Tel Aviv University

A doctoral student in the laboratory for the study of technology integration in learning. Studies the link between the learner’s personality and his or her satisfaction with online learning, and of course also integrates learning analytics, because how can you not…
Orit came to the world of research from the worlds of organizational training and specializes in learning design and personalization of teaching processes.

Eyal Bahar is a doctoral student in the Department of Physics at Tel Aviv University. His study centers around nonlinear optics and the physical aspects of nanotechnology.

Holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a master’s degree in theoretical mathematics from Tel Aviv University. Has been delivering lectures on mathematics in universities all around Israel for over a decade. As part of his mission to present the beauty and depth of mathematics to all human beings, he has delivered many lectures on mathematics to the general public. When he’s not on stage at the lecture hall, you can find Alon crashing into lectures on cinema and philosophy around campus, or dancing non-stop for hours at a party. “The best way to understand a mathematical idea is with the right illustration. Or movie. Or anecdote. It can be origami as far as I’m concerned, the important thing is that we understand”.

Lecturer in Computer Science at Tel Aviv University. Engaged in the design, development and teaching of computer science courses, and research of effective teaching methods

Yossi Zafadia is a Doctor of Biochemistry and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University. In his research he deals with the study of the structure and activity of proteins using computer simulations.
Dr. Zafadia has been awarded Teaching Excellence Awards for 13 consecutive years.

Dr. Nana Ariel is a lecturer and scholar of rhetoric, culture and language in the Faculty of Humanities at Tel Aviv University. She received her PhD from Tel Aviv University and completed her postdoctoral studies at Harvard University in the USA, and additional postdoctoral studies at Minducate Center for Learning Sciences at Tel Aviv University. She facilitates guest speaker workshops in Israel and around the world, including, among others, at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Nana develops new learning techniques, mainly in points of interaction between theory and practice. She published articles in international journals and magazines and she is also the author of the children’s book “The Most Boring Book in the World”. She lives in Tel Aviv with her partner and her daughter, and dreams to learn as much as possible.

ד״ר עידו תבור הוא חוקר ומרצה בפקולטה לרפואה ובבית הספר למדעי המוח באוניברסיטת תל אביב. הוא סיים את לימודי הדוקטורט במחלקה לנוירוביולוגיה באוניברסיטת תל אביב, ולאחר פוסט-דוקטורט באוניברסיטת אוקספורד באנגליה הצטרף לסגל אוניברסיטת תל אביב בשנת 2017 ועומד בראש מעבדה לחקר דימות מתקדם של מוח האדם. בשיטות דימות לא פולשניות, עידו חוקר את מבנה ופעילות המוח בתהליכי למידה וזיכרון, וכיצד קישוריות מוחית משפיעה על תהליכים אלו במוח הבריא ובמצבים פתולוגיים.

A staff member at the School of Education and the School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. After practicing meditation and yoga for more than 30 years, Dr. Tarrasch began to integrate between teaching mindfulness and studying its effects. His main areas of study include the neurological and psychological effects of mindfulness training among adults and children.
He has developed a mindfulness program for children, and even studied the effects of mindfulness practice on adults with learning and/or attention disorders. He is part of the team that implements the Call to Care program in Israel, a program developed by the Mind and Life Institute.

Dan Gitik is a member of the Cyber Division at the Ministry of Defense and a lecturer on information security at Tel Aviv University. Dan has extensive teaching experience from both the military, the industry and academia.

Natalie Kucharenko is a researcher in the field of computational biophysics in Dr. Zafadia’s lab, who has rich experience in teaching chemistry and has been awarded the Rector’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Omri Kimhi Feldhorn is a student in the program for a master’s degree in neuroscience at Tel Aviv University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology, with an emphasis on neuroscience, from Sagol School of Neuroscience. Omri has learned three languages while he was a Jewish Agency emissary to Italy and Bulgaria. In his spare time he climbs cliffs and holds a multidisciplinary approach to learning.

Anat Cohen is a senior staff member in the Department of Mathematical, Scientific and Technological Education at the School of Education at Tel Aviv University. She is head of the laboratory for the study of technology integration in learning, and a member of the Virtual TAU team. Anat serves as chairperson of the field of technologies and education in the UNESCO Chair on Technology, Internationalization and Education. Her studies include online academic instruction; innovative, teleprocessing-integrated pedagogic applications; open educational resources (OER); data mining; and analysis of learning and mobile learning.

Prof. Avishai Wool is a member of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Tel Aviv University and chief technology officer and co-founder of AlgoSec Co., an international software company that provides solutions for managing business-oriented security in the field of network security policy management.
He started his career in Unit 8200 in the IDF, also known as the “top-secret start-up machine”. Many entrepreneurs and founders of leading start-up companies are veterans of this unit.

Professor Abraham Kribus of the Faculty of Engineering at Tel Aviv University is an international expert on solar energy. Previously, he served as head of the Department of Flow Mechanics and Heat Transition, Chairman of the Israeli Renewable Energy Association, and more. He is engaged in the development of solar power technologies based on a number of developments and patents.

 Eyal Naveh is Professor of History at Tel Aviv University and Chairman of the Academic Council at the College of Education, Kibbutz Seminar. In the field of historical education in Israel and worldwide.

Asher Sesser is a professor in the Department of Middle East and African History at Tel Aviv University and a senior researcher at the Dayan Center for Middle East and Africa Research. An expert on Jordan, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and religion and state in the Middle East.

Lecturer in Computer Science at Tel Aviv University. Researcher in the fields of computational biology, privacy, and randomness. Developed and taught a variety of computer science courses and teaching computer science in the community. Today, head of the university’s computer science school.

Galit Yuval is a brain and cognition researcher and head of the School of Psychological Sciences. Galit graduated from the University of Chicago with a Ph.D. In 2005, Galit joined Tel Aviv University, where she researched the brain and cognitive mechanisms of identifying people. She has taught Physiology Psychology courses, research methods and currently teaches the introductory Psychology course for BA students at the School of Psychology. She received the Rector’s Award for Teaching Excellence five times.

Daniel Haimovich is Professor of Plant Genetics and Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University. Prof. Haimovitz manages the Center for Plant Research at Tel Aviv University and is the founder of the Manna Food Security Program. In his laboratory, Professor Haimovitz leads groundbreaking research on plant genetics and development.

A professor in the Blavatnik School of Computer Science at Tel Aviv University. Received his PhD from UCLA in the USA.
His studies center around computer communication networks, the performance of computer systems and communication networks, and queueing theory. Has an extensive experience teaching the course “Data Structures” at Tel Aviv University. Served as head of the Department of Computer Science and later as head of the School of Computer Science at Tel Aviv University.

 – Jonathan Gershoni is Professor of Molecular Immunology and Virology at the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University.
Born in Israel, Prof. Gershoni received his PhD in Biochemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and did his postdoctoral training at Yale University School of Medicine. For 30 years he researched the immune response to viruses like SARS CoV Prof. Gershoni continues to develop new methods for characterizing a variety of antibodies in the blood, and developing applications in cutting-edge diagnostics and vaccines.
Prof. Gershoni worked as a scientist at the US National Institutes of Health, and at the University of Boston – Department of Physics. Prof. Gershoni lives in Israel with his wife, three daughters and 10 grandchildren.

פרופ’ יוסי יובל הוא מרצה וחוקר בפקולטה למדעי החיים ע”ש ג’ורג’ ס.וייז. ראש המעבדה לתפיסה חושית וקוגניציה בביה”ס לזואולוגיה וחוקר בביה”ס סגול למדעי המוח.

 בוגר תואר ראשון בביולוגיה ובפיזיקה ותואר שני במחלקה לנוירו-ביוכימיה בפקולטה למדעי החיים באוניברסיטת תל-אביב, ובוגר דוקטורט באוניברסיטת טובינגן, גרמניה. את הפוסט דוקטורט סיים במחלקה לפיזיקה באוניברסיטת שיקגו ולאחר מכן גויס לאוניברסיטת תל-אביב. במחקריו הוא משלב בין מחקר אקולוגי החוקר את החיה בסביבתה הטבעית לבין תחום מדעי המוח.

פרופ’ יוסי יובל חוקר התנהגות  – בשדה, במעבדה ובתוך המוח עצמו. כדי לעשות זאת הוא משתמש בעטלף כחיית מודל. כדי לעשות זאת, המעבדה שלו פתחה  את אחד ממכשירי הג’י-פי-אס הקטנים ביותר בעולם מכשירים שמוצמדים לעטלפים וכוללים גם מיקרופון להקלטת אותות על קוליים וחיישנים נוספים.

Yoram Margalit is a professor at the Buchman Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University

פרופ’ יניב אסף הוא חוקר בכיר בביה”ס לנוירוביולוגיה, ביוכימיה וביופיסיקה בפקולטה למדעי החיים של אוניברסיטת תל אביב ובבית הספר ע”ש סגול למדעי המוח.

בעל תארי ראשון, שני ושלישי בכימיה, השתלמות פוסט-דוק ביצע בnational institutes of health בארה”ב בתחום הביופיסיקה והביומימטיקה ומידול מערכות ביולוגיות. פרופ’ אסף זכה בפרס שירצ’קי לחידושים במדעי המוח לשנת 2009, ובפרס הרקטור למרצה המצטיין של אוניברסיטת תל אביב לשנת 2008, וקיבל מענקים מהקרן הישראלית למדע ומהקונסוליה הבריטית. בנוסף, מרכז פרופ’ אסף קבוצת מחקר של האיחוד האירופי, הכוללת 12 קבוצות מבריטניה, גרמניה, איטליה, צרפת, דנמרק ושוויץ. מטרת המענק הייתה לייצר אטלס של קשרי העצבים במוח האדם בשלבים שונים של החיים.

פרופ’ אסף חוקר תהליכי למידה במוח וגמישות מוחית בעזרת שיטות הדמיה מיקרו-מבניות ואפיון הקישוריות המוחית.

Prof. Miri Shefer-Mossensohn is a member of the Department for Middle Eastern and African History, and since December 2019 has been serving as head of the Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies at Tel Aviv University. Her studies center around society, culture and health in the pre-modern Muslim world. Her two degrees (BA with highest praise, 1994; PhD, 2001) are from Tel Aviv University. Over the years she has attended continuing education programs at various institutes around the world, including the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine (London), Princeton University and Cambridge University. She won competitive grants for the funding of her studies and received awards for excellence in teaching at Tel Aviv University.

Prof. Nir Sochen is a staff member in the Department of Applied Mathematics, a physicist (string theory) by training and former head of the School of Mathematic Sciences. Prof. Sochen’s studies focus on the use of ideas and techniques from high energy physics in the processing of images, computer vision and medical imaging. He has been teaching in the School of Mathematics, the School of Physics and the Faculty of Engineering for many years and continues to do so. He is the initiator of the classification exam and the preparation program ahead of the classification exam as condition for admission to exact sciences and engineering that currently takes a physical form at Tel Aviv University.

Ron Lifshitz is Professor of Physics and Head of the Department of Physics of Condensed Material at Tel Aviv University. In his research, Professor Lifshitz is engaged in the field of crystal quasi, and in the physical aspects of nanotechnology.

דוקטורנטית למדעי המוח

Racheli Yovel holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics and a master’s degree in theoretical mathematics. By day a lecturer on mathematics in various academic establishments, by night a poetry slam poet, an illustrator of mathematical illustrations, a weightlifter and a soccer player.
“Don’t you ever believe what I say. If you learn to trust your logical reasoning skills, you will no longer need me, and this is my goal as a mathematics lecturer”.

Holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics, a master’s degree in applied mathematics and several years of research in machine learning and neuron networks. Gained practical experience in the high-tech industry and lived to tell the tale. Has also gained teaching experience as a teaching assistant in courses, as a private tutor and as a participant in the project for teaching mathematics to children in Israel’s socio-geographic periphery. Has a passion for climbing, acro-balance, PowerPoint and colorful vegan cooking.
“Anything is simple and easy once you get it”.

Holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science and a master’s degree in mathematics. Engages in the development of learning materials, designing games and learning apps, teaching in continuing education programs for teachers and in academic courses.