Past Members

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Dr. Miriam Simon

email:  miriam.simon@campus.technion.ac.il
Ph.D. (summa cum laude) in chemistry from the TU Berlin, Germany (2019) in the group of Prof. Gradzielski on polyelectrolyte/microemulsion complexes. Now a post-doc fellow of the Minerva Stiftung in the group of Prof. Talmon at Technion. The research focuses on direct imaging applied to study self-assembly in biological systems with a focus on polyelectrolyte/liposome interactions. Continue Reading Dr. Miriam Simon
 
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Berta Shdemati

email:  berta.shdemati@gmail.com
Member of the group since 1980. A practical engineer in chemistry, with a degree from the Technion. Responsibilities include teaching and guiding the graduate and undergraduate students through the practical part of their research, operating and maintaining lab equipment, and taking care of the smooth running of the lab. Continue Reading Berta Shdemati
 
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Maayan Nir-Shapira

email:  shapira.maayan@gmail.com
B.Sc. summa cum laude in Chemical Engineering Faculty from the Technion (2013). Studying toward M.Sc. in Nanotechnology and Nanoscience program. The research focuses on Nanostructure of Lipids and nanoscale raft domains in mixed lipid bilayers using the experimental techniques cryo-EM and immunogold labeling. Continue Reading Maayan Nir-Shapira
 
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Camila De Paula

email:  cdp2812@gmail,com
B.Sc. summa cum laude in chemical Engineering from the Technion (2016). Studying toward Ph.D in Stanford University, USA. Continue Reading Camila De Paula
 
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Prof. Daphne Weihs

email:  daphnew@technion.ac.il
Date of formal graduation: February 2004 Title of Thesis: "Dynamics and Microstructure of complex Liquids" (Ph.D.) Present position: Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Her field of research is bio-rheological and mechanical properties of live cells with regard to disease and health. Continue Reading Prof. Daphne Weihs
 
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Dr. Lucy Liberman

email:  lucyliber@gmail.com
B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering Faculty from the Technion (2013). Ph.D . in Chemical Engineering from the Technion (2019). The research focused on nanostructural phase behavior of carbon nanotubes in superacid solutions using cryo-TEM and cryo-SEM.


Direct Imaging of Carbon Nanotube Liquid-Crystalline Phase Development in True Solutions
Kleinerman, O., Liberman, L., Behabtu, N., Pasquali, M.,Cohen, Y., and Talmon, Y., Langmuir ,4011-4018, (2017). Continue Reading Dr. Lucy Liberman
 
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Dr. Adi Golani

email:  adigomontoya@gmail.com
B.Sc. in medical lab sciences from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2010). M.Sc. in Health Sciences from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2013). The research was conducted at the Clinical Pharmacology Department under the supervision of Dr. Ayelet David, and focused on the development of Polyion complexes for gene delivery into dendritic cells. Studied Ph.D. in the Norman Seiden Multidisciplinary graduate program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. The research focused on protein-transport mechanisms to mitochondria, combining biochemical, molecular biology and high resolution imaging methodologies. Continue Reading Dr. Adi Golani
 
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Idan Biran

email:  idan.biran@gmail.com
B.Sc. cum laude in Chemical Engineering Faculty from the Technion (2016). Studying toward M.Sc. in Nanotechnology and Nanoscience program. The research focuses on Nanostructure of Lipids in artifical and biological enviroments using cryo-EM and immunogold labeling.

Continue Reading Idan Biran
 
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Dr. Na’ama Koifman

email:  movingwhat@gmail.com
B.Sc. summa cum laude in Chemical Engineering from the Technion (2009).

M.Sc in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology on the subject "Nanostructure in Non-Aqueous Solutions" focusing on the characterization of ternary systems composed mainly of organic solvents or ionic liquids.

Currently studying towards her Ph.D. in the Norman Seiden Multidisciplinary graduate program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. The research focuses on cell-membrane shed extracellular vesicles (EVs), using mainly cryo-TEM and cryo-SEM and complemented by other characterization techniques such as flow-cytometry, DLS and Nanoparticle tracking analysis (NanoSight). The research is composed by direct-imaging characterization of EVs either during their shedding process from the cells, or isolated from the cell medium as a result of various cell stimulations. Immunogold labeling of the EVs is applied in order to probe specific molecules composing their membrane.

For my M.Sc Thesis Abstract click here.
Continue Reading Dr. Na’ama Koifman
 
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Dr. Maor Ram-On

email:  maoronen87@gmail.com
B.Sc. summa cum laude in biochemical Engineering from the Technion (2012) Studying toward Ph.D in Nanotechnology and Nanoscience program. The research focuses on nanostructure of double tailed amphiphiles and oppositely charged polyelectrolytes using the experimental techniques Cryo-TEM, Cryo-SEM and SAXS. Continue Reading Dr. Maor Ram-On
 
B.Sc. in Materials Engineering and Chemistry from the Technion (2007). Received M.Sc. (Cum Laude) in Chemical Engineering faculty, Technion (2013). The main topic of M.Sc. studies was development of methodology for direct imaging of highly acidic systems by cryo-TEM and cryo-SEM. Now is studying toward Ph.D in collaboration with Rice University, Houston US. The research focuses on structure analysis of CNT dissolved in superacids and structure transformation during all-CNT fiber spinning from superacid solutions.The experimental methods used are direct-imaging cryo-TEM and cryo-SEM, WAXD, SAXS and neutron scattering. Continue Reading Dr. Olga Kleinerman
 
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Ido Ben-Barak

email:  idobb@tx.technion.ac.il
B.Sc. summa cum laude in Chemical Engineering, Technion (2011) Currently Studying towards M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering while serving as an officer in the IDF. Continue Reading Ido Ben-Barak
 
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Orr Zohar

Studying toward B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering Continue Reading Orr Zohar
 
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Amram Bengio

email:  eab1@rice.edu
My research in the Talmon group focused primarily on the visualization of solutions of carbon nanotubes in chlorosulfonic acid. Using cryo-TEM we are able to image dilute CNT solutions in order to characterize the nature of these dispersions. Image analysis of the micrographs provided us with a reliable method for obtaining statistically significant estimates of CNT length. For higher concentration solutions, we use cryo-SEM to characterize their phase behavior, which has allowed us to directly observe the nematic liquid crystalline nature of these systems Continue Reading Amram Bengio
 
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Dr. Liat Oss-Ronen

email:  liatronen222@gmail.com
Graduate of the Technion in Chemical Engineering: B.Sc. (2002) and M.Sc. (2004). Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering from the Technion in 2009, under the supervision of Prof. Dror Seliktar, on the topic of affinity-based drug delivery using bio-synthetic hydrogels. Current research focuses on the three-year, EU FP7-funded project, part of the SELFMEM (Self-Aggregated Copolymer Membranes) consortium, administered by our colleague, Prof. Volker Abetz of the HZG, Gesthacht, Germany. In the framework of this project we have been studying the bulk morphologies formed by selected block copolymers, that may be used for membranes formation, as well as the membrane formation process. Methods: RT and cryo-TEM, RT and cryo-HR-SEM, SAXS and SANS. Continue Reading Dr. Liat Oss-Ronen
 
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Liron Issman

email:  lironi@tortechnano.com
B.Sc. summa cum laude in Biochemical Engineering from the Technion (2009). Studying towards M.Sc. in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. The research, in collaboration with Prof. Brenner's lab from the Rappaport institute, focuses on the characterization of breast cancer cell originated microparticles using the experimental techniques of cryo-TEM, cryo-SEM, DLM, and FACS. Continue Reading Liron Issman
 
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Liora Omer

email:  liorao@gmail.com
Date of formal graduation: January 2010 Thesis title: "The Study of Meso-Phase Formation Mechanisms by Cryo-TEM and EPR" (M.Sc). Present position: Ph.D student in the faculty of medicine, Tel Aviv University. Continue Reading Liora Omer
 
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Dr. Maya Lubobski-Schnabel

email:  maya_shnabel@yahoo.com
B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Technion (2006). M.Sc in Chemical Engineering Technion (2008). Working towards a Ph.D. in bio-medical and chemical engineering. The research topic is "Structure/Function Determination of Cell Migration Through Amorphous Polymeric Networks of PEGylated Protein Hydrogels". The main experimental method used is cryo-SEM. Supervisors: Prof. Dror Seliktar & Prof. Yeshayahu Talmon. Continue Reading Dr. Maya Lubobski-Schnabel
 
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Elena (Alona) Makarsky

email:  alenam@tx.technion.ac.il
Date of formal graduation: February 2007 Title of Thesis: "Nanostructure of Novel Self-Aggregative Block-Copolymer and Surfactant systems" (M.Sc). Present position: Process engineer at "HP". Continue Reading Elena (Alona) Makarsky
 
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Dr. Rita Vilensky

email:  ritav@technion.ac.il
Date of formal graduation: May 2007. Title of Thesis: "Structural Characterization of Lipoplexes and Polyplexes" (M.Sc). Present position: Ph.D student in the program of Nanotechnology and Nanoscience, Technion. Continue Reading Dr. Rita Vilensky
 
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Marina Konorty

email:  comarik@wisemail.weizmann.ac.il
Date of formal graduation: February 2004 Title of Thesis: "Microstructure Aspects of Complexetion between DNA and Positively Charged Colloids" (M.Sc.). Present position: A PhD student in the Organic Chemistry Department at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Continue Reading Marina Konorty
 
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Dr. Sarah Weisman

email:  Sarah.Weisman@csiro.au
Date of formal graduation: August 2005 Title of Thesis: “Microstructure Characterization of DNA-Lipid  Systems” (Ph.D.). Present position: Postdoctoral fellow at CSIRO, Canberra, Australia. Continue Reading Dr. Sarah Weisman
 
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Lilac Caspi

email:  lilacaspi@gmail.com
Date of formal graduation: February 2004 Title of Thesis: “Phase-Transitions, Nucleation and Crystallization in Mixed-Lipid model Bile Systems” (M.Sc). Present position: Pharmacist at "Rambam" Health-Care-Campus  in Haifa. Continue Reading Lilac Caspi
 
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Dr. Sharon Golan

email:  shagolan@gmail.com
Date of formal graduation: 2011 Title of Thesis: "Nanostructure of Lipid/Polymers- Nucleic Acid Complexes" (Ph.D.) Present position: Postdoctoral fellow in Seattel hospital. Continue Reading Dr. Sharon Golan