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Our world-class team

Are you interested in publishing lots of high-quality papers in high-impact journals? (for both MSc and PhD students!)
Do you like the sound of "international collaborations with top institutes in USA, Italy, and Germany"?
Would you like to travel to new destinations and present your research at world-renowned conferences, thanks to multiple Erasmus opportunities? Join us!


I lead the nanosynthesis lab since 2010.  After over a decade in industry and management consulting across Europe and the USA, I did my PhD at MIT (Materials Science and Engineering) prior to joining Bar Ilan University. My education includes also an MBA from INSEAD, and Masters of Science from the Ecole Centrale Paris and the Politecnico di Milano. I am fortunate to work with a top team of researchers in my lab and with many great collaborators across the globe.

Prof. Gilbert Daniel Nessim
Associate Professor and Group Leader
gilbert.nessim@biu.ac.il
Dr. Baruch Hirsch
Research Assistant
baruchhi@post.bgu.ac.il





I’m the lab manager of Prof. Daniel Nessim's lab. My research area focuses on the synthesis and
characterization of 1D materials such as CNTs (carbon nano-tubes) and 2D materials such as
copper sulfide by CVD.

Dr. Eti Teblum
Research Assistant and Lab Manager
eti.teblum@gmail.com
Pola Shriber
PhD Student
pshriber@gmail.com
Dr. Suparna Das
Postdoctoral Researcher
suparnadas730@gmail.com





I'm a post-doctoral fellow at Prof. Daniel Nessim's lab. I am working on the development of high-quality 2D metal chalcogenides for interdisciplinary applications. I am also working on the development of high voltage cathode materials for Li/Na ion battery applications.

Dr. Arka Saha
Postdoctoral Researcher
arkasahacsmcri.edu@gmail.com
Jonathan Richter
BSc Student
jonathan.j.richter@gmail.com
Konar Rajashree
PhD Student
rajashreekonar@gmail.com





I am a Ph.D. candidate at Prof. Daniel Nessim's lab. My research focuses on the synthesis of 1D (carbon nano-tubes) and 2D (graphene, silver sulfide) materials using chemical vapor deposition (CVD), and the emerging assembly methods of nanoflakes.

Madina Telkhozhayeva
PhD Student
telkhozhayeva@gmail.com




I'm a post-doctoral fellow in two laboratories. My research areas focus on the development of new pathways for the synthesis of 2D thin films (at Prof. Daniel Nessim's lab) and the development of low-cost transparent conductive thin films in the laboratory of perovskites for photovoltaics (Prof. David Cahen's lab).

Dr. Efrat Shawat Avraham
Postdoctoral Researcher
epale086@gmail.com






I am a Ph.D. student at Prof. Daniel Nessim's lab. My research area focuses on the synthesis and characterization of transition metal phosphide materials using atmospheric pressure CVD.

Tarik Aziz
PhD Student
tarikazizchem@gmail.com







I am an M.Sc. student at Prof. Daniel Nessim's lab. My research area focuses on the synthesis and characterization of 2D materials.

Alina Yarmolenko
MSc Student
alina.y@outlook.co.il





I'm a post-doctoral fellow at Prof. Daniel Nessim's lab. My research focuses on energy storage and conversion applications based on transition metal oxides, metal sulfides, and phosphide materials. I am also working on the magnetotransport properties of iron-based nanocomposites.

Dr. Sumit Majumder
Postdoctoral Researcher
sumitmajumder2779@gmail.com




I am a Ph.D. student at Prof. Daniel Nessim's lab. My research areas focus on the development of high performance and durable non-platinum group metal electrodes alternatives for efficient energy conversion systems like electrochemical water splitting (OER & HER) and AEM-based oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts.

Bibhudatta Malik
PhD Student
chemoboon@gmail.com
Past Team Members

Lab Alumni and Visiting Students

Miriam Somekh, M.Sc., 2014 (now at Weizmann Institute of Science)
Reut Yemini, M.Sc., 2017 (now in Dr. Malachi Noked’s group (BIU))
Merav Muallem, Ph.D., 2017, co-supervised with Dr. Tischler (now at Intel)
Dr. Subodh Kumar, postdoc, 2015 – 2017
Anat Itzhak, M.Sc., 2015 – 2017 (now in Prof. David Cahen’s group (BIU))
Tali Sharabani, M.Sc., 2015 – 2017 (now in Dr. Malachi Noked’s group (BIU))
Yulia Shokhen, M.Sc., 2016 – 2018
Efrat Shawat Avraham, M.Sc. & Ph.D., 2011 – 2018 (now postdoc in Prof. David Cahen’s group(BIU))  

Visiting Students
Ortal Kravian, visiting B.Sc. summer student from BIU, 6/2011 – 9/2011
André Röthlisberger, visiting M.Sc. summer student from ETH Zurich, 30/6/2011 –30/9/2011
NathanMonroe, MIT (MISTI) visiting summer student, 2011 (co-supervised with Dr. Tischler)
Alain Reiser, visiting M.Sc. summer student from ETH Zurich, 30/6/2012 – 1/9/2012
Jelimo Maswan, MIT (MISTI) visiting summer student, 2012 (co-supervised with Dr. Tischler)
Shoshy Bernstein, visiting B.Sc. summer student, 1/6/2012 – 1/9/2012
Levi Rybalov, visiting (pre-B.Sc.) student, 1/2/2013 – 25/6/2013
Joanna Chen, MIT (MISTI) visiting summer student, 2013 (co-supervised with Dr. Tischler)
Andrew Westover (Vanderbilt), visiting summer student 2016 (student of Prof. Cary L. Pint); now at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Arun Kumar, visiting summer student from University of Verona, 2017 (student of Prof. Gino Mariotto)
Sasha Ohayon, visiting (pre-B.Sc.) student, 2/2018 – 8/2018
Yana Zubarev, visiting B.Sc. summer student from Clark University, 2018; now doing her master’s at Clark University
Phillip Nagler, visiting B.Sc. summer student from Yeshiva University, 2018 
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