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 […]

Eran Sagi was born in Be'er Sheva but moved at a young age to Tzur Yigal. As he grew up, he became fascinated with physics, which led him to Tel-Aviv University for a BSc in physics. During his undergraduate years he participated in an academic research project with Prof. Ehud Nakar from the Department of […]

Michael Kalyuzhny was born in Novosibirsk, Russia, and immigrated to Israel with his parents during his childhood. He grew up in Haifa on Mount Carmel, where the surrounding forests evoked his passion for nature and the outdoors. As the son, grandson and nephew of scientists, he was a keen reader of science books and attended […]

Ido Sagi, a native Jerusalemite, has been drawn to science since he was very young. He attended The Hebrew University High School in Jerusalem, where his major was biology. Following military service in the Israeli Intelligence Corps, he began his study of life sciences at The Hebrew University with an eye towards a career in […]

Barak Hirshberg was born and raised in Jerusalem and attended Boyer High School; his interest in science began there under the influence of his mathematics teacher.  After high school, he postponed his military service for three years in order to do a BSc in chemistry at the Hebrew University, as a member of the Amirim […]

Izchak Baruch Goldshtein was born and raised in Bnei Brak. From a very young age he was attracted by science and technology. His interest increased after he participated in an excellence program; it revealed fascinating aspects of the scientific world and opened new horizons for him. Motivated by this interest, Izchak joined the ATUDA (academic […]

Yinon Spinka, born in Holon, spent most of his childhood in the United States.  When he was twelve, he and his family moved back to Israel and settled in Hod Hasharon. Around this time Yinon became interested in computers and started to learn programming.  During his middle school years he joined Bar-Ilan University's mathematics program […]