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Prof. Ayelet Baram-Tsabari is the head of the science communication research group at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion and a former journalist. Ayelet is the recipient of the higher education award for young staff members whose academic activity constitutes a major contribution to society (2021); the Yanai Prize for Excellence in Academic Education at the Technion (2015); and Alon scholarship for support of outstanding young scientists (2011). She is a graduate of the Israel Young Academy (2016-2020) and the first, and so far only, Israeli to be appointed to the scientific board of the PCST, the international organization for the Public Communication of Science and Technology (2016-2021).

She completed her doctoral studies in 2007 at Weizmann Institute of Science in the field of teaching biology, and she has been a staff member at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology since 2008. In 2010 she spent one year at Cornell University, funded by the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, in order to promote research in the field of science communication in Israel. Her goal was to bridge the gap between the public’s right to know and its capacity to understand, as well as to support scientists who are interested in making their studies accessible to various audiences (for example).

Dr. Aviv Sharon is a research fellow at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion. His academic studies center around scientific literacy and communication of science in an online environment.
Aviv has background in biological studies and in the instruction of biology to high school students, he is a local Haifa patriot and a musicals and podcasts enthusiast.

Dr. Yael Barel-Ben David is a research fellow at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion, where she also manages the Citizen Laboratory – a center promoting collaboration between the Technion, Madatech and the community through projects of citizen science. Yael is a scholar, developer and facilitator of unique workshops on the subject of personalized communication of science to various audiences (further information may be found here).