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Scientific Personnel

2025

Appointed to Senior Scientist
Name Department
Dr. Tamar Lea Ben-Shaanan [1] Department of Molecular Neuroscience
Dr. Nir Norbar Galili [2] Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Dr. Tom Manovitz [3] Department of Physics of Complex Systems
Dr. Yinon Bar-On Moise [4] Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Dr. Gil Schwarts [5] Department of Science Teaching
Dr. Yoav Voichek [6] Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences

Appointed to Professor (Full)
Name Department
Prof. Ehud Hrushovski [7] Department of Mathematics
Prof. Ilya Kuprov [8] Department of Chemical and Biological Physics

Promoted to Associate Professor
Name Department
Prof. Giora Alexandron [9] Department of Science Teaching
Prof. Rony Dahan [10] Department of Systems Immunology
Prof. Meital Oren-Suissa [11] Department of Brain Sciences
Prof. Sivan Refaely-Abramson [12] Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science
Prof. Einat Segev [13] Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Prof. Efrat Shema [14] Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology
Prof. Ulyana Shimanovich [15] Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science
Prof. Ivo Spiegel [16] Department of Brain Sciences

Promoted to Professor (Full)
Name Department
Prof. Jakub Abramson [17] Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology
Prof. Noam Stern-Ginossar [18] Department of Molecular Genetics
Prof. Igor Ulitsky [19] Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology
Prof. Avraham Yaron [20] Department of Biomolecular Sciences
Prof. Edit Yerushalmi [21] Department of Science Teaching
Prof. Ofer Yizhar [22] Department of Brain Sciences
Staff Scientists

2025

Appointed to Assistant Staff Scientist
Name Department
Dr. Suhaib K Abdeen [23] Department of Systems Immunology
Dr. Moriah Ariely [24] Department of Science Teaching
Dr. Bavat Bornstein [25] Department of Molecular Genetics
Dr. Maryna Borysova [26] Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Dr. Shlomit Edri [27] Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Dr. Inna Goliand [28] Department of Life Sciences Core Facilities
Dr. Ilia Moroz [29] Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science

Appointed to Associate Staff Scientist
Name Department
Dr. Iddo Magen [30] Department of Molecular Genetics
Dr. Yoav Mayshar [31] Department of Molecular Cell Biology

Promoted to Associate Staff Scientist
Name Department
Dr. Hyla Allouche-Arnon [32] Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Kimmelman
Dr. Nili Dezorella [33] Department of Chemical Research Support
Dr. Ekaterina Kopitman [34] Department of Life Sciences Core Facilities
Dr. Anna Eden Kossoy [35] Department of Chemical Research Support
Dr. Roni Oren [36] Department of Veterinary Resources
Dr. Inbar Saraf Sinik [37] Department of Brain Sciences

Promoted to Senior Staff Scientist
Name Department
Dr. Alexander Brandis [38] Department of Life Sciences Core Facilities
Dr. Hagit Dafni [39] Department of Veterinary Resources
Dr. David Ehre [40] Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science
Dr. Ora Simcha Bitton Israel [41] Department of Chemical Research Support
Dr. Ifat Kaplan-Ashiri [42] Department of Chemical Research Support
Dr. Ruti Kapon [43] Department of Biomolecular Sciences
Dr. Noa Novershtern [44] Department of Molecular Genetics
Dr. Yossi Shvartzvald [45] Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
*List of Appointments that began work at the Institute in 2025

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