Education
- 2012 – Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
- 2009 – M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
- 2008 – B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
Research Interests
Non‑Hermitian elastodynamics; metamaterials and homogenization of composites; dielectric elastomers; finite deformations
Guest Appointments
- Post-doctoral scholar, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Caltech, USA (2012-2014)
- Visiting scientist, Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Trento, Italy (2010)
Membership in Professional Societies
- SES – Society of Engineering Science
Honors and Awards
- Recipient of the European Research Council Consolidators grant 2021 (ERC CoG)
- 2016 – Citation for excellence in teaching (top 12% of Technion), Technion
- 2012 – Outstanding oral presentation by a PhD student, 32nd Israeli Mechanical Engineering Conference
- 2012 – ”Ehud Ben‑Amitay” prize, For aerospace related graduate research Ben‑Gurion
University
- 2010 – European Erasmus Mundus fellowship, For excellent PhD students
- 2010 – The Paran fellowship from the Negev scholarship, For outstanding PhD students Ben‑GurionUniversity