Minerva - Weizmann Projects Program

Minerva projects at the Weizmann Institute of Science provide the opportunity for early-stage German researchers (e.g. young graduate students) to visit the Institute to participate in a scientific collaborative effort.

Weizmann Institute researchers with an e-mail address next to their name welcome such visits within the framework of their project. If you are interested in applying to visit one of the researchers below in the framework of this program, you are requested to contact the relevant researcher by clicking the e-mail link next to his/her name.

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Department of Chemical and Biological Physics

Prof. Eran Bouchbinder

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Interfacial rupture: Isolated modes, dimensionality and recurrent quakes
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Dr. Baran Eren

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The interface chemistry of defect-rich reducible oxides and water vapour
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Dr. Amit Finkler

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Spin diffusion in zeptoliter volumes
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Lucio Frydman

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Extended Hadamard Encoding: a new concept to enhance high field NMR?s sensitivity in organic, biological and materials-oriented applications
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Dr. Ephraim Shahmoon

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Quantum light-matter interfaces with atomic arrays: Novel approaches and applications
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Oren Tal

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Mapping the interplay between electrons and chirality using single-molecule junctions
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. David Tannor

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The von Neumann phase space lattice for quantum dynamics in strong fields
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Dr. Alexandra Tayar

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Effect of polymer size regulation on self-organization in biological active matter
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Omer Yaffe

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The general Mpemba Effect in hydrogen-bonded crystals
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Department of Chemical and Structural Biology

Dr. Ariel Afek

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Unveiling hidden impacts of DNA modifications on transcription factor binding through an advanced high-throughput strategy
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Ron Diskin

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The pH-driven conformational changes of the Lassa virus spike complex
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Prof. Oded Aharonson

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Exoplanetary transits of stellar chromospheres & coronae
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Dr. Rei Chemke

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The reversibility of CO2 induced mid-latitude large-scale atmospheric flow changes
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Dr. Yael Kiro

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Submarine groundwater discharge and seawater intrusion in heterogeneous aquifers under seasonal and tidal sea level changes
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Dan Yakir

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A novel approach to using seasonal amplitude ratios of atmospheric COS and CO2 to differentiate C3 and C4 vegetation contributions to photosynthesis
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science

Prof. Ernesto Joselevich

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Two-dimensional alloys and intermetallics
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Michal Leskes

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Understanding the solid electrolyte interphase formed on Na-ion Anodes by advanced solid state NMR spectroscopy
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Gershom (Jan) Martin

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First-principles description of noncovalent interactions --- when the ?gold standard' is not enough
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Dr. Elena Meirzadeh

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Investigating the mechanism of vapor-phase polymerization and crystallization of fullerene molecular sheets
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Sivan Refaely-Abramson

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First-principles approach to exciton-particle scattering in materials
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Boris Rybtchinski

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Mechanisms of polymer crystallization and crystallinity control in polymer materials
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Dr. Sergey Semenov

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Pattern formation by interplay between complex coacervation and nonlinear reaction networks
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Ulyana Shimanovich

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Development of adhesive, elastic, and waterproof protein-based materials
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Milko Van Der Boom

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Selective functionalization crystals-on-crystals: introducing new properties at the microscale
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Department of Biomolecular Sciences

Prof. Gad Asher

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Identification of intracellular pathways that participate in circadian clock resetting
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Ori Avinoam

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Elucidating the role of PALM2AKAP2 in skeletal muscle hypertrophy and regeneration
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Dr. Nir Fluman

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Recognition of misfolded membrane proteins by the quality control protease FtsH
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Eitan Reuveny

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Physiological role of G protein coupled potassium (GIRK) channels in astrocytes
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Dr. Ofer Shoshani

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The role of DNA damage and repair in gene amplification evolution
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Avraham Yaron

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Control of the atypical kinesin Kif2a by alternative splicing-coupled phosphorylation
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Department of Brain Sciences

Prof. Tali Kimchi

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The brain circuits governing solitary behavior in the blind mole rat
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Ilan Lampl

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Bimodal integration of auditory and tactile cues evoked by whisking
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Michal Rivlin

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Evolvement of novel visual representations in the visual thalamus
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Elad Schneidman

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How does network architecture shape the ability of biologically realistic neural networks to learn to forage in supervised, unsupervised, and collective ways
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Ivo Spiegel

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Molecular and cellular determinants of perceptual stability
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Ofer Yizhar

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Elucidating the synaptic mechanisms of memory consolidation in the retrosplenial cortex
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology

Dr. Moshe Biton

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Shaping mucosal immune responses by epithelial MHC-II peptides
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Steffen Jung

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A novel role of visceral pleura macrophages in lung immune homeostasis
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Efrat Shema

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Deciphering epigenetic alterations and heterogeneity in IDH1-mutant gliomas
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Igor Ulitsky

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Deciphering the post-transcriptional cleavage of mRNA 3'UTRs
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Department of Molecular Cell Biology

Prof. Ayelet Erez

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Utilizing metabolic vulnerabilities in cancers driven by JAK-STAT activation for improving therapy
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Shalev Itzkovitz

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An mRNA polarization atlas of the human GI tract based on spatial transcriptomics
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Sima Lev

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Interplay between Epithelial-Mesenchymal-Transition (EMT) and ferroptosis vulnerability in TNBC
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Gil Levkowitz

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Functional division of labor between diverse pituicyte subtypes
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Yonatan Stelzer

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Spatiotemporal dissection of early endothelial specification in the mammalian embryo
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Eldad Tzahor

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Unlocking therapeutic potential: an immunopeptidomic approach for cardiac immunization from ischemic injuries
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Department of Molecular Genetics

Prof. Ari Elson

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Arresting fusion: Characterizing the molecular mechanism that halts cell fusion and determines cell size during osteoclast formation
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna

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Ex utero development of chimpanzee complete iPSC-derived embryo models (SEMs)
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Dr. Eyal Karzbrun

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Molecular regulation of organ shape
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Schraga Schwartz

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Developing a modular toolbox for installing RNA modifications on mRNA
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Rotem Sorek

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Discovery and characterization of phage proteins that inhibit bacterial immunity
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Noam Stern-Ginossar

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Deciphering the mechanism of cellular mRNA degradation by SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences

Dr. Daniel Dar

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Deconstructing 5?UTR-mediated regulation in escherichia coli using massively parallel reporter assays
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Department of Systems Immunology

Prof. Ziv Shulman

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Investigating germinal centers in tumor-draining lymph nodes of head and neck cancer patients
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Dr. Tanita Wein

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Utilizing ancestral reconstruction to discover novel immune effectors across the tree of life
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics

Prof. Ronen Basri

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Differentiable equivariant structure from motion with efficient optimal matching
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Moni Naor

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Secure database retrieval, delay functions and privacy
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Eran Segal

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Multi-modal foundation models of health on deeply phenotyped data: advancing precision medicine
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Department of Mathematics

Prof. Uri Bader

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Unitary representations of Arithmetic Groups and their cohomology
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Dr. Shachar Carmeli

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Characteristic classes as maps of spectra
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Ehud Friedgut

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H-intersecting families and isoperimetric inequalities
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Maria Gorelik

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Invariants for lie (super) algebras
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Dmitry Novikov

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Effectivity for sharply o-minimal structures
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Omri Sarig

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Chaotic non-anosov dynamical systems
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Department of Condensed Matter Physics

Prof. Shahal Ilani

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Exploring uncharted regimes of Moire Quantum Matter using a local sensing-enhanced quantum twisting microscope
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. David Mross

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Identification of even-denominator quantum Hall plateaus through their daughters
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Yuval Oreg

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Probing the non-abelian nature of Quantum Hall Quasi-Particles through heat transport
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Dr. Yuval Ronen

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Characterizing the superconducting order parameter tunability in moire superlattices utilizing Andreev bound states
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Dr. Serge Rosenblum

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High-fidelity quantum memory and gates with long-lifetime superconducting cavity qubits
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Ady Stern

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Visualization and analysis of Quantum Hall states in trilayer graphene systems
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Eli Zeldov

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Graphene quantum ruler
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics

Prof. Ofer Aharony

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Novel non-supersymmetric quantum field theories
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Micha Berkooz

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Bulk reconstruction in the Double Scaled SYK model
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Kfir Blum

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Nuclear coalescence from correlation functions
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Shikma Bressler

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Particle flow with MPGD-based HCAL
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Eilam Gross

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Universal fast simulation of reconstructed particle sets and implementing particle reconstruction in ATLAS (PF) with advanced deep learning methods
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Alexander Milov

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Exploring quark-gluon plasma signatures: from large to small collisions
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Yosef Nir

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Lessons from flavor physics measurements
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Eran Oded Ofek

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Novel methods for transients detection and follow-up
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Gilad Perez

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New solution to the dark matter and strong CP problems from theory to detection with luminosity & precision
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Eli Waxman

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Relativistic shock breakouts: physics and astronomical applications
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Dr. Barak Zackay

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Developing novel search algorithms for the search of radio pulsars and continuous gravitational waves
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Daniel Zajfman

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Laboratory astrochemistry: spectroscopy and dynamics of complex interstellar molecules
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Department of Physics of Complex Systems

Dr. Hillel Aharoni

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Aspects of defect topology in colloidal smectics
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Nir Davidson

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Controlling coherence in complex laser networks
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Prof. Nirit Dudovich

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Resolving attosecond phenomena in condense matter systems
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Efi Efrati

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Visco-elastic instabilities
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Ofer Feinerman

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Nutriophysics in ant colonies
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Ofer Firstenberg

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Quantum few-photon topology
(Jan 1, 2026 - Dec 31, 2028)

Dr. Ziv Meir

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High-fidelity state preparation of molecular-ions qubits
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Dr. Alexander Poddubny

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Non-hermitian topology mediated by photons
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)

Prof. Oren Raz

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Gauge freedom in stochastic machines
(Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2026)

Prof. Joel Stavans

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Active matter and spatial segregation in bioconvection of multispecies bacterial suspensions
(Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2027)