Weizmann Institute of Science

Name Area Department Start Year Stop Year Advisor
Ehud AhissarTouch, active sensing, closed-loop sensation Ofer Yizhar (collaborator)
Maya Sharon Aizenman LebowStress, CRF, PTSD, mood & anxiety disorders, sex differences
Noga Alagem2004 Eitan Reuveny (grad student)
Zalcenstein D. AmannGenetics MGV Molecular Genetics2008 Doron Lancet (grad student)
Amir AmediCortical plasticity, TMS, fMRI, cross-modal plasticity19982004 Rafael Malach (grad student)
Emmanuel Amzallag Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Lea Ankricerebellum, retina
Amos Arieli Amiram Grinvald (research scientist)
Stella AronovNeuroscience Biology2002 Irith Ginzburg (grad student)
Anat ArziOlfaction, sleep20102015 Noam Sobel (grad student)
Bernard Attali
Hila AvidanNeuroscience Biology NEB Neurobiology2008 Michal Schwartz (grad student)
Knarik Bagdasarian Ehud Ahissar (research scientist)
Amir Bahar2004 Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Moshe BarHigh Level Vision, Cognitive Neuroscience, Object Recognition, Contextual Processing, first impressions, preference formation and attitudes19921994 Shimon Ullman (grad student)
Carmiya Bar-Or Ehud Ahissar (post-doc)
Omer Barad20072011 Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Noy BarakNeuroscience neurobiology Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Tallie Z. Baram Yitzhak Koch (grad student)
Shabtai Barashvisual systems,oculomotor, PPC1992 Richard A. Andersen (post-doc)
Rani Barbara2020 Takashi Kawashima (grad student)
Avi BarliyaMotor control, Motor primitivex2010 Tamar Flash (grad student)
Evgeniy BartComputer Science2005 Shimon Ullman (grad student)
Yair J. Ben-Efraim
Avraham Ben-NunImmunology, Neuroscience Biology, Pathology
Barak Blumenfeldcomputational neuroscience
Jacob BlumenthalNeuroscience Biology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology NEB Neurobiology2009 Irith Ginzburg (grad student)
Yoram BonnehVisual psychophysics20062009 Dov Sagi (post-doc), Andrei Gorea (collaborator)
Eran BorensteinComputer Science2004 Shimon Ullman (grad student)
Jochen BraunAttention, awareness, neural computation19861989 Dov Sagi (post-doc)
Francisca C. BronfmanMolecular Neurobiology, Neurotrophin signaling, vesicular traffic20002003 Mike Fainzilber (post-doc)
Harold A. Burgess Orly Reiner (grad student)
Joseph D. BuxbaumAlzheimer's Disease, Autism, Schizophrenia19831987 Yadin Dudai (grad student)
elik chapnik2014 Eran Hornstein (grad student)
frederic chavanevisual system, motion integration20002003 Amiram Grinvald (post-doc)
Alon ChenNeurobiology of stress
Alessandro Ciceralemotor primitives, unilateral neglect20092011 Tamar Flash (grad student)
Ami CitriSynaptic Plasticity, Glutamate receptors, addiction, experience-dependent plasticity, transcription, circuits Yosef Yarden (grad student)
Yoav Citri
Yarden Cohen Elad Schneidman (grad student), Rony Paz (grad student)
Eyal Cohen 2011 Ilan Lampl (grad student)
Yahel Cohen Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Katayun Cohen-KashiNeuroscience Biology, Microbiology Biology Neurobiology neurobiology20102015 Vivian I. Teichberg (grad student), Ilan Lampl (post-doc)
Ayelet Cooper Eitan Reuveny (grad student)
Itzik CooperMolecular Biology, Neuroscience Biology2011 Vivian I. Teichberg (grad student)
Gabriel CorfasNeuron-glia interactions, development, disease models19841989 Yadin Dudai (grad student)
Yehuda Matan Danino Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Gavin Stewart DaweBevhavioural neuroscience, Neuropsychopharmacology19921992 Menahem Segal (grad student)
Eran Dayanbrain connectivity, network neuroscience, motor systems, neuromodulation NEB Neurobiology NEB Neurobiology2010 Rafael Malach (grad student), Tamar Flash (grad student)
Dori DerdikmanHippocampus and Entorhinal Cortex20102011 Ehud Ahissar (grad student), Nachum Ulanovsky (post-doc)
Aline Desmedtlearning, memory, emotion, stress20002003 Yadin Dudai (post-doc)
Dudi Deutsch Elad Schneidman (grad student), Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Yadin DudaiLearning and Memory2004 Daniel A. Levy (collaborator)
Chen Eitan2022 Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Hagit Eldar-Finkelman19871993 Etta Livneh (grad student)
Tamir Eliav2013 Nachum Ulanovsky (grad student)
Anna Emde Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Yaara Endevelt
Mike Fainzilber Pabitra Sahoo (collaborator)
Michael FainzilberNeuroscience Biology, Cell Biology
Ester FeldmesserMolecular Biology2006 Doron Lancet (grad student)
Alan FineNeurophysiology Amiram Grinvald (post-doc)
Arseny FinkelsteinNeuroscience, Decision-making, Short-term memory, Sensorimotor learning; Goal-directed behavior; Neural mechanisms of navigation and spatial memory; Connectivity20102016 Nachum Ulanovsky (grad student)
Ianai FishbeinThe striatum, modulation and plasticity20022007 Menahem Segal (grad student)
Dimitri Fishercomputation & theory20072008 Misha Tsodyks (post-doc)
Tamar FlashMotor control, Motor primitivex
Oren Forkosh Elad Schneidman (grad student)
Marina FridinMotor control, Motor primitivex Mathematics2010 Tamar Flash (grad student)
Moshe Fried NEB Neurobiology2008 Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Jason Friedmanmotor control19992007 Tamar Flash (grad student)
Idan FruminNeuroscience, Olfaction, Chemosignaling Neurobiology20112016 Noam Sobel (grad student)
Ronit FuchsMotor control, Motor primitivex2010 Tamar Flash (grad student)
Orit Furman Yadin Dudai (grad student)
Efrat Furst Neurobiology2010 Yadin Dudai (grad student)
Efrat Gamzu Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Elad Ganmor Elad Schneidman (grad student)
Erez Garty Eitan Reuveny (grad student)
Diana Gataulin
Wairimu Gatome20102011 Nachum Ulanovsky (post-doc)
Amos GdalyahuNeurobiology Orly Reiner (grad student)
Hagar Gelbard-SagivVisual awareness, Memory20042010 Rafael Malach (grad student), Sharon Gilaie-Dotan (collaborator)
roman gersner Abraham Zangen (grad student)
Maya Geva-SagivHippocampus and Entorhinal Cortex in Bats2009 Nachum Ulanovsky (grad student)
Yoav GiladOlfaction2003 Doron Lancet (grad student)
Sharon Gilad Shimon Ullman (grad student)
Sharon Gilaie-DotanCognitive Neuroscience, neuroimaging, visual system, time perception, visual motion2007 Rafael Malach (grad student), Shimon Ullman (grad student)
Gily Ginosar Neurobiology2013 Nachum Ulanovsky (grad student)
Irith GinzburgNeuroscience Biology, Molecular Biology
Ben GradusMolecular Biology, Evolution and Development Biology, Cell Biology2012 Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Kalanit Grill-SpectorVisual cortex Rafael Malach (grad student)
Amiram GrinvaldVisual cortex, hemodynamic signals
Sonja Grünidentification of network interactions, correlation analyses, spike train analysis, data management
Matthieu Guitton Yadin Dudai (post-doc)
Liora Guy-David Eitan Reuveny (grad student)
Rafi HaddadOlfaction20072010 Noam Sobel (grad student)
Sebastian Haidarliu Ehud Ahissar (research scientist)
Israel HanukogluEpithelial sodium channel (ENaC), Steroidogenesis, Keratin structure, Oxidoreductase enzymes, Cell biology
Liraz HarelBiochemistry, Oncology, Molecular Biology Biological Chemistry2010 Mike Fainzilber (grad student)
Roy Harpaz Elad Schneidman (grad student)
Ravid Haruvi2020 Takashi Kawashima (grad student)
Yehudit Hasin-BrumshteinGenetics, Molecular Biology Molecular Genetics2010 Doron Lancet (grad student)
Uri HassonCognitive neuroscience 19982004 Rafael Malach (grad student)
Jaime Eduardo HeissIn vivo & in vitro electrophysiology, Cortical circuits and sleep homeostasis NEB Neurobiology2009 Ilan Lampl (grad student)
Guido Hesselmann
Guy Horevanimal behavior, motor activity, rat vibrissae, autism2006 Ehud Ahissar (post-doc)
Eran HornsteinALS, motor neuron, miRNA
Alumit IshaiVentral stream and cognition Dov Sagi (grad student)
Shachar Iwanir
Kenneth A. JacobsonGPCRs, adenosine, P2 receptors19811983 Abraham Patchornik (post-doc)
Muna Jubran Ilan Lampl (grad student)
Ariel KamslerLearning and Memory19992004 Menahem Segal (grad student)
Anna K. Kaplan Tzuk-RamonCell Biology, Molecular Biology2011 Orly Reiner (grad student)
Avi KarniCognitive Psychology
Golan KarvatMotor circuits, Optogenetics, Oscillations, Cognition, Memory20102012 Tali Kimchi (grad student)
Haggai Kaspi Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Haggai Kaspi Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Mikhail KatkovComputation & Theory
Yonatan katz Ilan Lampl (grad student)
yonatan a. katzsensory system
Takashi KawashimaSerotonin, systems neuroscience, computational neuroscience, genetics
Neta Kela-MadarImmunology, Neuroscience Biology, Pathology IMM Immunology2008 Avraham Ben-Nun (grad student)
Tal KenetAutism, functional connectivity19962001 Misha Tsodyks (grad student), Amiram Grinvald (grad student)
Tali KimchiVNO
Jonathan Kipnisneuroimmunology, cognition, CNS injury, neuroprotection, neurogenesis, synaptogenesis, mental diseases2004 Michal Schwartz (grad student)
Per Magne KnutsenBehavioral Neuroscience Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Tali Kobilo-Moav NEB Neurobiology2008 Yadin Dudai (grad student)
Yitzhak Koch
Maria KormanMotor control, Motor primitivex2004 Tamar Flash (grad student)
Sharon Kredo-RussoBiochemistry, Molecular Biology2012 Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Valery Krizhanovsky
Aditya KshirsagarDevelopmental Biology, Neuroscience, Genetics, Computational Biology
Ilan LamplBarrel Cortex
Doron LancetGenetics, Olfaction
Hadas LapidOlfaction Noam Sobel (grad student)
Liora LasHippocampus and Entorhinal Cortex in Bats
Maren R. LaughlinMetabolism and Insulin Resistance, and Functional and Molecular Imaging1988 Hadassa Degani (post-doc)
Varda Lev-Ramelectrophysiological imaging, cerebellar learning and memory19821986 Amiram Grinvald (grad student)
Dan LeviComputer Science Mathematics2010 Shimon Ullman (grad student)
Aviad Siany Levkovitch Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Ifat LevyfMRI Rafael Malach (grad student)
Ofri Levy Ilan Lampl (research assistant)
Dino J. LevyNeuroeconomics Abraham Zangen (grad student)
Moti Liscovitchmolecular biology
Naomi LiticheverNeuroscience Biology, Molecular Biology NEB Neurobiology2008 Irith Ginzburg (grad student)
Tomer Livne Psychology20122016 Maurizio Corbetta (grad student)
Yoav Livnehinsular cortex, hypothalamus, amygdala, hunger, thirst, interoception
Alex LoebelNeuroscience Biology2007 Misha Tsodyks (grad student)
Gang LuNeuropsychiatry, Neurotoxicology, Ion channel pharmacology Eitan Reuveny (post-doc)
Rachel Ludmer Elad Schneidman (post-doc), Yadin Dudai (grad student)
Iddo Magen Eran Hornstein (research scientist)
Nicola Maggiosynaptic plasticity2006 Andreas Vlachos (collaborator), Menahem Segal (grad student)
Mathias Mahn Neurobiology20122018 Ofer Yizhar (grad student)
Rafael MalachVisual cortex
Amitai Mandelbaum Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Mati MannMolecular Biology, Cell Biology2011 Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Itzhak ManoC. elegans, glutamate transporters, excitotoxicity Vivian I. Teichberg (grad student)
Ori Maoz Elad Schneidman (grad student)
Henry Markramneocortex Menahem Segal (grad student)
Hagai Marmor Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Yaron MeirovitchMotor System, Connectomics Applied Mathematics and Computer Science Tamar Flash (grad student)
Ofer MelamedNeuroscience Biology2005 Henry Markram (grad student)
Mariana Melcon20082010 Nachum Ulanovsky (post-doc)
Avi MendelsohnHuman memory, fMRI Yadin Dudai (grad student)
Anna Meshcheriakova Biomolecular Sciences Eitan Reuveny (grad student)
Anna Meshcheryakova
Alice Mett
Adi Minis Avraham Yaron (grad student)
Rea MitelmanEpilepsy, E/I balance, Pathophysiology
Tal MizrahiNeuroscience Biology, Immunology2003 Michal Schwartz (grad student)
Boaz MoharSynaptic imaging Neruobiology20112016 Ilan Lampl (grad student)
Lena M Molitor Eran Hornstein (post-doc)
Elisha MosesNeurophysics
Roy MukamelVisual cortex2005 Rafael Malach (grad student)
Elly NediviPlasticity19911996 Yoav Citri (post-doc)
Yuval NirSpontaneous activity and sleep20032008 Rafael Malach (grad student), Sharon Gilaie-Dotan (collaborator)
Lior Noyimitation, joint action
Noa Ofencognitive neuroscience19982003 Yadin Dudai (grad student), Menahem Segal (grad student), Avi Karni (grad student)
Michael Okun Ilan Lampl (post-doc)
David OmerNeurophysiology of social cognition Neurobiology Neurobiology20152009 Ivo Vanzetta (collaborator), Amiram Grinvald (grad student), Nachum Ulanovsky (post-doc), Tali Kimchi (collaborator)
Nicolas Panayotis2012 Mike Fainzilber (post-doc)
Ana Parabucki
V. Adrian ParsegianComputed and Measured Forces Among Membranes, Nanoparticles, and Macromolecules19621964 Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky (research assistant), Shneior Lifson (research assistant)
Pritish Patiloptogenetics, working memory, connectivity Brain Sciences Brain Sciences2016 Ofer Yizhar (grad student), Misha Tsodyks (grad student)
Rony Pazbehavioral neurophysiology
Yaron Penn2010 Abraham Zangen (grad student)
Ofer PerlOlfaction
Maciej Pietr Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Yair PilpelNeuroscience Biology2005 Menahem Segal (grad student)
Felix PolyakovMotor systems
Ariella PoppleVisual psychophysics & fmri Dov Sagi (post-doc)
Son PremingerVolitional behavior, Learning, Experience-based plasticity Dov Sagi (grad student), Misha Tsodyks (grad student), Rafael Malach (post-doc), Amos Arieli (post-doc)
Aharon Ravia
Revital Ravid Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Limor RegevStress20062011 Alon Chen (grad student)
Irit Reichenstein Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Orly Reiner
Eitan ReuvenyChannel Physiology and Biophysics19921996 Lily Y. Jan (post-doc)
Inbal Riven Eitan Reuveny (grad student)
Michal Rivlin-EtzionRetinal Neurobiology
Erez Romi Avraham Yaron (grad student)
Dalia Rosen Eran Hornstein (post-doc)
Ayelet Rosenberg2022 Takashi Kawashima (grad student)
Liron Rozenkrantz
Alon RubinHippocampus and Entorhinal Cortex in Bats20082013 Misha Tsodyks (grad student), Nachum Ulanovsky (grad student)
Dov SagiVisual psychophysics20032007 Noa Ofen (collaborator)
Avi Saig Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Sivan SapoznikGenetics, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience Biology MGV Molecular Genetics2007 Orly Reiner (grad student)
Inbar Saraf-Sinik Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Nancy - Sarah2023 Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Ayelet Sarel2014 Nachum Ulanovsky (grad student)
Ayelet Schlesinger2009 Eran Hornstein (post-doc)
Joseph Schlessingertyrosine phosphorylation1974 Izchak Z. Steinberg (grad student)
Elad Schneidman Gasper Tkacik (collaborator), Ofer Yizhar (collaborator)
Eldi Schonfeld-DadoGeneral Biology2011 Menahem Segal (grad student)
Oren SchuldinerMolecular mechanisms of neuronal redmodeling
Michal SchwartzNeuroscience Biology
Menahem SegalSynaptic Plasticity
Yael Segal-RuderBiochemistry, Molecular Biology Biochemistry2010 Mike Fainzilber (grad student)
Eyal Seidemann Amiram Grinvald (post-doc)
Sergio Serulnik Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Dahlia Sharon Amiram Grinvald (grad student)
Yair Shemesh Elad Schneidman (post-doc)
Amir ShmuelVisual cortex; hemodynamic signals Amiram Grinvald (post-doc), Shimon Ullman (grad student)
Orit ShmueliGenetics, Neuroscience Biology2000 Orly Reiner (grad student)
Lior ShmuelofMotor Control2011 Tamar Flash (post-doc)
Doron Shoham
Harel Z. ShouvalLearning and memory, synaptic plasticity, mechanisms of timing, computational neuroscience19871990 Eytan Domany (grad student)
Oren ShrikiComputational neuroscience20032005 Misha Tsodyks (post-doc), Dov Sagi (post-doc)
Gilad SilberbergNeural Microcircuits, Neocortex, Striatum19992004 Henry Markram (grad student)
Israel SilmanNeuroscience Biology, General Biophysics
Erez Simony2010 Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Noam SobelOlfaction
Alex SobkoSUMOylation, Ubiquitination, SUMO-targeted Ubiquitin Ligase, cell migration, MAP kinase signaling, tyrosine phosphorylation, protein kinase-associated proteins Neurobiology Molecular Cell Biology20102011 Bernard Attali (grad student), Valery Krizhanovsky (research scientist)
Nahum Sonenbergtranslational control1976 Ada Zamir (grad student), Meir Wilchek (grad student)
Hermona Soreq1976 Uriel Z. Littauer (grad student)
Ronen Sosnik Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Hartwig SporsOlfaction, Imaging19992000 Amiram Grinvald (grad student)
Joel StavansBiophysics, membrane mechanics, complex fluids
Jimmy R. Stehberg2005 Yadin Dudai (grad student)
Amrutha SwaminathanMemory, hypothalamus, zebrafish, neuronal differentiation Molecular Cell Biology2018 Gil Levkowitz (post-doc)
Lidia SzczupakLeech nervous system, sensory-motor network19811983 Vivian I. Teichberg (research assistant)
Marcin Szwed Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Dekel Taliaz2010 Abraham Zangen (grad student), Abraham Zangen (grad student)
Aryeh H. Taub Ilan Lampl (post-doc)
Vivian I. TeichbergGlutamate receptors, Glutamate scavenging, neuroprotection
Michel (Michael) TeliasNeuroscience, Fragile X Syndrome, Retina Neurobiology20092015 Menahem Segal (grad student)
Misha Tsodyks Daniel Amit (post-doc), Bruce L. McNaughton (post-doc)
Anna K. Tzuk-RamonMolecular Biology, Genetics2011 Orly Reiner (grad student)
Nachum UlanovskyHippocampus and Entorhinal Cortex in Bats Neurobiology Misha Tsodyks (collaborator), Ofer Yizhar (collaborator), Liora Las (collaborator)
Shimon Ullman
Ivo VanzettaVSDI in awake primates 2001 Amiram Grinvald (grad student)
Andreas Vlachosspine/synaptic plasticity Menahem Segal (grad student)
Yasmin Wachs Eitan Reuveny (grad student)
Shuoshuo WangMuscle, Heart
Reut Weissgross Neurobiology2021 Noam Sobel (grad student)
Ernest Winocour
Eran Yanowski Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Tal Yardeni2015 Eran Hornstein (post-doc)
Michael YartsevDecision Making in Bats20082012 Nachum Ulanovsky (grad student)
Yara YeshurunOlfaction, cognition Noam Sobel (grad student)
Ofer YizharOptogenetics, prefrontal cortex, social behavior, autism, synaptic transmission
Yossi YovelBat Echolocation; Active Sensing20082010 Nachum Ulanovsky (post-doc)
Chunxiu Yu NEB Neurobiology2008 Ehud Ahissar (grad student)
Dmitry YudinNeuroscience Biology, Cell Biology2011 Michael Fainzilber (grad student)
Miriam Zacksenhouse Ehud Ahissar (post-doc)
Sahar Zadka2022 Takashi Kawashima (grad student)
Tzviya Zeev-Ben-MordehaiNeuroscience Biology, General Biophysics STB Structural Biology2009 Israel Silman (grad student)
Ido ZelmanMotor control, Motor primitivex APM Applied Mathematics2009 Tamar Flash (grad student)
Barbara Zenger-LandoltVisual attention Dov Sagi (grad student)
Mingsha Zhangsystem neuroscience19962003 Shabtai Barash (grad student)
Anton Zilman Samuel Safran (grad student)
Welmoed Van Zuiden Eran Hornstein (grad student)
Dror ZurComputer Science, Mathematics2002 Shimon Ullman (grad student)