Educational Background:
B.Sc., with excellence, 1980-1983, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Physics and Mathematics.
M.Sc., 1984-1986, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa, Physics.
Supervisors: Dr. Yehuda Goren, Prof. Amiram Ron.
Title of thesis: Numerical Simulation of the Nonlinear Interaction in Gyro-Amplifiers.\
Ph.D., 1988-1991, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Physics.
Supervisor: Prof. Haim Sompolinsky.
Title of thesis: Dynamics of Populations of Oscillators and Neural Computation.
Employment History:
2012- Full Professor Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
2011-2013 Visiting Scientist. Janelia Farm, HHMI, Aushburn, Virginia.
2003-2012 Associate Professor. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
2002-2003 Visiting Professor. Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego.
2002 Visiting Professor. Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
1997-2003 Senior Lecturer. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
1995-1997 Lecturer. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
1995 Post-doctoral Fellow. Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion, Haifa.
1992-1995 Post-doctoral Fellow.Mathematical Research Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health.
1991-1992 Visiting Scientist. Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University.
1988-1991 Teaching Assistant. Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1980-1988 Israeli Defense Force:
1983-1986 Research at Refael (Haifa) in the fields of plasma physics and microwave amplifiers.
1987-1988 Captain, Israeli Air Force. Professional activities
Positions in academic administration
2006-2010 Head. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
2004-2007 Vice Head. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculties of Engineering and Health Science, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
Editor or member of editorial boards of scientific journals
2007- Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience (Review Editor).
2006- Journal of Integrative Neuroscience.
2002- Journal of Computational Neuroscience.
Membership in professional societies
2005- American Physiological Society.
1996- American Neuroscience Society.
Educational activities:
Courses taught (Ben-Gurion University)
Models of neurons and networks, M.Sc. course.
Optics and microscopy, B.Sc. course.
General physiology, B.Sc. course.
Physiology for biotechnology and biomedical engineering students, B.Sc. course (lecturer and course organizer).
Rhythmic activity in neuronal systems, M.Sc. course.
Research students (Ben-Gurion University)
2002- Y. Mandelblat - M.Sc. student.
2003- N. Astman - Ph.D. student (Together with Prof. M.J. Gutnick and Dr. A. Friedman).
2004- A. Shedmi - M.Sc. student.
2005- K. Donner - M.Sc. student.
2006- I. Brosh - Ph.D. student (Together with Prof. Edi Barkai).
2006- L. Shacham - final undergraduate project.
2009- I. Hayut - M.Sc. student.
2009- O. Harish - M.Sc. student.
2010- E. Simony (2006-2010) - Ph.D. student from the Weizmann Institute, together with Prof. E. Ahissar.
2011- E. Simony - Post-doctoral fellow.
2011- M. Reinish - M.Sc. student.
Awards, Honors, Research Fellowships Fellowships
1991-1992 The Rothschild Fellowship - for postdoctoral research.
1992 NSF grant in Computational Neuroscience (Computer Science), with Prof. J. Guckenheimer.
B.Sc., with excellence, 1980-1983, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Physics and Mathematics.
M.Sc., 1984-1986, Israel Institute of Technology (Technion), Haifa, Physics.
Supervisors: Dr. Yehuda Goren, Prof. Amiram Ron.
Title of thesis: Numerical Simulation of the Nonlinear Interaction in Gyro-Amplifiers.\
Ph.D., 1988-1991, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Physics.
Supervisor: Prof. Haim Sompolinsky.
Title of thesis: Dynamics of Populations of Oscillators and Neural Computation.
Employment History:
2012- Full Professor Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
2011-2013 Visiting Scientist. Janelia Farm, HHMI, Aushburn, Virginia.
2003-2012 Associate Professor. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
2002-2003 Visiting Professor. Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego.
2002 Visiting Professor. Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
1997-2003 Senior Lecturer. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
1995-1997 Lecturer. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
1995 Post-doctoral Fellow. Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion, Haifa.
1992-1995 Post-doctoral Fellow.Mathematical Research Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health.
1991-1992 Visiting Scientist. Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University.
1988-1991 Teaching Assistant. Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1980-1988 Israeli Defense Force:
1983-1986 Research at Refael (Haifa) in the fields of plasma physics and microwave amplifiers.
1987-1988 Captain, Israeli Air Force. Professional activities
Positions in academic administration
2006-2010 Head. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
2004-2007 Vice Head. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculties of Engineering and Health Science, Ben-Gurion University, Be’er-Sheva.
Editor or member of editorial boards of scientific journals
2007- Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience (Review Editor).
2006- Journal of Integrative Neuroscience.
2002- Journal of Computational Neuroscience.
Membership in professional societies
2005- American Physiological Society.
1996- American Neuroscience Society.
Educational activities:
Courses taught (Ben-Gurion University)
Models of neurons and networks, M.Sc. course.
Optics and microscopy, B.Sc. course.
General physiology, B.Sc. course.
Physiology for biotechnology and biomedical engineering students, B.Sc. course (lecturer and course organizer).
Rhythmic activity in neuronal systems, M.Sc. course.
Research students (Ben-Gurion University)
2002- Y. Mandelblat - M.Sc. student.
2003- N. Astman - Ph.D. student (Together with Prof. M.J. Gutnick and Dr. A. Friedman).
2004- A. Shedmi - M.Sc. student.
2005- K. Donner - M.Sc. student.
2006- I. Brosh - Ph.D. student (Together with Prof. Edi Barkai).
2006- L. Shacham - final undergraduate project.
2009- I. Hayut - M.Sc. student.
2009- O. Harish - M.Sc. student.
2010- E. Simony (2006-2010) - Ph.D. student from the Weizmann Institute, together with Prof. E. Ahissar.
2011- E. Simony - Post-doctoral fellow.
2011- M. Reinish - M.Sc. student.
Awards, Honors, Research Fellowships Fellowships
1991-1992 The Rothschild Fellowship - for postdoctoral research.
1992 NSF grant in Computational Neuroscience (Computer Science), with Prof. J. Guckenheimer.