PhD positions
Prof. Oren Schuldiner | link for homepage
Department of Molecular Cell BiologyPhD positionDevelopmental Neurobiology: Molecular mechanisms of neuronal remodeling
More Information about PhD positionProf. Michael Fainzilber | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionSize and growth control in neurons and other large cells - do cells sense their own size and how can they do that?
More Information about PhD positionProf. Eli Zeldov | link for homepage
Department of Condensed Matter PhysicsPhD positionScanning probe microscopy of quantum and topological states of matter
More Information about PhD positionDr. Rita Schmidt | link for homepage
Department of Brain SciencesPhD positionImaging the human brain: ultra-high field MRI and new biomarkers for brain function
More Information about PhD positionProf. Michal Neeman | link for homepage
Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyPhD positionECM crosslinking in pathology and physiology
More Information about PhD positionProf. Ari Elson | link for homepage
Department of Molecular GeneticsPhD positionFormation and function of osteoclasts (bone resorbing cells) in vitro and in vivo, in health and in disease.
More Information about PhD positionProf. Ari Elson | link for homepage
Department of Molecular GeneticsPhD positionHow do fusing cells stop fusing?
More Information about PhD positionDr. Rina Rosenzweig | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyPhD positionElucidating the role of molecular chaperones in cancer
More Information about PhD positionProf. Ayelet Erez | link for homepage
Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyPhD positionCancer metabolism
More Information about PhD positionProf. Rivka Dikstein | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionUnderstanding how the transcription and translation processes control the cellular response to extra-cellular stimuli
More Information about PhD positionProf. Jeffrey Gerst | link for homepage
Department of Molecular GeneticsPhD positionIntracellular and intercellular mRNA trafficking
Dr. Rina Rosenzweig | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyPhD positionStudying the structure function relationship of molecular chaperone complexes involved in protein disaggregation.
More Information about PhD positionDr. Baran Eren | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Biological PhysicsPhD positionPhD position in designing new methods with UHV-AFM that can provide chemical sensitivity from surfaces. The method relies on distinguishing vdW and electrostatic forces, as well retarded non non-retarded regimes in vdW interactions (Kasimir interactions). Your routine work will including handling UHV equipment, AFM in non-contact mode, Labview and Python coding.
Dr. Neta Regev-Rudzki | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionApplicants with a research background at the intersection of molecular biology, biochemistry, imaging and/or biophysics are encouraged to apply. Experience in microbiology, molecular genetics (including CRISPR/Cas9), advanced imaging platforms (including image analysis) or advanced protein chemistry is advantageous.
This is a full-time position available from June 2022 for a period of 4 years with a possibility of a further extension subject to funding availability.
Candidate should send a cover letter and CV (includes a publication list) to Dr. Neta Regev-Rudzki.
For any informal inquiries please contact us by email at
Prof. Joel Stavans | link for homepage
Department of Physics of Complex SystemsPhD positionEcological systems biology of natural microbial communities
Dr. Orly Laufman | link for homepage
Department of Molecular GeneticsPhD positionMolecular and Cell Biology of RNA viruses
Prof. Samuel Safran | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Biological PhysicsPhD positionTheoretical biological physics of cells - including mesoscale structure and dynamics of the cytoplasm and of the nucleus. Most projects are in collaboration with experimental partners. Strong background in statistical physics and soft matter physics is very useful. For examples of our research and publications see: https://www.weizmann.ac.il/chembiophys/SafranGroup/
Prof. Alexander Milov | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionData analysis from the ATLAS experiment.
Heavy Ion Physics is about exploring what the Strong Force Interaction is. Our World is not only confined to two- and three-quark particles. Imagine a system built of as many quarks as you want. Do we know enough to tell how such a system would behave? Would it be a quark-gluon plasma, a hadronic gas, or liquid? Does QCD do a good job predicting its properties, or...
You can help to find answers to these and many other questions. About one month in a year, the LHC collides ions of heavy elements. Each of these collisions is a mini-universe that sends hundreds of times more particles into ATLAS detector than a proton-proton interaction. You can be a part of a team to dive into this sea of quarks and gluons and find an answer to one of many questions.
Heavy-ion data from the ATLAS experiment is an excellent opportunity for students seeking an academic carrier to do research and get fantastic visibility in the physics community. But if you want to learn the most sophisticated data analysis, create your own algorithms, and get into the world of finance, data mining or high-tech, it's a place for you too.
Dr. Rina Rosenzweig | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyPhD positionNMR studies of transient chaperone-substrate interactions
More Information about PhD positionProf. Yonina Eldar | link for homepage
Department of Computer Science and Applied MathematicsPhD positionThe Signal Acquisition, Modeling, Processing and Learning (SAMPL) lab headed by Prof. Yonina Eldar at the Weizmann Institute of Science is recruiting PhD, MSc and post-doctoral students for cutting-edge research applying signal processing and machine learning for communication and radar systems.
Dr. Assaf Tal | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Biological PhysicsPhD positionDeveloping new neuroimaging methods for studying brain physiology in humans and understanding neurological diseases.
More Information about PhD positionProf. Joel Stavans | link for homepage
Department of Physics of Complex SystemsPhD positionStudy the interplay of coupled circadian clocks in multicellular cyanobacterial filaments with differentiation processes
Dr. Amnon Bar-Shir | link for homepage
Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science KimmelmanPhD positionPhD students for projects that combine molecular biology and in vivo imaging. We engineer extracellular vesicles to express targeting moieties on their surface for improved delivery
More Information about PhD positionDr. Baran Eren | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Biological PhysicsPhD positionDesigning & building micro-reactors for operando / in-situ Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, and electron microscopy measurements under electrochemical reaction conditions. Materials of interest include Co, Ni, and Fe oxides as well as their mixtures in alkaline aqueous solutions. These are potentially important energy storage materials for 'hydrogen economy' that can be an alternative to currently prevalent 'oil economy'.
Dr. Yuval Ronen | link for homepage
Department of Condensed Matter PhysicsPhD positionOur lab investigates quantum phenomena which focus on the interplay between correlations and topology. This intriguing interplay allows to develop unique realizations of non-abelian quasi-particles (qps) which are neither Boson nor Fermion-like. Among the phases which host these qps are the well-known fractional quantum Hall effect, topological superconductivity, and the recently emerging field of moire-superlattcies (twistronics). We are developing experiments in these arrowheads to unravel this intriguing physics.
This line of research often utilizes quantum materials whose reduced dimensionality enhances quantum effects. We profit from the use of various van der Waals (vdW) materials (graphene, hBN, TMDs, etc.) as well as high-mobility two-dimensional GaAs electron gas, which are both grown in our department. Fabrication is performed in a state-of-the-art clean room facility, specially designed for vdW materials nanofabrication.
These devices will be measured with transport techniques including quantum Hall interferometry, Josephson interferometry, capacitance measurements, thermal transport, and shot noise measurements. These measurements require high magnetic fields and low electron temperatures. Our lab will be equipped with an 8mK wet dilution refrigerator with a 20T magnet, a 7mK dry dilution with a 3D vector magnet, as well as a variable temperature cryostat.
Interested candidates should contact: yuval.ronen@weizmann.ac.il
Dr. Doron Kushnir | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionWe live in fortunate times, where there are still many fundamental unsolved problems in astrophysics, while technological progress allows new observations, which may make some of them solvable. Now is the time to attack the most puzzling challenges posed to us by the Universe.
Join Doron Kushnir's group to study explosions and extreme stars of the Universe. We use theoretical and computational tools to interpret state-of-the-art observations, aiming at resolving fundamental problems in astrophysics.
Prof. Yardena Samuels | link for homepage
Department of Molecular Cell BiologyPhD positionImmunotherapy has sparked new hope for oncology in recent years, due to its remarkable ability to induce durable response in patients with metastatic cancer. It is therefore essential to accurately delineate the interactions of cancer cells with the immune system. The project will use multiomic tools including whole exome sequencing , RNAseq, ribosome profiling, proteomic, HLA-peptidomics and systems biology to decipher the genetic, neo-antigenic and immune landscape in melanoma. Followup functional and immunological analysis of relevant genes and neoantigens will be conducted using novel mouse models.
More Information about PhD positionProf. Igor Lubomirsky | link for homepage
Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science PerlmanPhD positionDevelopment of novel electromechanically active materials for bio-compatible MEMS. Solid State Chemotronic devices operating at room temperature (devices changing a certain property due to change in composition induced by electric field)
More Information about PhD positionDr. Ofer Shoshani | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionIf you are a curious and motivated student interested in how cancer genomes evolve please contact us to learn about our exciting projects. In our lab we study basic mechanisms that drive chromosome abnormalities in cancer, and how such events lead to functional consequnces such as therapy resistance and metastasis. We work with cell cultures, patient samples, and mouse models, and employ cutting-edge microscopy and sequencing technologies. For more information please contact Ofer.
Prof. Igor Ulitsky | link for homepage
Department of Immunology and Regenerative BiologyPhD positionWe are interested in understanding what kind of activities can long RNAs, including both long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) and mRNAs, or fragments thereof, carry out in mammalian cells. We particularly interested in the question of how these activities are encoded in the genomic sequences of these genes, how they are related to the secondary structures they adopt in cells, how mutations in lncRNA genes or in noncoding regions in mRNA UTRs affect their function, and how to exploit all this knowledge to design better therapeutic approaches for both rare and common diseases. We are addressing these questions using a combination of both experimental biology (including molecular biology, cell biology, stem cell biology, and neurobiology) and computational biology/bioinformatics. PhD projects focused on specific projects related to these questions are available.
Prof. Elazar Zelzer | link for homepage
Department of Molecular GeneticsPhD positionI am looking for partners to join me on my journey to a deeper understanding of the development of the musculoskeletal system. Must bring along your own curiosity and passion
Prof. Ziv Reich | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionThe Reich lab (Weizmann Institute of Science) and the Shental lab (Open University) are looking for outstanding PhD students or postdoctoral researchers for a large-scale environmental microbiome research project. The project would survey the microbiome of plants and soil in high resolution, thus asking both basic science and translational questions. The candidate will be involved in developing novel analysis algorithms, and in large scale analysis of already collected data.
More Information about PhD positionProf. Eitan Reuveny | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionIon channels regulation by G proteins coupled receptors:
We have open positions for Ph.D. candidates interested in mechanisms of channel activation using, but not limited to, computational (molecular dynamics), electrophysiological and optical methodologies.
Prof. Eitan Reuveny | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionRegulation of astrocytes by G protein coupled mechanisms.
Using both biochemical and functional (live animals) methodologies.
Dr. Assaf Gal | link for homepage
Department of Plant and Environmental SciencesPhD positionWe are looking for extremely talented candidates to use and develop state-of-the-art cryo electron microscopy techniques for the study of cellular mineralization.
Dr. Nir Fluman | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionMembrane protein folding and quality control
More Information about PhD positionDr. Sagi Ben-Ami
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionThe experimental and instrumentation Astrophysics group at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel invites applications for its PhD program. Our group aims to offer outstanding research and training opportunities with excellent instrumental and observational facilities.
More Information about PhD positionDr. Assaf Gal | link for homepage
Department of Plant and Environmental SciencesPhD positionWe are looking for extremely talented candidates to study the roles of liquid-liquid phase separation in the formation of biomaterials.
Prof. Gad Asher | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionOxygen and Circadian Clocks
How does chronic exposure to hypoxia, as occurs with people living at high altitude, affects the human clock? How oxygen is connected to exercise performance and is there a time preference for high altitude training? (Tripartite model for performance: Clocks, oxygen, and exercise) How does HIF-1a endogenously integrate with circadian clock complexes during the circadian cycle? How do HIF-1a and BMAL1 regulate rhythmic transcriptome?
More Information about PhD positionProf. Gad Asher | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionInteractions between circadian clocks and exercise physiology
We employ various clock mutant mouse models with different light regimens to characterize the interaction between clocks and exercise. Further, we have designed and built fully automated time-controlled Running Wheels that can be programmed in advance to be in locked or unlocked positions for designated times to enable scheduled training of animals without manual interventions.
More Information about PhD positionProf. Gad Asher | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionClocks resetting
How the clock integrates different resetting cues? Are there differences in resetting capacity between different cell types? How different pharmaceutics influence the clock? Can it be harnessed to improve therapy?
More Information about PhD positionProf. Eran Oded Ofek | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionM.Sc. in obsevational astrophysics, instrumentations, and methods.
Dr. Noam Tal Hod | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionTests of lepton non-universality with ATLAS.
More Information about PhD positionDr. Shikma Bressler | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionAdvanced R&D of radiation detectors for physics and civil applications.
Please contact me for me details.Dr. Ziv Meir | link for homepage
Department of Physics of Complex SystemsPhD positionOur lab tries to bring molecules into the forefront of quantum technologies. We have open PhD positions for quantum-physics enthusiastic with the eager to learn many experimental skills and build state-of-the-art quantum systems.
For more information on our lab, visit: https://www.weizmann.ac.il/complex/meir/
Prof. Ofer Aharony | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD position0-1 positions for Ph. D. students in theoretical high-energy physics, working on quantum field theory, string theory and/or quantum gravity
Dr. Ariel Afek | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyPhD positionWe are looking for a curious and motivated student for an ambitious project to investigate the impact of mechanical perturbations on the most fundamental DNA interactions in the cell. Relevant background and skills include microarray printing, lithography, microfluidics, sequencing techniques, molecular biology, and DNA biochemistry.
We also encourage curious candidates from different backgrounds to apply; as we believe in doing fantastic multidisciplinary science and we are engaged in many collaborative projects.
https://www.weizmann.ac.il/CSB/Afek/
Dr. Noam Tal Hod | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionDevelopment of new class of wide band-gap radiation-hard solid state detectors for high energy physics experiments, medical applications and space missions.
More Information about PhD positionProf. Victor Armand Malka | link for homepage
Department of Physics of Complex SystemsPhD positionRelativistic interaction at near critical density
More Information about PhD positionProf. Ziv Reich | link for homepage
Department of Biomolecular SciencesPhD positionThe Reich lab is looking for students interested in microbial evolution. We study the evolution and diversity of lineages, genotypes and phenotypes within communities of yeast, and their relation to environment.
More Information about PhD positionDr. Barak Zackay | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionUsing novel statistical and algorithmic tools to improve observational astrophysics (exoplanets, gravitational waves and pulsar astrophysics)
More Information about PhD positionProf. Victor Armand Malka | link for homepage
Department of Physics of Complex SystemsPhD positionLaser plasma accelerators of electrons
More Information about PhD positionDr. Baran Eren | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Biological PhysicsPhD positionYou will be working on the interaction between water and alcohol molecules on surfaces using a variety of characterization techniques, such as infrared spectroscopy, x-ray absorption spectroscopy and scanning probe microscopies. Such studies are relevant for understanding hydrogen bonding and hydrogen exchange between molecules, as well as clustering of water and methanol molecules. They are also important for understanding the steam reforming of methanol to produce hydrogen.
Prof. Eli Waxman | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionTheoretical high energy astrophysics research
Prof. Avishay Gal-Yam | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionOne Ph.D position possibly available for a student focussing on studies of very early emission from supernova explosions.
More Information about PhD positionDr. Ariel Afek | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyPhD positionWe are looking for team members to perform groundbreaking research on the biophysical principles of mutagenesis at all levels.
https://www.weizmann.ac.il/CSB/Afek/
Dr. Shikma Bressler | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionGeneral search for bumps using the data-directed paradigm [1], the symmetry-based search for lepton flavor violation decays of massive resonances (e.g. [2]) and general searches for e/ asymmetries [3].
[1] arXiv:2107.11573
[2] arXiv:1604.07730
[3] arXiv:2203.07529Prof. Micha Berkooz | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionTheoretical high energy physics: string theory, field theory, gravity, black holes, relations to stat. mech., condensed matter and quantum information systems.
Prof. Nir Davidson | link for homepage
Department of Physics of Complex SystemsPhD positionexperimental investigations of coupled laser systems
Prof. Nir Davidson | link for homepage
Department of Physics of Complex SystemsPhD positionexperimental study of quantum degenerate gases and ultra cold atoms for quantum information
Prof. Ariel Amir | link for homepage
Department of Physics of Complex SystemsPhD positionOur research centers on the theory of complex systems and biophysics, applied to a broad spectrum of problems, mainly in the context of the physics of living systems. Our research is often done in collaboration with experimental groups. Key themes of our lab include mathematical modeling of cell growth and mechanics, both at the single-cell level and the population level, stochastic processes, disordered systems, and coarse-grained modeling of complex processes.
For more information and recent publications see: https://amir.seas.harvard.edu/
Prof. Yitzhak Maron | link for homepage
Department of Particle Physics and AstrophysicsPhD positionWe study processes in plasmas subjected to high-energy deposition: conversion of electric energy to heat and radiation, turbulence, fast penetration of magnetic fields into plasmas, and plasma rotation. For diagnosing the plasma we develop fast, high-resolution spectroscopy of radiation in the visible, U.V., vacuum UV, and x-ray regions. We have close collaboration with major universities and institutions in the US and Europe.
Prof. Deborah Fass | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyPhD positionO-linked carbohydrates play an important part in cell adhesion, combating viral infection, and many other important physiological processes. Our lab has recently discovered that a catalyst of disulfide bond formation regulates a set of enzymes in the Golgi apparatus that control O-glycosylation in musocal tissues. A Ph.D. project following up this finding can develop in the direction of structural biology, biochemistry, cell biology, and in vivo studies, according to the student's interests. No prior experience necessary, we will teach you everything you need to know!
Prof. Deborah Fass | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyPhD positionWe have a very exciting new project on the redox-regulation of cell division, with implications for cancer treatment. The project involves biochemistry and structural biology, with the option of visiting a collaborating lab in Europe.
Prof. Deborah Fass | link for homepage
Department of Chemical and Structural BiologyPhD positionBelieve it or not, mucus is one of the most beautiful substances in the world if you look at it at the right resolution. The right resolution is of course in atomic detail. Come help us determine the high-resolution structures of mucus proteins using cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography!
Dr. Osip Schwartz | link for homepage
Department of Physics of Complex SystemsPhD positionPhD positions available in
- laser-based quantum control of free-space electrons and its applications to biological imaging
- electromagnetic nonlinearity of physical vacuum probed by intense lasers.