Among the winners, Prof. Michal Feldman, from the School of Computer Science, has won the grant for the third time. For three other researchers, Prof. Ben Maoz, Prof. Gal Ostreicher-Singer and Prof. Dor Salomon, this is the second win
The European Research Council (ERC) has published the results of the call for the grant ERC Consolidator Grant for 2024, including six researchers from Tel Aviv University. This grant is intended for leading researchers in advanced career stages and allows them to continue to promote groundbreaking research in diverse scientific fields. Among the winners, Prof. Michal Feldman, from the School of Computer Science, has won the grant for the third time. For three other researchers, Prof. Ben Maoz, Prof. Gal Ostreicher-Zinger and Prof. Dor Salomon, this is the second win.
Prof. Dan Farr, Vice President for Research and Development and Head of the Laboratory for Nanomedicine at Tel Aviv University: "Tel Aviv University is very proud of its researchers who stand at the forefront of global science and contribute to the development and advancement of research and the development of applied technologies in many different and diverse fields of research at the international level. It is gratifying and inspiring to see many researchers from the university on the list of winners of the prestigious grant and even win and win it again. It is exciting It is great to see this significant international recognition, which testifies to the excellence of the university's researchers and their tremendous contribution to the world Science and society".
The researchers whose groundbreaking research won the grant this year are:
Prof. Ben Maoz, from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Fleishman Faculty of Engineering, the Sagol School of Neuroscience, and head of the Dreamer-Fischler Center for Stem Cell Differentiation and Regenerative Medicine
Prof. Maoz is a leading researcher in the field of biomedical engineering who focuses his research on creating organs on chips in order to study the physiological response closest to the real conditions in the body. This is the second time Prof. Maoz has won the prestigious ERC grant. The current grant is awarded to him for his research "Immune-Me-on-a-Chip" which focuses on the development of a unique platform that simulates the human immune system in advanced physiological systems (for example an organ on a chip), with the aim of studying human physiology and its response to biological threats.
Prof. Michal Feldman, School of Computer Sciences
Prof. Feldman is a pioneering researcher at the international level, who also serves as the president of the ACM SIGceom. She was elected to the Israeli Young Academy, as well as the global one, and even won many awards for her work, including the Bruno Award and the Mid-Career Award of the ACM SIGecom. For the third time in a row, Prof. Feldman won a grant from the ERC for her research. In her research for which she received the current ERC grant, Prof. Feldman focuses on laying the theoretical foundations for "algorithmic contract theory", a field at the interface of economics, game theory and computer science.
Dr. Ilya Kaminkar, School of Chemistry
Dr. Kaminkar is a leading physical chemist and a pioneer in the field of magnetic resonance. His current research for which he received the ERC grant deals with the development of advanced instrumentation and spectroscopic methods in the field of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) which will lead to a deep understanding of the dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) process. deals with quantum phenomena, and combines chemistry, physics, electrical engineering, and materials, and will lead to breakthroughs in the ability to explore and understand advanced materials.
Dr. Tzachi Hagai, Shemunis School of Biomedical and Cancer Research, Wise Faculty of Life Sciences
Dr. Hagai is a leading researcher in his field who focuses on the evolutionary arms race from hosts to pathogens, and in particular between the immune system and viruses, while combining experimental and computational tools. In his current research for which he received the ERC grant, Dr. Hagai investigates how viral mimicry in protein structures shapes the competition between the host cell and the virus.
Prof. Gal Ostricher-Singer, Faculty of Management by Kohler
Prof. Ostricher-Singer is a leading researcher in her field who serves as the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Management. Prof. Oestricher-Singer's research is internationally recognized and she even won the ERC grant for the second time in a row. In her research, she focuses on business models in e-commerce and media websites, digital platforms and consumer behavior, social networks and product networks, big data, and crowdfunding. In the current research for which she received the ERC grant, she will investigate the effect of large linguistic models (LLMs) on involvement in collaborative online communities.
Prof. Dor Salomon, Microbiology and Clinical Immunology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Prof. Salomon is a leading researcher and a pioneer in his field. His research focuses on toxin secretion systems in bacteria and their suitability for the development of antibiotic treatments. This is the second time Prof. Salomon has won the prestigious ERC grant. In the research for which he received the current ERC grant, he will examine the modularity of antibacterial toxins and the mechanisms that allow them to penetrate the target cells.
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