Ouri Karni was born and raised in Haifa and attended the Hebrew Reali School. His attraction to science in general and to physics in particular led him to continue straight on to study for a BA in physics and a BSc in electrical engineering at the Technion, in the framework of the IDF’s “Psagot” reserve […]

Yannai Gonczarowski, born and raised in Jerusalem, became fascinated with science and programming at an early age. As a high school senior, he taught an advanced computer class at his school, based on a curriculum that he developed. Yannai served in IDF military intelligence for four years as an algorithmic researcher and project leader, and […]

  Sharon Fleischer was born and raised in Rehovot. After her military service in Air Force intelligence, Sharon began her BSc studies in biotechnology, an interdisciplinary program at Tel-Aviv University Sharon became interested in the field of tissue engineering as a way to improve the lives and health of others. After commencing her MSc studies […]

Rivka Bekenstein, raised in Jerusalem, has been interested in science since childhood. Following her military service, she began studying physics at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During her second year, while participating in an exclusive lab course supervised by Prof. Zvi Ovadiahu, she became interested in experimental physics. Her fascination with nonlinear physics came soon […]

Oded Berger-Tal is a desert ecologist and senior lecturer at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His main interest is the integration of behavioral ecology into wildlife conservation and management. On a theoretical level, he is helping develop the conceptual basis for the emerging field of ‘conservation behavior, as well as working to improve the accessibility of […]

Yoav Bauman was born and raised in Jerusalem. During high school, Yoav became increasingly interested in the Life Sciences and subsequently decided to major in Biology. Following his military service as a combat soldier he started his studies in the Life Sciences undergraduate program at the Hebrew University where he graduted magna cum laude.  During his studies, Yoav became acquainted […]

Or Ordentlich is an information theorist and Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT hosted by Professor Yury Polyanskiy. Prior to this he was a PhD student at Tel-Aviv University. His thesis “Structured Codes for Wireless Communication” was written under the supervision of Prof. Uri Erez. His main research interests are in the fields of Information Theory, Communication Theory […]

Moshe Goldstein is a physicist and senior lecturer in Tel-Aviv University’s Department of Condensed Matter Physics, in the School of Physics and Astronomy. His research is primarily concerned with the theory (both analytical and numerical) of nanoscale and low-dimensional quantum condensed matter systems, including: semiconductors, normal and superconducting metals, carbon-based materials, topological insulators, and ultracold atomic […]

Erez Zohar is a senior lecturer at the Racah Insitute of Physics, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His research mainly focuses on the interfce between quantum many body theories and quantum information and technology, and he is specifically interested in developing tools for dealing with strongly interacting systems and their application to quantum field […]

Avi Saig is a neurobiologist. He is Head of Research and Development in the Department of Educational Technology in the Davidson Institute of Science Education, which is the educational arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science. He specializes in popular science and has over 200 publications in this genre. Avi received his PhD from the […]