Dr. Shani Stern of the Sagol Department of Neurobiology is a Zuckerman Faculty Scholars recipient. Upon joining the University of Haifa last year, she set-up the Precision Disease Modeling Laboratory, where she studies the underlying causes behind bipolar disorder, Parkinson’s disease, and rare mutations that cause intellectual disability, epilepsy and autism.  Her research aims to improve diagnosis and prognosis of these diseases.>>READ MORE

Dr. Ben Strauber of the Department of Psychology is a recipient of a Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholarship. Dr. Strauber examines frictions that exist between people from different backgrounds, and strategies used to address those frictions, through the lens of neuroscience. >>READ MORE

Dr. Silas Dean of the Dr. Moses Strauss Department of Marine Geosciences is a recipient of a Zuckerman Postdoctoral Scholarship. Dr. Dean is reconstructing the ancient environmental conditions of the paleolake that once existed in Israel’s Jordan Valley – identified as one of the most important areas for the presence of early hominins (direct ancestors to humans) outside Africa. >>READ MORE