Research Group Leader
Max Planck Institute
Completed Bachelor degree in the excellence program of the Technion, the Israeli Institute of Technology. Did Master’s degree in Bioinformatics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Spent several years in the biotech industry before returning to academia to complete a PhD degree in Biochemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science, specializing in the design principles of cellular metabolism. From 2015, head of the “Systems and Synthetic Metabolism” lab at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, studying the biochemical logic of metabolic pathways and their applications for the design and implementation of metabolic designs that addresses humanity’s needs in food, chemical, and energy production.