Tag Archives: Technion Women
Schulich Chemistry Faculty Now Hold 7 Prestigious ERC Grants
Technion Schulich Chemistry Faculty’s Researchers Now Holds 7 Prestigious ERC Grants The European Research Council announced last week that researchers at the Technion – Israeli Institute of Technology have been awarded a noteworthy five ERC Starting Grants, which are awarded to talented early-career scientists who completed their doctoral degrees only two to seven years ago,… Read More
“From Italy with Love”: Life as a Scientist
In honor of International Women’s Day, a photography exhibition titled “Life as a Scientist” opened on Thursday, March 9, at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Created by photographer Gerald Bruneau, the installment includes 40 portraits of inspiring Italian women scientists. The exhibition was created from the “100 Women Against Stereotypes” database project, which… Read More
Leading Ladies Making Waves
A research team from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology that included three women and one man, recently returned from a research trip in the Pacific Ocean. The team was led by Prof. Debbie Lindell from the Faculty of Biology and included Dr. Laure Arsenieff, a postdoctoral student from France; Camelia Shopen-Gochev, an Israeli doctoral student;… Read More
Healthy Prediction
“My goal is to build novel imaging tools that can visualize the complex biology of inflammation,” says Assistant Professor Katrien Vandoorne, head of the In-Vivo Multimodality Imaging Lab. “Using non-invasive tests to understand the pathological changes that occur in cardiovascular disease and cancer development may give rise to new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches”. Prof. Vandoorne… Read More
Responsibility in Innovation and Research
Dr. Areej Mawasi of the Technion’s Faculty of Education in Science and Technology studies the science of learning and designs innovative learning environments. Dr. Mawasi graduated from the Orthodox Arab High School in Haifa. She was first exposed to teaching in an educational village that introduced children to environmental education through activities in nature, contact… Read More
Unconventional
Twenty-nine-year-old Daniella Bar-Lev was drawn to mathematics in high school where she studied in a class for gifted teens, while at the same time taking courses at the Open University. “In these courses, I was exposed to mathematics beyond the calculus that you study in high school, and I realized that this is the field… Read More
A Bridge between Biology & Electronics
Researchers at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology have developed devices that connect electronics with biology and are suitable for monitoring various ions in a solution, sensing in biological systems, and other applications. The research was headed by doctoral student Eyal Stein and Professor Gitti Frey from the Technion’s Faculty of Materials Science and… Read More
Paving the Path of Opportunity: TechWomen 2022
The Technion hosted its 8th annual TechWomen event earlier this month. The institution’s flagship women’s empowerment event is designed to showcase opportunities at the Technion and to encourage young women from high schools across Israel to pursue academic degrees in science and engineering. Loyal supporter and passionate advocate of women’s empowerment initiatives, Rosalyn August, sponsors… Read More
Traveling Space & Time
Noa Zilberman, who is 28 and from Haifa, was always attracted to exploring the universe that surrounds her. “Ever since I can remember, I looked up at the sky in awe. The desire to grasp something from this universe, with its inconceivable dimensions and complexity, and to understand my place in it as a tiny… Read More
Take a Bow
At the age of eight, Tamar Koren began playing the violin. “I fell in love with the sound of this instrument, a sound full of depth and expression. Over the years, playing the violin became a central part of my life: concerts, courses, master classes, auditions, hours of practice every day. I guess anyone who… Read More