Erez Braun and Prof. Kinneret Keren
2014 B.Sc. Physics and Mathematics
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
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.
Dynamics and Instabilities in Confined Contractile Actin Networks.
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2017 – Present Ph.D. student
Department of Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
2015 M.Sc. in Physics
Topic: Physics beyond The Standard Model and Flavor.
Advisor: Prof. Yael Shadmi
Department of Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
2013 B.Sc. in Physics
Department of Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
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.
Alumni
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.