New scientists

Dr. Ziv Meir, who is joining the Department of Physics of Complex Systems, plans to use novel molecular qubits that could play a role in the new era of quantum computing.

Dr. Ariel Afek investigates different sources of genetic mutations and their impact on diseases like cancer, drawing on his expertise in biophysics, bioinformatics, and genomics.

Dr. Dvir Gur is fascinated by crystals. But not the kind in your grandmother’s china cabinet — rather, the molecular crystals that many organisms construct in their cells. 

Dr. David Zeevi has microbes on his mind, having done his PhD in the lab of Prof. Eran Elinav, an expert on the human gut. But instead of focusing on human health, Dr. Zeevi has a different goal: to improve the health of the planet.

Meet Dr. Michal Ramot, a new scientist investigating the brain’s resting-state activity, which may have far greater significance than being mere ‘noise’, as was once believed.

Dr. Osip Schwartz is advancing electron microscopym, which are indispensable in many branches of research and are able to reach atomic-scale resolutions, some 500,000 times smaller than what the human eye can see. 

An Israel Prize winner, Prof. Alexander Lubotzky’s favorite intellectual zone is the space between theory and application, and using math to solve computer science problems.

Dr. Barak Zackay hunts for exotic astrophysical phenomena such as supernovae, binary black holes, pulsars, gravitational waves, and exoplanets, and has invented techniques to record and analyze these interstellar events.

Dr. Oded Padon develops logical techniques that can be integrated into distributed software as it is being developed, thereby eliminating bugs.