Senior Researcher: My research specializes in exploring the relationship between nutrition, the gut microbiome, and health outcomes. My research focuses on the gut-brain axis, a crucial communication system that connects the gut and central nervous system, impacting mental health through microbial metabolites like short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs). I aim to develop nutritional interventions that can modulate the gut microbiome to improve health outcomes for conditions such as insomnia, depression, and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Post-Doctoral Studies
8/2021-1/2022 Microbiome, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna (UNIBO), Italy, Prof. Patrizia Brigidi
04/2017-12/2019 Clinical Nutrition, MIGAL-Galilee Research Institute,Laboratory of Nutrition and Human Health, Prof. Snait Tamir
Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
10/2013-06/2017 Medical studies, PhD Medical Sciences, Bar-Ilan University
10/2009-06/2015 Nutrition, BSc Nutrition,Tel-Hai Academic College
10/1996-06/1999 Biotechnology and Food Engineering, MSc, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
02/1989-12/1993 BSc Food Engineering, Maua Institute of Technology
Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education
1/2023-present, Senior Researcher, MIGAL-Galilee Research Institute, Laboratory of Nutrition and Human Health
11/2019-12/2022, Research Fellow, MIGAL-Galilee Research Institute,Laboratory of Nutrition and Human Health
2022, The University of Haifa, Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences
2017-present, Tel-Hai College,Food Science and Nutrition Science Departments
Positions and Honors
1/2023 - present, Senior Researcher, MIGAL-Galilee Research Institute, Laboratory of Nutrition and Human Health
2017-present, Lecturer, Tel-Hai College, Food Science and Nutrition Science Departments, Teaching Excellence (2019)
2019-12/2022, Research Fellow, MIGAL-Galilee Research Institute, Laboratory of Nutrition and Human Health
2021- 2022, Lecturer, The University of Haifa, Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences