Kayan received her B.Sc. in Biotechnology and Food Engineering from the Technion in 2021. She joined our group in June 2020 as a research assistant and in March 2021 she began her graduate studies. Kayan’s research focuses on the integration of optical porous silicon biosensors with 3D printed microfluidics for biomarkers detection. Her work is in collaboration with the group of Dr. Janina Bahnemann at the Leibniz University Hannover. Continue Reading Kayan Awawdeh
Lisa joined our lab as a graduate student on October 2021 and she is working on capturing circulating tumor cells for early cancer diagnostics. Continue Reading Lisa Dahan
Xin received her B.Sc. (Cum laude) in Biotechnology and Food Engineering from the Technion in 2020. Her undergraduate research, under the guidance of Prof. Sima Yaron, focused on cloning and initial characterization of T3SS effector encoded genes in Edwardsiella strains. Xin joined our group on August 2020 and her research aims to develop rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) techniques for clinical applications. She is currently working in collaboration with physicians and microbiologists on a proof-of-concept diagnostic system, termed as iPRISM, for rapid (<90 min) and direct AST of clinically relevant bacterial infected samples. Continue Reading Xin Jiang
Hanan received her B.Sc. degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences from the Technion in 2020. She joined our group in April 2021 as a research assistant. After completing a year of engineering courses, she joined our lab as a M.Sc student in October 2023. She is studying new technologies for biomimetic antifungal coatings in the framework of EU-funded in SafeWax project. Continue Reading Hanan Abu Hamad
Alva is a M.Sc. student, she joined our group in May 2021 as for her senior year research project and studied new carriers for targeted antibiotic therapy. Her current research focuses on developing superhydrophobic and antimicrobial coatings. Continue Reading Alva Lafer
Shaked joined to the lab in May 2023 as M.Sc. student. She earned her B.Sc. in Biotechnology Engineering from Braude Academic College in 2023. During her B.Sc. she investigated encapsulation and self-assembly of organic dyes. Continue Reading Shaked Ashkenazi