Jerusalemite Amitai Yuval was attracted to the beauty of pure mathematics from a young age. While still in high school he started his BSc studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and graduated at the age of 20, after his military service. After the intensity of these years, he felt a need to explore other […]

Alexander Shleyfman was born in Ukraine (the former Soviet Union) and came to Israel as a child with the rest of his family. Despite  the difficulties of studying in a new country in a foreign language, Alex discovered early on that he was attracted to the language of mathematics. During his school days, he took […]

Asael Roichman was born in Jerusalem and later moved to the village of Kochav-Hashachar. Science was his hobby from an early age, and he studied biology as a major in high school. After a period of yeshiva studies and then military service in the prestigious 13th battalion of the Golani brigade, he began his undergraduate […]

Avia Raviv-Moshe was born in Lod and moved at a young age to Rosh-Ha’ayin. Drawn to physics as a child, she attended The Aleh High School of Exact Sciences in Lod, majoring in physics, chemistry and math. After a voluntary stint in the civil service, tutoring at-risk children from dysfunctional families, she began studying physics […]

A native daughter of Yuvalim, a village in the lower Galilee, Gali Noti's undergraduate work in computer science and cognitive sciences at the Hebrew University focused on people’s decision-making processes. She was inspired by the classic studies in the field, led by Tversky and Kahneman, who demonstrated how mathematical, rational models fail to explain human […]

Yael, a resident of Bet Lehem Ha’glilit  in northern Israel sought simple, elegant mathematical tools in high school to describe and understand complex systems. This led her to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she completed her BSc in physics in  the Amirim interdisciplinary honors program for outstanding students. Realizing that the advent of new […]

Born and raised in Haifa, Hezi Grisaro attended the Ironi Alef High School, where his interest in science began. Upon graduation, he decided to join the ATUDA (the army's academic reserve) program, which enabled him to receive his BSc in civil engineering (structural engineering), graduating summa cum laude from the Technion at the age of […]

Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Angelica Elkan immigrated to Israel with her family at the age of five. She grew up in a rural town near Jerusalem and attended Boyer High School. Since she was fascinated by chemistry from the time she was very young, no one was surprised when she chose the subject for her academic studies— […]

Michal Natan was born in Herzliya and moved at a young age to Kfar Saba. Following her National Service as a guide in "Beit Hatfutsot" museum Michal, intrigued by the mysteries of nature, started her academic studies at the Faculty of Life Sciences in Biotechnolgy at Bar-Ilan University. Michal continued to a Master's degree at […]

Omri Azencot hails from Kiryat Haim. After finishing his military service, he began studying for his BSc  at the Technion's Computer Science Department. Shortly thereafter, he became attracted to the beauty of mathematics; this led to his joining the Technion's dual degree program, which enabled him to add more math to his curriculum. Upon completion […]