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Faculty Includes:

Prof. Avishai Dekel, Rakach Institute of Physics Professor and Chairman of the Authority for the Community and Youth of Hebrew University. Specialist in Astrophysics, Cosmology and the formation of galaxies and large-scale structure in the universe including dark matter and cosmic flows.

Shabtay Dover, PhD, MD, DDirector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Authority of the Community and Youth of Hebrew University. Specializes in Molecular Biology, GABA catabolic pathway in E. coli. Former head of the HUJ
Authority for Research and Development, and Israeli representative to the European Fifth and Sixth R&D Framework Programs.

Dr. Dvora Lang, PhD, Director of the Meyerhoff Youth Center for Advanced Studies.  Specializes in the history and the philosophy of science, particularly in historical and contemporary ethical aspects of biology and biotechnology.  Science educator also specializes in pre-academic studies and in science education for junior-high schools and high schools.

Dr. Eshel Ofir, Director of the Belmonte Science Laboratories Center and professor of Animal Physiology. Specializes in control of animal body temperature and the physiological adaptation of animals to desert environmental conditions.

Advisory Committee

Prof. Nissim Benvenisty M.D.,Ph.D, Professor of Genetics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Givat Ram, Israel

Orna Blondheim, MD, Director General, Emek Medical Center,
Afula, Israel

Prof. Hillel Chiel, Phd Professor of Biology, Neurosciences, and Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH

Dr. Charles Jacobs, President of the David Project Center for Jewish Leadership,
Boston, MA

Dr. Neal Kaufman, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at the UCLA Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Los Angeles, CA and Chief Executive Officer of Diabetes Prevention Source

Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, Director General of the Hadassah Medical Organization
Jerusalem, Israel

Roz Rothstein, National Director, StandWithUs,
Culver City, CA

Dr. Harvey Shapiro, Dean of the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education of Hebrew College,
Newton Centre, MA
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