Education
1988-1996: MSc/PhD Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
2001-2003: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Clinical experience
2007- Present - Israeli Ministry of Health advisory committee on IVF laboratories.
2016- Present - Scientific Director, division of infertility and IVF, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Academic experience
2007 - Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Cell & Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
2014 - Associate Professor, Tel Aviv University
2020 - Full Professor, Dept. of Cell & Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine; Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University
Major Fields of Interest
IVF, Embryo Development, Stem cells, Cell differentiation & regeneration, Genetic diseases
Conference participation
>250 presentations in international scientific meetings
Professional publications
Over 100 peer-reviewed articles in leading scientific journals.
For a list of publications, refer to PubMed.
Prizes and achievements
1992-1995, The Joseph Buchmann Doctoral Scholarship Fund.
1995 - Award of the Israel fertility association.
2005 - American society of reproduction medicine (ASRM) - prize paper
2006-2008- Grant of the National Fragile X Foundation (NFXF)
2006-2010 - Grant of the ISF - Israel Science Foundation
2010-2012 - Grant from the Ministry of Health
2011 - Excellency Award, Switzerland Institute for Developmental Biology
2012 - Award of the Israel Fertility Association for outstanding basic research
2012 – Award for original research from the Israeli Stem Cell Society
2014 - The Sieratzki Prize for Advances in Neuroscience
2015-2017 - Grant of the Israel Cancer Research Foundation (ICRF).
2020-2025 – Grants of the ISF - Israel Science Foundation
2023-2024 - Grant of the SCRM - Sagol Center for Regenerative Medicine
2020-2025 - The Sagol fund for embryos and stem cells as part of the Sagol Network
Union membership
Alpha Scientists in Reproductive Medicine, Europe
The Israeli Society of IVF embryologists.
Israel Stem Cell Society
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis International Society
PGD ESHRE consortsium
International Stem Cell Consortsium
Israel Society for Neuroscience