Education

Ph.D., Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot,  Israel      2008 Dissertation topic: "Studying the Energy Landscape of Folding Proteins on the Single Molecule Level"                                                                                                                            Advisor: Prof. Gilad Haran

M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv,  Israel                     2000 Dissertation topic: Biological models for adaptation mechanisms in the retina            Advisor: Dr. Hedva Spitzer

B.Sc., Phytsics and Mathematics, 'Talpiot' program, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel                                                                                                               1994

Awards

• National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director's Innovation Award 2011 - High and Super Resolution Imaging of the Immune Synapse Between Cells in Micro-Patterned Traps
  
  
• NCI Director's Innovation Award 2010 - Super resolution imaging of individual protein-protein interactions and protein complexes in live cells

Research Grants

• Marie Curie IRG reintegration grant, 2012-2016, $128,000

• University Intramural Research Fund Career Development, 2012-2013, $24,000

Professional Experience

Senior Lecturer, Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel                                                                                                                          2012 - Principal investigator, leading the laboratory for cellular and molecular biophysics

Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, NCI, National Institutes of Health (NIH)                                                                                      2008 - 2012 Study of signaling complexes downstream of the T cell antigen receptor in single molecule detail                                                                                                                                        Advisor: Dr. Larry Samelson

V.P. or R&D, Rayteq Photonic Solutions, Israel                                             2001 - 2003

R&D manager, Rayteq Photonic Solutions, Israel                                        2000 - 2001

Physicst, El-op industries, Israel                                                                        1994 - 1995

Officer, Department of R&D, Israeli Air Force, Israeli Defense Forces     1994 - 2000