
Shiri Freilich, Ph.D.
Group head
Researcher in ARO since 2012,
+972-49539533 +972-506220047
Email: shiri@volcani.agri.gov.il

Shlomit Medina, M.Sc.
Lab manager and bioinformatics staff
Email:

Maria Vectos, B.Sc.
Bioinformatics staff
Construction of metagenomics pipeline
Email:

Kusum Dhakar. Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Modelling of microbial communities to enhance the degradation of phenyl urea herbicides in crops soils.
Email: kusumdhakar@gmail.com

Gopinath Selvaraj Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Network modeling of interactions among plant, insect and symbionts.
Email:

Keren Yanuka-Golub, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Tracking the dynamics of bioremediation processes in soil through integrated use of electrochemicalanaerobic reactors and genomic based modeling.
Email: keren.golub@gmail.com

Dr Raphy Zarecki , Ph.D.
Metabolic Modeling expert

Elad Oren, Ph.D. student
Computational framework for NGS-based mapping and candidate genes prioritization in multi-allelic designs in melon.
Email:

Rotem Bartuv, Ms.c. student
Email: rotems.email@gmail.com
Alon Ginatt, Ms.c. student
Email: Alon.ginatt@mail.huji.ac.il
Also working with us:

Ofir Tal, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics and Data science.
Collaboration with the Neve Yaar Agricultural-informatics and Bio-informatics Unit (NYAIU) -
Past members:
Shany Ofaim, Ph.D.
Ph.D. student.
Currently Postdoctoral Research Associate Center for Complex Network Research
Northeastern University, Boston

Dr Tamar Lahav, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Staff.
Currently bioinformatician in the Technion.

Xihui Xu, Ph.D.
Post doctorate fellow.
Currently a researcher in Nanjinj Agricultural University

Itai Opatovsky, Ph.D.
Post doctorate fellow.
Currently a researcher in Bsor R&D Center.