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Learn MoreCan you imagine a building that produces more energy than it consumes, is constructed with low-carbon materials and insulation, remains free from the grid — even when solar production is low — and prioritizes the comfort and well-being of its users? These ideals have been a lifelong passion for Prof. Guedi Capeluto. Prof. Capeluto beganhis studies in Uruguay, where he received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Universidad de la Republica. He deepened that expertise at the Technion, where he earned his Master of Science in Climatic and Energy Building Design and a Ph.D. in Sustainable Architecture. He joined…
She built her career across the entertainment and nonprofit sectors, including 20 years at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), where she oversaw day-to-day financial operations, accounted for a $1billion investment portfolio, and managed reporting and use of more than 1,000 donor and endowment funds. Earlier, she was a […]
For over two decades, his laboratory has sought to understand how a small regulatory protein known as ubiquitin relates to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Ubiquitin’s functions are essential for cell cycle regulation, DNA repair, and protein quality control. When ubiquitin attaches to a protein — in a process known as “ubiquitin signaling” — it influences the protein’s activity, location, or interactions. Prof. Glickman’s lab has made significant progress in understanding how defects in this process may contribute to the onset of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (the most common form of the condition, which occurs randomly in the population without a…
She was invited to serve the organization in this capacity after one and a half years as ATS’ interim chief marketing officer. She brings more than 35 years of experience in leadership, with a focus on mission-driven nonprofit organizations and businesses. She has served in interim or fractional executive roles for nine organizations over the past three years and is known for building, rebuilding, aligning, and leading high-performing teams. In the course of her career, Dina has helped to grow a nonprofit public health institute from $250M to $300M over five years, during which she repositioned the organization in the…
She has spent the past two decades working in numerous Jewish and international NGOs, including Digital Divide Data, NYU, and American Jewish World Service — running major gifts and donor engagement teams, launching a young professional fundraising program, and staffing many service trips for young adults and synagogues. She most recently served for more than eight years as the senior vice president and chief development officer at Americares, a health-focused relief and development organization that serves individuals and communities affected by poverty or disaster with life-changing medicine and health programs. Her professional passions include international development, human rights, and creative approaches to resource…
Before joining the Technion, Dr. Aviram was vice president and chief executive officer of the Azrieli College and chairman of the Forum of CEOs of the Council of Heads of Public Colleges. He also spent eight years as the executive director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences and was part of the founding team at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Dr. Aviram was released from the IDF in 2004 with the rank of colonel after serving in the Armored Corps. He held several roles, including deputy commander of a reserve division and head of the IDF…
Joshua Grolman, assistant professor in the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering at the Technion, is advancing research that draws inspiration from the human body, which can often detect force even before it inflicts damage — through bruising and the sensation of pain. His laboratory aims to afford synthetic materials with the same capability, creating a built-in alarm system that protects us from harm. From engineering drought-resistant roots, to detecting pre-term birth, to building safer airplanes, his group aims to use mechanochemistry for a safer future. Their new technology, called Dip-conjugation, is based on mechanophores — molecular units that produce…
Organic semiconductors have uniquely beneficial properties: they are transparent, flexible, low-weight, low-cost, printable, and bio-compatible. Their applications, too, are vast, and they are already enhancing our lives every day: our mobile phone displays are illuminated using an organic semiconductor known as an OLED (organic light-emitting diode). Some modern televisions, likewise, rely on organic devices. Gitti’s lab group, the Organic and Hybrid Materials and Devices Group, is pushing the field of Organic Electronics forward by working at the intersection of materials science, engineering, chemistry, and physics. By investigating how different processing techniques and material compositions affect device performance, the group aims…
Prof. Avron is a mathematical physicist who collaborates effectively with mathematicians and experimentalists on a wide rage of problems in quantum physics. His research focus in the last decade shifted to application of quantum physics to quantum computing and quantum technologies. He is interested in the control and manipulation of quantum systems, enhanced precision and sensitivities, and the advantages that come from quantum entanglement. He enjoys working with students, doing theory, mathematical physics, geometry, and animations. Prof. Avron has lectured and written extensively on subjects as esoteric as quantum entanglement and as popular and captivating as “Quantum Games” and…
Prof. Cidon comes to the Institute from VMware Research, where he served as Vice President and led research on high-performance, geo-distributed networks spanning IoT, data centers, and public clouds. His work aimed to enable and optimize modern distributed applications. Prior to VMware, Prof. Cidon was a chaired professor at The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. As a faculty member, he published over 180 peer-reviewed papers. His research contributions include new architectures for wireless and wireline networks, multi-cloud overlay networks and networks on chip for which he was nominated to an IEEE fellow. He held the position of Dean of the Andrew…
The Laboratory of Food Materials Engineering, which she has led since 2015, develops foods that are more nutritious and sustainable without compromising taste. Too much saturated and trans fats found in products like butter, cheese, and red meat can lead to heart disease and other health problems. Prof. Davidovich-Pinhas is developing “bigels” — a combination of water-based and oil-based gel-like alternatives created from water, plant oils, and edible materials such as plant proteins that can be used to replace unhealthy fats. Other research in the lab includes the development of eco-friendly edible food packaging material and the use of oleogel…
Professor 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.