Academic and research positions
January 23- present: Principal investigator, Nutrition and Natural Compounds Department, Migal-Galilee Research Institute, Kiryat Shmona.
May 22- December 22: Research associate, department of Natural Compounds and Analytical Chemistry, Migal-Galilee Research Institute, Kiryat-Shmona.
Higher Education
Oct 2014- Feb 2015: Post-Doc Researcher, Max-Planck institute for coal research, Mulheim-Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Benjamin List (Nobel Prize 2021) Research subject: Pincer-type complexes in enantioselective synthesis.
2010-2014: Ph.D. (Direct Track) in organic and organometallic chemistry, department of organic chemistry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Supervisor: Prof. Dmitri Gelman.Dissertation title: “Ligand-Metal Cooperation in PC(sp3)P Pincer Complexes” The PhD research was acknowledged by the Wolf Foundation, and I was honored with the Wolf Prize for excellent PhD student.
2005- 2009: B. Sc. in chemistry, Technion – the Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
Teaching
September 23-present: Senior lecturer, Tel-Hai Academic College, Department of Biotechnology. Courses: Organic chemistry, organic chemistry laboratory, and general chemistry.
October 21-August 23: Lecturer, Tel-Hai Academic College, Department of Biotechnology. Courses: Organic chemistry, organic chemistry laboratory, and general chemistry.
Research Grants
2023- Using click-chemistry to identify the potential receptor of a polyketoide lactone, patulin, in P. expansum towards the development of disruption strategies interfering with patulin binding as anti-fungal treatments against post-harvest diseases, ICA-Israel, 70,000 NIS, with Dr. Livnat Jurnou. (Co-PI)
2023-2024- Synthesis of natural lipids which attenuate atherosclerosis via improving HDL functions, Migal Institute (internal grant), 250,000NIS, with Prof. Soliman Khatib and Dr. Roee Gottman. (Co-PI)
2023-Microencapsulation of mushroom extracts and evaluating their ability to extend the shelf-life of foods, Tel-Hai academic college, 20,000 NIS, with Prof. Segula Masaphy. (Co-PI)
2022- Nitric Oxide donors-based cannabinoid skeleton as a privileged scaffold for bifunctional therapeutic molecule, Tel-Hai academic college, 40,000NIS, with Dr. Andrea Sapir. (PI)
Awards and Fellowships
Ma'of Fellowship for Arab Society in Israeli Academic Institutions. The Council for Higher Education, Israel. 2023-2026
Excellence In teaching, Tel-Hai Academic College, 2023.
Excellence in teaching, Tel-Hai Academic College, 2022.
Minerva fellowship for post-doctoral studies, 2015-2016.
Post-doctoral fellowship for women in science for excellent student by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem- Israel, 2014-2015.
Wolf Foundation Prize, 2014.
Fellowship of the Council for Higher Education for excellent students from the Arab sector, 2013 and 2014.
Fellowship for Women in Science by the Ministry of Science, 2013 (declined).
Casali Scholarship for Applied Research, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2012.
Excellent poster in the 77th Annual Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, 2011.
Dean’s list of excellent students, Technion, 2006 and 2007.
Non-Academic Activity & Positions
2015-2016 Researcher in research and development department. Adama Makhteshim, Beer Sheva, Israel.
2016-2019 Group Leader at Research and Development department. Salzman Group (SG), Katzrin-Golan Heights, Israel.
May 2019 Research and Development researcher. Salzman Group and Chilmark Labs, Albuquerque, New-Mexico, USA.
June 2019-Feb 2020 Senior Research and Development researcher at StoreDot and MolecuLed, Herzliya, Israel.
March 20-October 22 Research and Development manager, Nuversys- Kiryat Shmona.
Patents:
A stable food-grade microcapsule for the delivery of unstable and food-incompatible active ingredients to food products, Nuversys ltd. WO 2021176445A1.
Electrolyte additives for fast charging lithium ion batteries, StoreDot ltd. WO 20210234197.
Assistant dyes for color conversion in LCD displays. MolecuLED Ltd. WO 20210191198.
Methods for synthesis of cannabinoids compounds. Beetlebung pharma ltd. WO 2020031179A1.
Synthesis of cannabidiol prodrugs for treating various disorders. WO 2018096504 A1 20180531.
Salzman group ltd. Synthesis of 5-amino-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-4-ethylsulfanyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carbonitrile and related compounds. WO 2019097306 Adama Makhteshim ltd.
Process of preparation of indoxacarb and its intermediates. Adama Makhteshim ltd.