Experience:
2019 - present
Postdoctoral Research Associate, EEES Graduate Program, Dartmouth College
Research title: Sensory individuality in group-foraging bats.
2017 - 2019
Postdoctoral fellow, School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University
Research title: Evolution of mammalian diurnality – the role of the SCN vs peripheral clocks in synchronizing activity.
Education:
2011- 2017
Ph.D., Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University
Thesis entitled: Flexibility and plasticity in active sensing in echolocating bats. (Supervisor: Dr. Yossi Yovel).
2009-2011
M.Sc., Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University
Thesis entitled: Aspects in the Biology and Physiology of Asellia tridens in the Beit-She'an Valley area. (Supervisors: Prof. Yoram Yom-Tov and Prof. Noga Kronfeld-Schor).
2003-2006
B.Sc., Life sciences, Tel-Aviv University
Awards, honors and grants
2020
Journal of Experimental Biology Travelling Fellowship: The sensory role of whiskers in hovering flight control in nectarivorous bats
2019-2022
The Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies Scholarship for Postdoctoral Research Associate at EEES Graduate Program, Dartmouth College
2017-2019
The Alexander and Eva Lester Scholarship for Post-doctoral Fellow
2016
Zoological Society of Israel – 2nd place for PhD Candidate presentation
2016
Israel Ministry of Science, Technology and Space travel grant
2015-2017
INPA research grant (Government grant decision 4254, Dead Sea Basin Rehabilitation and Development Program): Anthropogenic effects on bats in dead-sea area oases
2015
Zoological Society of Israel – 2nd place for PhD Candidate presentation
2013
Life Sciences Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
2013
Anat Krauskopf Travel Fund Award
2013
Adesman Fund and Zoological Department travel grant
2012
Life Sciences Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
Invited Seminars
2021
Entomology Departmental Seminar - Penn State University, USA
2020
Animal Behavior Seminar series – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
2019
Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystems, and Society – Graduate program, Dartmouth College, USA
2018
Biology of Desert Bats – International workshop at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
2014
Aeromechanics & Evolutionary Morphology Lab, Brown University, USA
2014
Biology of Desert Bats – International workshop at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Presentation in scientific conventions
2021
- UC Davis - Conference on Environmental Conflict and Cooperation (presentation)
2020
- Ecological Society of America annual meeting (presentation)
- Animal Behavior Society annual meeting (presentation)
- Batsheva de Rothschild conference on Active Sensing: From Animals to Robots (invited, poster)
2018
- 55th Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
- Life around the Dead Sea – conference on conservation and research challenges in the Dead Sea area (invited)
2017
- 54th Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
2016
- 53rd Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
- 17th International Bat Research Conference in South Africa (invited)
- Minerva Center for Movement Ecology - International Conference on Movement Ecology in Israel (invited)
- 12th International Congress of Neuroethology in Uruguay
2015
- 52nd Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
2013
- 16th International Bat Research Conference in Costa Rica
- 50th Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
2012
- Taxonomy, Biodiversity, and Beyond: Global Change, Science and Society
- 49th Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
- The Diversity, Evolution and Mechanisms Controlling Activity Patterns - International workshop
2010
- 46th Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
Teaching experience
2020
Science outreach interdisciplinary course (EEES 137) for graduate students at Dartmouth College. Design, build and teach (full term, including student outreach at local high school).
2019
Guest lecture, Dartmouth College Ecology course (BIO 16) for undergraduate & grad students.
2010-2015
Teaching assistant, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University: Faunistics of Mammals and Reptiles of Israel (Prof. Y. Yom-Tov and Prof. E. Gefen).
2009-2019
Guide, Nature Campus, I. Meier Segals Garden for Zoological Research, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University.
2009-2015
Teaching assistant, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University: Faunistics of Birds and Amphibians of Israel (Prof. Y. Yom-Tov).
2014
Guest lecture and research project staff, Desert bat biology and research techniques field course. Metrany Dept. of desert Studies, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Course proffesors: Dr. Marc Holderied, Dr. Carmi Korine, Prof. Berry Pinshow
Professional training and experience
2016- Underwater acoustic telemetry workshop (focused on Vemco ltd. products). Dept. of Zoology, Tel Aviv University
2013- Sound Analysis Workshop at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.
2009- Northern Israel bat survey- counts, captures and measurements. Supervisors: Dr. Amit Dolev. Funded by SPNI
2009- Desert bat biology and research techniques course. Metrany Dept. of desert Studies, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Supervisor: Dr. Marc Holderied, Dr. Carmi Korine
Other scientific activity
2019 - present
Postdoctoral Research Associate, EEES Graduate Program, Dartmouth College
Research title: Sensory individuality in group-foraging bats.
2017 - 2019
Postdoctoral fellow, School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University
Research title: Evolution of mammalian diurnality – the role of the SCN vs peripheral clocks in synchronizing activity.
Education:
2011- 2017
Ph.D., Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University
Thesis entitled: Flexibility and plasticity in active sensing in echolocating bats. (Supervisor: Dr. Yossi Yovel).
2009-2011
M.Sc., Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University
Thesis entitled: Aspects in the Biology and Physiology of Asellia tridens in the Beit-She'an Valley area. (Supervisors: Prof. Yoram Yom-Tov and Prof. Noga Kronfeld-Schor).
2003-2006
B.Sc., Life sciences, Tel-Aviv University
Awards, honors and grants
2020
Journal of Experimental Biology Travelling Fellowship: The sensory role of whiskers in hovering flight control in nectarivorous bats
2019-2022
The Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies Scholarship for Postdoctoral Research Associate at EEES Graduate Program, Dartmouth College
2017-2019
The Alexander and Eva Lester Scholarship for Post-doctoral Fellow
2016
Zoological Society of Israel – 2nd place for PhD Candidate presentation
2016
Israel Ministry of Science, Technology and Space travel grant
2015-2017
INPA research grant (Government grant decision 4254, Dead Sea Basin Rehabilitation and Development Program): Anthropogenic effects on bats in dead-sea area oases
2015
Zoological Society of Israel – 2nd place for PhD Candidate presentation
2013
Life Sciences Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
2013
Anat Krauskopf Travel Fund Award
2013
Adesman Fund and Zoological Department travel grant
2012
Life Sciences Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
Invited Seminars
2021
Entomology Departmental Seminar - Penn State University, USA
2020
Animal Behavior Seminar series – Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
2019
Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystems, and Society – Graduate program, Dartmouth College, USA
2018
Biology of Desert Bats – International workshop at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
2014
Aeromechanics & Evolutionary Morphology Lab, Brown University, USA
2014
Biology of Desert Bats – International workshop at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Presentation in scientific conventions
2021
- UC Davis - Conference on Environmental Conflict and Cooperation (presentation)
2020
- Ecological Society of America annual meeting (presentation)
- Animal Behavior Society annual meeting (presentation)
- Batsheva de Rothschild conference on Active Sensing: From Animals to Robots (invited, poster)
2018
- 55th Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
- Life around the Dead Sea – conference on conservation and research challenges in the Dead Sea area (invited)
2017
- 54th Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
2016
- 53rd Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
- 17th International Bat Research Conference in South Africa (invited)
- Minerva Center for Movement Ecology - International Conference on Movement Ecology in Israel (invited)
- 12th International Congress of Neuroethology in Uruguay
2015
- 52nd Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
2013
- 16th International Bat Research Conference in Costa Rica
- 50th Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
2012
- Taxonomy, Biodiversity, and Beyond: Global Change, Science and Society
- 49th Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
- The Diversity, Evolution and Mechanisms Controlling Activity Patterns - International workshop
2010
- 46th Convention of The Zoological Society of Israel
Teaching experience
2020
Science outreach interdisciplinary course (EEES 137) for graduate students at Dartmouth College. Design, build and teach (full term, including student outreach at local high school).
2019
Guest lecture, Dartmouth College Ecology course (BIO 16) for undergraduate & grad students.
2010-2015
Teaching assistant, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University: Faunistics of Mammals and Reptiles of Israel (Prof. Y. Yom-Tov and Prof. E. Gefen).
2009-2019
Guide, Nature Campus, I. Meier Segals Garden for Zoological Research, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University.
2009-2015
Teaching assistant, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University: Faunistics of Birds and Amphibians of Israel (Prof. Y. Yom-Tov).
2014
Guest lecture and research project staff, Desert bat biology and research techniques field course. Metrany Dept. of desert Studies, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Course proffesors: Dr. Marc Holderied, Dr. Carmi Korine, Prof. Berry Pinshow
Professional training and experience
2016- Underwater acoustic telemetry workshop (focused on Vemco ltd. products). Dept. of Zoology, Tel Aviv University
2013- Sound Analysis Workshop at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY.
2009- Northern Israel bat survey- counts, captures and measurements. Supervisors: Dr. Amit Dolev. Funded by SPNI
2009- Desert bat biology and research techniques course. Metrany Dept. of desert Studies, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Supervisor: Dr. Marc Holderied, Dr. Carmi Korine
Other scientific activity
- Referee for peer reviewed articles. Journals: Biology Open (2021), iScience (2021), PLOS One (2021, 2020, 2016, 2015), Movement Ecology (2020), Mammal Research (2020), Ecology and Evolution (2019), Journal of Comparative Physiology B (2019), Communications Biology (2017), Science Advances (2017), Biology Letters (2017), Hystrix (2015), Acta Chiropterologica (2015)
- Anthropogenic effects on the Dead Sea region ecology – bats as bioindicators – a two-year program. Position: Scientific program leader and field work coordinator
- Israel's National Long-Term Bat Monitoring Program - program manager and coordinator. Together with INPA (Natural Park Authority) and SPNI (Society for Protection of Nature in Israel)
- Conversion of abandoned military bunkers along the Jordan River into bat housing- together with the SPNI and INPA. Funded by BCI (Bat Conservation International) and The Hooppoe Foundation
- The Israel Taxonomic Initiative – verifying known bat species and trying to find new bat species in Israel. Together with the SPNI. Position: Field work manager and initial data analysis. Supervisor: Dr. Amit Dolev. Funded by ISF (Israel Science Foundation)
- Judean Hills Bat Survey - assessing species richness and locating bat colonies for baseline data for a long-term monitoring program. Together with SPNI and NPA. Funded by INPA