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 […]

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1994, Vladimir immigrated to Israel at age 13 through the NAALE program and officially made Aliyah in 2012. Today he lives in Rehovot with his wife, Ksenia, and child, Michael.  Vladimir was drafted into the IDF in 2013, and after completing his military service, he pursued academics. After earning a […]

Roni, born in 1996, grew up in Rishon Le Zion and now resides in Tel Aviv with her partner, Roi, and their dog. She began her academic journey at Tel Aviv University in 2017, pursuing dual degrees in biomedical engineering and neuroscience at the Sagol School, graduating magna cum laude. During her undergraduate studies, she […]

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 […]