Academic degrees:

B.Sc. (1984)	The Hebrew University, Jerusalem Israel, Dept. of Biology.
M.Sc. (1987)	Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering.
Ph.D. (1991)	1991-96 Ph.D. Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel, Dept. of chemical Engineering the unit of Biotechnology Engineering

At technion since 2001

Academic appointments:

2001 - 2007	Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
2007-	Associate Professor, Dept. of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel

Research Interests: Tissue engineering, Gene Therapy, Cell encapsulation

Publications :
Publications
Chapters in a Books
Patents

Research topics :

Tissue engineering of blood vessels and heart using diffrentiated cells or stem cells
The use of ultrasound waves to deliver genes into cells and tissue: Therapeutic application and mechanism
Microencapsulation of Engineered Cells for Cancer Therapy
Microencapsulation of Engineered Cells and Stem cells for Cancer Therapy
Nanoparticles based polymer for gene delivery in vitro and in vivo
Polymeric nano and microparticles for the treatment of brain tumors
Microencapsulations of genetically engineerd cells, which secret angiogenic growth factors for newly blood vessel formation