Group

Meet the PI

Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Ben-Gurion University, 2023-Present
Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, Ben-Gurion University, 2019-2023
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Chicago, 2011-2019

Academic member, Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change, 2021-present
Institute Member, Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, 2020-present

Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Timothy M. Swager), 2008-2011
Ph.D., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (Itamar Willner), 2002-2007
M.Sc. in Biotechnology in the framework of a direct Ph.D. program, Department of Biotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (Itamar Willner), 2002
B.Tech. Cum Laude in Biotechnology Engineering, ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering, Israel, 2000

Phone: 972-074-7795472

Professional Experience

Academic member, Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change, 2021-present
Institute Member, Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, 2020-present

Editorial Advisory Board Member, ACS Applied Bio Materials, beginning on January 1st, 2024.

Consultant, Spectants, Spectants represents the next-generation point-of-care test for real time diagnostic of essential cardio biomarkers, 2024-Present

Co-Founder, Naalos AS, Naalos represents a new cutting-edge technology for ultrasensitive and label-free chemical interrogation of all physical mediums using miniature-sized all-silicon meta-material antennas operating at the radio frequency, 2022-Present
Co-Founder & Chairman Scientific Advisory Council, Sensona, Inc., Sensona represents a novel breakthrough technology to produce portable, highly energy-efficient, ultrafast qPCR devices, 2017-Present

Honors and Awards

2025 Vice President and Dean’s Award for Breakthrough Applied Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
2020 Zuckerman STEM Leadership Faculty Scholar
2018 “Rising Star lecture” invitee on “Spotlight on Nanoscience, Nanotechnology & Beyond” in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS
2017 ACS Organic Chemistry Young Innovator Symposium invitee
2016 NSF I-Corps Invitee
2016 Chicago Innovation Fund Award Recipient
2016 NSF CAREER Award “Programmable Artificial DNA Topology for Biological and Medical Applications”
2007 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Day Best Poster Presentation Award, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
2006 THE “Rudolf Graf Prize in Excellence”, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Israel.
2006 THE “Johanna Friedlander Memorial Prize in Excellence”, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
2004 THE “Kaye” Award for Innovations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
1997-1999 “Dean’s List” of Undergraduate Outstanding Students, ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering, Carmiel, Israel.