Curriculum vitae
Academic Degrees1998 - Ph.D. in Physics, Technion, Haifa, Israel. "Imaging of The Temperature Fields Around a Dendritic Crystal" under the supervision of Prof. Steve. G. Lipson
1992 - B.A. in Physics, summa cum laude, Technion, Haifa, Israel |
Positions
June 2014 - Associate Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Rehovot, Israel
April 2010 - June 2014, Senior Lecturer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Rehovot, Israel
January 2013 - Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH
September 2009 - December 2012, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH
August 2003 - August 2009, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH
2000-2003 - Postdoc at Caltech, Pasadena, California. Applied Physics, Prof. Steve Quake Group. In collaboration with Prof. Henry Lester, Biology, Caltech.
1998-1999 Postdoc at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Department of Physics of Complex Systems Prof. Joel Stavans Group
April 2010 - June 2014, Senior Lecturer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Rehovot, Israel
January 2013 - Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH
September 2009 - December 2012, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH
August 2003 - August 2009, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH
2000-2003 - Postdoc at Caltech, Pasadena, California. Applied Physics, Prof. Steve Quake Group. In collaboration with Prof. Henry Lester, Biology, Caltech.
1998-1999 Postdoc at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Department of Physics of Complex Systems Prof. Joel Stavans Group
Visiting ScientistDec 2007, Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
July 2004, Department of Materials & Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
Consulting2013: Melodea Ltd., Nanocrystalline cellulose based ecologically friendly materials.
2004-2007: "Helicos BioSciences" on Single molecule DNA sequencing techniques. |
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Teaching
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Awards
2012 Krill Prize
2011 Invitation fellowship programs for research in Japan, JSPS
2000-2001 CMB fellowship, Caltech interdisciplinary program funded by Burroughs Welcome Fund.
2000 Lester Deutsch, Technion-Caltech fellowship.
1999-1998 The Sir Charles Clore Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
1997-1992 Successive Technion graduate school scholarships including excellence scholarship
1992 Technion Physics' Dean honors
1991 Participation in distinguished students summer in physics, sponsored by the Amos De-Shalit foundation, Weizmann institute of science.
1991 Technion Physics' Dean honors.
1990 Technion President's honors.
2011 Invitation fellowship programs for research in Japan, JSPS
2000-2001 CMB fellowship, Caltech interdisciplinary program funded by Burroughs Welcome Fund.
2000 Lester Deutsch, Technion-Caltech fellowship.
1999-1998 The Sir Charles Clore Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
1997-1992 Successive Technion graduate school scholarships including excellence scholarship
1992 Technion Physics' Dean honors
1991 Participation in distinguished students summer in physics, sponsored by the Amos De-Shalit foundation, Weizmann institute of science.
1991 Technion Physics' Dean honors.
1990 Technion President's honors.
Presentations, Invited Lectures and Colloquium
- On the dynamic nature of the interaction between IBP and ice 2nd Ice-Binding Protein Conference 8/2014
- Ice Binding Proteins and Their Interactions with ice crystals, 2014 World Forum on Biology, Savannah, Georgia, USA. 5/2014
- Ice growth control with antifreeze proteins , 4th international nanotechnology conference, NanoIsrael 2014, Tel Aviv. 3/2014
- Ice binding proteins and their influence on ice growth in food materials, 5th International Symposium on Delivery of Functionality in Complex Food Systems Physically-Inspired Approaches from the Nanoscale to the Microscale, Haifa, Israel. 10/2013
- Ice binding proteins and their potential in controlling freezing processes in food materials, EuroFoodChem XVII International conference, Istanbul, Turkey. 5/2013
- Ice Binding Proteins and Their interactions with ice crystals, The Physical Biology of the Cell 2013, Kona Hawaii, USA 4/2013
- Ice binding proteins and their dynamic interaction with ice, Advances in Low Temperature Biology , Society of Low Temperature Biology (SLTB) 2012 Conference, London, UK. 10/2012
- Ice binding proteins and their dynamic interaction with ice, Cryobiology conference, Rosario, Argentina. 6/2012
- Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Cryobiology and Cryotechnology, Tsukuba, Japan, 5/2012
- 1st Ice Binding Proteins conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada 8/2011.
- Food in the new era 2011, Tel Aviv, Israel.6/2011
- Biological Sensing and Micro Systems, 3rd Peter Brojde Workshop, Yad Ha-Shmona, Israel. 6/2011
- Antifreeze Protein Binding Dynamics at Ice Surfaces in the session on Organic and Biological Crystallization at the 16th International Conference on Crystal Growth, Beijing, China, from August 8 to 13, 2010.
- Applied Single-Molecule Techniques, Workshop, Biophysical Society, San Francisco, Feb 2010.
- Ice & Water in the Universe: from Astrobiology to Terrestrial Bodies, Stockholm, Sweeden, 15-26 September 2008.
- Innovative Approaches to DNA Sequencing, New York Academy of Science, New York, Nov 2007
- NanoTx 07: Antifreeze proteins and their applications , Dallas, TX, Oct 2007
- "Fluorescence Microscopy and Microfluidic Techniques for studyng interactions between antifreeze proteins and ice surfaces", ACS, Antifreeze Proteins: A Memorial Symposium for Robert Feeney , Boston, Aug 2007
- "Investigation of the Interactions Between Antifreeze Proteins and Ice Surfaces Using Fluorescence Microscopy and Microfluidic Techniques", Kenyon college Physics Colloquium, Gambier, OH, December 2006
- "Single molecule DNA sequencing",Optics in the Southeast 2005 Workshop on Biophotonics, Atlanta, GA, 10/2005
- "Single molecule DNA sequencing by cyclic synthesis"ABRF 2005 Biomolecular Technologies: Discovery to Hypothesis, Savannah, February 5 8,2005.
- "Single molecule detection and manipulation",Weizmann-wide workshop on physics in biology, 17 January 1999
- "The Double Pyramid Structure of Ice", Seminar, Physical Chemistry, Hebrew University 12/97.
Outreach
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Professional Activities
Co-organizing conference
Session Chair
2014 IBP Session 4: Biotechnical and commercial applications for IBPs Co-chairs: Ido Braslavsky and Sakae Tsuda
2013 New Processing Methods / Chairs: D.CHUNG & I. Braslavsky, at the EUROFOODCHEM XVII conference, Istanbul, Turkey.
2013 Cryo, The 50th Anniversary of the Society for Cryobiology's Annual Meeting
2011 Biotechnology Use of Ice Binding Proteins, and poster session chair at the 1st International Ice binding Proteins Conference.
2010 PCI, Physics and Chemistry of Ice, Sapporo Japan, Session 9-A2 topic: Ice and biology.
2006 APS March Meeting Session D9: Methods in Nanobiotechnology
2013 New Processing Methods / Chairs: D.CHUNG & I. Braslavsky, at the EUROFOODCHEM XVII conference, Istanbul, Turkey.
2013 Cryo, The 50th Anniversary of the Society for Cryobiology's Annual Meeting
2011 Biotechnology Use of Ice Binding Proteins, and poster session chair at the 1st International Ice binding Proteins Conference.
2010 PCI, Physics and Chemistry of Ice, Sapporo Japan, Session 9-A2 topic: Ice and biology.
2006 APS March Meeting Session D9: Methods in Nanobiotechnology
Research Interests
Ice Templating\Freeze-casting
Experimental complex systems physics, Biophysics, Applied optics.
Anti-freeze proteins: Hyperactive Ice binding proteins, Investigation with fluorescence microscopy and microfluidic devices
Ice physics, Electrofreezing, The double pyramid structure of ice, growth-melt asymmetry,
Refractive index of water, Crystal growth.
Temperature controlled Microfluidics
Single molecule detection and manipulation: DNAProtein interactions, Single molecule DNA sequencing,
DNA Oxidation at the single molecule level
Optics: Interferometric measurements, Tomographic interferometry, Confocal fluorescent microscopy, Optical tweezers, Evanescent illumination, Darkfield microscopy, Wavefront Shaping
Experimental complex systems physics, Biophysics, Applied optics.
Anti-freeze proteins: Hyperactive Ice binding proteins, Investigation with fluorescence microscopy and microfluidic devices
Ice physics, Electrofreezing, The double pyramid structure of ice, growth-melt asymmetry,
Refractive index of water, Crystal growth.
Temperature controlled Microfluidics
Single molecule detection and manipulation: DNAProtein interactions, Single molecule DNA sequencing,
DNA Oxidation at the single molecule level
Optics: Interferometric measurements, Tomographic interferometry, Confocal fluorescent microscopy, Optical tweezers, Evanescent illumination, Darkfield microscopy, Wavefront Shaping