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Learn MoreProfessor Hagit Attiya teaches in the Henry and Marilyn Taub Faculty of Computer Science at the Technion and holds the Harry W. Labov and Charlotte Ullman Labov Academic Chair. She was executive vice president for Academic Affairs at the Technion from 2015 to 2019 and won both the Michael Bruno Memorial Award and the Dijkstra Award in Distributed Computing in 2011. She is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the editor-in-chief of Springer’s Distributed Computing.
Prof. Roll’s research bridges between learning analytics and learning design to better understand, assess, and support the growth of learners into competent critical thinkers, scientists, and creative problem solvers. He does so by utilizing a variety of methodologies from the fields of education, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, data science, and human-computer interaction. He has received many awards during his career, including the Technion Outstanding Instructor award (2020, 2021, and 2022); the Silver IMS Global Learning Impact Award for Scaling Pedagogical Knowledge and Practice (2019); the University of British Columbia President’s Staff Award for Leadership (2018); and the Best Paper Award…
Prof. Cukurel’s research group conducts fundamental and applied research under the umbrella of L. Shirley Tark Turbo & Jet Engine Research Center, Israel’s only academic entity devoted to technology development in gas turbines for propulsion and power generation applications. His more recent specific concentrations include design for additive manufacturing, active noise cancellation, combustion of carbon-free sustainable fuels, and heat recuperation and diagnostics. These and other efforts have potential for long-lasting impact to society such as reducing aviation noise, prolonging range of unmanned platforms, diminishing emissions, and optimal integration of energy sources into the smart grid environment. Moreover, the laboratory supports…
An expert in DNA damage repair and cancer, Prof. Nabieh Ayoub’s laboratory at the Technion focuses on cell biology, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, DNA damage repair, gene regulation, cancer, and targeted cancer therapy. He and his team of researchers are interested in understanding how cells repair DNA damage. As such, their work centers on identifying new DNA repair proteins and characterizing their roles in DNA damage repair and cancer development. The end goal is to translate these discoveries into diagnostics for early cancer detection and to develop personalized therapeutic tools for combating cancer and other disorders. Among Prof. Ayoub’s many accomplishments,…
Throughout his career, Professor Noam Ziv has been studying synapses, the minute connections between brain cells through which nerve cells exchange information. As a member of the multidisciplinary Network Research Labs, his interests span the areas of basic synaptic biology and network function in normal and pathological circumstances as well as the development of automated imaging and electrophysiology recording systems and associated software. His diverse interests make him the perfect choice to spearhead the THHI, which will conduct health research in a comprehensive, integrative, and institution-wide manner. The new initiative brings together Technion scientists from multiple faculties with researchers and…
Assistant Professor Diesendruck’s research focuses on the resurgent field of “mechanochemistry,” the use of mechanical force to drive chemical reactions. His group studies the fundamental questions of polymer degradation by mechanical force (mechanochemistry) and new chemical transformations that lead to change in materials properties, creating smart mechanoresponsive materials. He also works with researchers in the Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program to help develop the next generation of electrochemical devices for energy storage and energy production. Asst. Prof. Diesendruck is a graduate of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and conducted three years of postdoctoral studies in the Beckman Institute…
Prof. Melamed’s research interests span cell biology, endocrinology, epigenetics, fertility, gene regulation, hormones, and reproduction. Her lab focuses on the role of epigenetics in controlling reproduction. Epigenetics is a field of study that looks at how genes are regulated through altering their accessibility and packaging, without changes in the DNA sequence. The field comprises a means of regulation that occurs during normal development and in response to the environment. She and her team aim to understand how DNA packaging at key genes encoding regulatory factors plays a role in normal reproductive development, and how epigenetic modifications (chemical changes in the…
Associate Professor Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus also serves as a Technion Faculty Ambassador and is an associate professor in the Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, and has had a long association with the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Prof. Horowitz-Kraus is a neuroimaging researcher in the field of reading and reading impairments in children. Most reading difficulties are not identified until third grade, but by then the child is often falling hopelessly behind. Her goal is to diagnose and remediate reading challenges as early as possible. She works with both healthy children and those suffering from genetic…
The Shenhav Shemer Lab seeks to understand the processes that precede and promote debilitating loss of muscle mass in order to develop therapies to combat muscle atrophy. The team focuses on two areas in biology: the biochemistry of the ubiquitin-proteasome system, which eliminates dysfunctional proteins from the body, and muscle biology/physiology. Their research has yielded breakthroughs that could have implications for people with muscle loss due to diseases, such as cancer, muscular dystrophy, or aging. Prof. Shemer is a graduate of Bar-Ilan University. From 2002 to 2006, she worked as a senior research associate at Proteologics Ltd., a former biopharmaceutical…
In the current age of big data, Prof. Gal’s research is focused on developing novel models and algorithms for data integration. He is an expert in information systems and data science, and more recently, in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Prof. Gal’s early career centered on various aspects of data semantics in cooperative information systems, including methods of integrating data that affect the way people seek information over the Internet. He also worked on schema matching—the task of providing communication between databases and connection to real-world concepts. Since 2001, envisioning the tidal wave of big data, he has turned toward…
Prof. Garini works in the areas of biophysics and nano-scale biomolecules. Biophysics is an interdisciplinary science that tries to explain biological phenomena using physical models. His research interests include genome organization in the nucleus, protein-DNA interaction, cancer genetics, spectral imaging, and time-resolved microscopy. He is developing and using a broad range of experimental tools including optical microscopy, DNA origami, and single-molecule methods. In one project, he and his colleagues created a novel method to identify multiple biomarkers for cancer using optical spectral imaging systems. The detection of biomarkers is fundamental to the development of personalized cancer treatment protocols. Prof. Garini…
Prof. Kaplan focuses his research on the structure, chemistry, and energy of interfaces: primarily between metals and ceramics. Applications include the development of ultra high temperature ceramics for use in aerospace applications, metal-ceramic composites for the development of jet engines and automobile brake pads, as well as flash memory devices, and in defense applications. His research in materials science makes use of the Technion’s high resolution transmission electron microscope, housed in the Electron Microscopy Center, to understand how the type and position of atoms at metal-ceramic interfaces influence properties of materials. Prof. Kaplan earned his bachelor’s degree in 1989 in…