Ophthalmic Science and Engineering Lab
Prof. Yossi Mandel
Group Member
Prof. Yossi Mandel, MD, PhD, MHA
Head of Lab
Email: yossi.mandel@biu.ac.il
2019 - Present Associate Professor
2013 – 2019 Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Life Science, Bar Ilan University
2011 – 2013 Post Doctoral fellowship and research associate - Stanford University
2006 – 2011 Ph.D. Bioengineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1998 – 2004 Residency in Ophthalmology - Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Israel
2002 – 2003 M.H.A Ben Gurion University, Israel
1984 – 1992 M.D. Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
Nairouz Farah, PhD
Lab Manager
Email: nairouz.farah@biu.ac.il
2012 – 2014 Post Doc (Neural Engineering Interfaces Laboratory, Biomedical
Engineering Faculty, Technion, Israel)
2006 – 2012 PhD Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Israel
2002 – 2004 MSC Medical Physics and Bioengineering, University College London
(UCL), London
1998 – 2002 B.Sc Electrical Engineering, Technion, Israel
My research is focused on numerical moedling of electrical stimulation of the retina and developing novel approaches for retinal prostheses for restoration of sight in retinal degeneration.
Amos Markus, PhD
Researcher
Email: amosmarkus@gmail.com
2010-2015 Ph.D in Molecular Neuro-virology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Israel.
2009-2010 M.Sc in Molecular Neuro-virology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University, Israel.
2006-2008 B.Sc in Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Hebrew University
My research is focused on studying the application of nano-particles and human embryonic stem cell derived photoreceptors for the treatment of retinal degradation disease
Erel Lasnoy
Researcher
Email: erellasnoy@gmail.com
2015-2017 M.Sc in Physical chemistry, Bar Ilan University
2012-2015 B.Sc in Chemistry expanded, Bar Ilan University
Tamar Azrad-Leibovitch
PhD student
Email: ttaazr@gmail.com
2014-2016 M.Sc in Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
2010-2013 B.Sc in Molecular Biology, Ariel University, Israel
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Gal Shpun, Eng.
PhD. Student
Co-Advisor: Prof. Zeev Zalevski, Bar Ilan University
Email: galshpun@gmail.com
2015-2018 M.Sc Electrical engineering, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
2010-2014 B.Sc Bio-Medical engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
My research focuses on developing optical and electrical methods for neuromodulation at a single cell resolution through advanced nanotechnology, which is applied at a subretinal implant prosthesis aiming to
restore sight for the blinds.
Aviad Slotky
PhD student
2018-2020 M.Sc in Molecular neurobiology, Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Science,
Bar-Ilan, Israel
2015-2018 Bs.c in Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Science, Bar-Ilan, Israel
My research is focused on the development of synaptogenesis in the outer plexiform layer at photoreceptors precursors.
Itay Shekel
PhD student
2021-2023 M.Sc in Computational Neuroscience, Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center,
Bar-Ilan University, Israel
2017-2020 B.Sc in the cognitive and Brain sciences, The Inter-Faculty Brain Sciences
School, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Tamar Yaniv
McS student
2020-2023 B.Sc in Life Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar Ilan University
Ilana Eden Bouzaglo
McS student
2017-2021 B.Sc Optometry, The School of Optometry and Vision Science, Bar-Ilan University
Eden Buza
McS student
2020-2023 B.Sc in Neuroscience, Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar Ilan University
Alumni
Auria Eisen
PhD student
auria.eisen-enosh@biu.ac.il
Ori Carmi
MsC student
co-Advisor: Prof. Zeev Zalevski, Bar Ilan University
Astar Shamul
M.Sc Student
co-Advisor: Prof. Ron Goldstein, Bar Ilan University
Hen Avraham
MSc Student
co-Advisor: Prof. Zeev Zalevski, Bar Ilan University
Liron Gerbi
MSc Eng Student
co-Advisor: Prof. Zeev Zalevski, Bar Ilan University
