Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D., Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 2008. Dissertation topic: "Studying the Energy Landscape of Folding Proteins on the Single Molecule Level". Advisor: Prof. Gilad Haran
• M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2000. Dissertation topic: "Biological models for adaptation mechanisms in the retina". Advisor: Dr. Hedva Spitzer
• B.Sc., Phytsics and Mathematics, 'Talpiot' program, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1994

Awards

• Golda Meir Fellowship Lectureship Award 2012/2013
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director's Innovation Award 2011 - High and Super Resolution Imaging of the Immune Synapse Between Cells in Micro-Patterned Traps 
• NCI Director's Innovation Award 2010 - Super resolution imaging of individual protein-protein interactions and protein complexes in live cells

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 2019 - . Principal investigator, leading the laboratory for biophysics
• Senior Lecturer, Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 2012 - 2018. Principal investigator, leading the laboratory for biophysics
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, NCI, National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2008 - 2012 Study of signaling complexes downstream of the T cell antigen receptor in single molecule detail Advisor: Dr. Larry Samelson
• V.P. or R&D, Rayteq Photonic Solutions, Israel 2001 - 2003
• R&D manager, Rayteq Photonic Solutions, Israel 2000 - 2001
• Physicist, El-op industries, Israel 1994 - 1995
• Officer, Department of R&D, Israeli Air Force, Israeli Defense Forces 1994 - 2000