Maayan Ziv grew up in Kibbutz El-Rom in the Golan Heights, where his parents, a chemistry teacher and a former math teacher, nurtured his curiosity and analytical thinking. Inspired by his military service as a geographical intelligence officer, he pursued a dual BSc in Geology and Computer Science at Ben-Gurion University, graduating first in his […]

Yarden Sheffer was born in 1997 and completed high school in Tel Aviv. He played a leading role in his school’s robotics team, which won the 2014 Israeli FIRST Robotics Competition championship. Yarden completed his undergraduate degree in physics and mathematics at the Technion, graduating summa cum laude as part of the Rothschild-Technion Program for […]

Ohad Segal is currently pursuing a PhD under the supervision of Distinguished Professor Mordechai Segev, a world-renowned expert in nonlinear optics and photonics. Ohad’s research focuses on photonic time crystals, a cutting-edge field with applications such as tunable coherent light sources and quantum computation. His research combines his passion for waves (which originated from surfing) […]

Aya Marck is a PhD student in the Animal Flight Group, Department of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology at the University of Haifa. She lives in the Upper Galilee with her husband and daughter. Her path to science took shape during her time at Tel-Hai College, where she combined academic studies with social activism, coordinating programs […]

Amit Elad was born in 1994 in Kibbutz Matzuva in the Western Galilee. From a young age, Amit’s fascination with riddles took him from high school chemistry experiments to deciphering intelligence in the army, where he derived important insights from subtle nuances in Persian. That same drive now fuels his passion for medicine – the […]

Nadir Boni is a PhD student in Biochemistry at Tel Aviv University’s School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, working under the supervision of Dr. Rotem Rubinstein. His research focuses on implementing bioinformatic tools to predict protein–protein interactions and model the formation of protein complexes. This work aims to enhance the prediction of cell receptor interactions […]

Elad Ballas was born in 1990 and grew up in Beit Shemesh, Israel. After completing high school, he studied at the Shavei Hevron Yeshiva and later served in the IDF’s Golani Brigade. He earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Bar-Ilan University, graduating magna cum laude, followed by an M.Sc. in Electrochemistry and Energy Storage under […]

Elad was born in 1993 and raised in Bnei-Brak. He completed his BSc in electrical engineering at Bar-Ilan University, with an emphasis on electro-optics and nano-electronics, graduating cum laude in 2020. He received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in undergraduate studies twice and gained industrial experience as a student programmer. After completing his MSc degree […]

Elad was born in 1996 and raised in Hadera. From an early age he was fascinated by mathematical problems and riddles, so during high school he pursued a BSc in computer science at the University of Haifa in the exclusive Etgar Program. During his military service, he deepened his knowledge by taking advanced math courses […]

Jonathan’s research integrates concepts from machine learning, dynamical systems, and control theory to develop next-generation cancer therapies. Jonathan has pioneered a method for inferring temporal tissue dynamics from a single biopsy. This groundbreaking work provides a foundation for understanding multicellular dynamics within the tumor microenvironment and designing precise treatments that modulate these dynamics. Jonathan’s interdisciplinary […]