Gil Bashan was born in 1987 and grew up in Givatayim, Israel. He lives with his wife, Yaara, and their four children in Petah Tikva. He studied Torah in the Birkat Moshe Yeshiva and in Beit Midrash Givat Shmuel. During his period of Torah study, in the Hesder Yeshiva track, Gil also did military service […]

Dana Binyamin was born and raised in Tiberias, where she now lives with her husband and their 2-year-old girl daughter Noya. Immediately after completing her National Service, Dana started her BSc at Bar-Ilan University in the Faculty of Life Sciences. During the third year of her degree, she became especially interested in microbiology and began […]

Noam Shahar, who is 30 years old, grew up in the Jezreel Valley and now lives in Tel Aviv with his wife Tal and their two sons. His project deals with synthetic biology in plants, and specifically in microalgae, a group of photosynthetic microorganisms that have recently emerged as promising hosts for biotechnology industries, such […]

Dan was born and raised in Haifa, where he currently lives with his wife Aviya. As a student in high school, he studied chemistry at the Technion and twice won first place in the Israeli National Chemistry Olympics. He also took part in the National Astrophysics Olympics, in which he won third place. Studying math […]

Noam Lifshitz completed his undergraduate studies at Bar-Ilan University at the age of 19. After that he was recruited into the army, but he still managed to complete his MSc two years later, by dedicating most of his weekends to research. Noam’s MSc research at Bar-Ilan University, under the supervision of Prof. Nathan Keller, concentrated […]

Dalya Baron is the daughter of Russian immigrants who immigrated to Israel when the Soviet Union disbanded. She was raised in Beit Shemesh and matriculated at the Johanna Jabotinsky Youth Village, concentrating in physics and computer science. She completed three and a half years of military service, a year of which she spent in the […]

Barry Ginat grew up in Haifa, Israel. From an early age, he was fascinated with science and in particular with physics: He wanted to understand the most fundamental constituents of reality. Barry did his BSc in mathematics and physics at the Technion, in the framework of the physics honors program there. He graduated summa cum […]

Born and raised in Nesher, Israel, Shai matriculated from the Hebrew Reali School of Haifa, majoring in physics, economics, Arabic, and English Literature. He completed four and a half years of military service with the rank First Lieutenant and currently holds the rank of Captain (in the reserves). He went on to earn a double […]

Yaron Laufer was born in Petah Tikva. After studying in the Hesder yeshivas in Mitzpe Ramon and Ma‘alot and serving as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade, Yaron began studying for his BSc in electrical engineering at Bar-Ilan University. During his undergraduate studies, he participated in the prestigious “Chosen Ones” scholarship program for outstanding […]

Ron grew up in Rosh Pina, a picturesque town in northern Israel, where his parents raised him to love and respect nature and people. This upbringing led him to volunteer as a guide in the Hanoar Ha‘oved Vehalomed youth movement and later to continue volunteering, guiding and teaching. Ron received his BSc in biology and […]