Postdoctoral Fellow
Hubbard Center for Genome Studies
Department
of Zoology & Program
in Genetics
University of New Hampshire
2004 Ph.D. (Animal Science), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Thesis title: "Genetic analyses of immunological traits in tilapia" Supervised by Prof. Gideon Hulata and Dr. Micha Ron.
1999 M.Sc. (Animal Science), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Thesis title: "Creation of a 4-species crossbred population of tilapia, study of the genetic variation for cold tolerance in tilapia, and detection of linkage to DNA markers" Supervised by Prof. Gideon Hulata.
1996 B.Sc. (Animal Science), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
2003 - 2006 BARD Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Thomas D. Kocher. Hubbard Center for Genome Studies, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
1999 - 2003 Research Assistant, Dept. of Quantitative and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Animal Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel. Working with Dr. Micha Ron on studies in quantitative trait loci (QTL) detection in tilapia.
1996 - 2003 Research Assistant, Dept. of Aquaculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel. Working with Prof. Gideon Hulata on studies in selective breeding of tilapia.
1996 - 2002 Teaching Assistant, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences. Instructor in several laboratory courses: Basic physiology, Basic histology, Comparative reproduction, Elements of pathology, Metabolism and supplemental feeding in aquaculture.
1995 - 1996 Laboratory technician for Dr. Jaap Van-Rijn, Dept. of Animal Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences. Studies of the microbiological nitrogen removal from aquatic systems.