People

People: Lab Members

GILI GREENBAUM

Principle Investigator

Gili is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In our lab, we study population genetic theory, eco-evolutionary dynamics, and conservation genomics. In addition, we are thinking about mathematical models and ethical frameworks for gene drives, an emerging population-genetic editing technology.

KEITH HARRIS

Research Associate

Keith completed his PhD in Zoology at Tel-Aviv University, studying evolution of signaling. At the lab, Keith is studying gene drive dynamics involving spillovers, as well as genotype-phenotype predictions and genomic signatures in ancient and contemporary human populations. He is also developing web-based tools to facilitate modeling and genomic research, such as DORA and modelRxiv.

KEREN KLASS

Postdoc

Keren is an Azrieli postdoctoral scholar studying the population genomic and microbiome effects of fragmentation in Black Howler monkeys. Keren completed her MSc in Conservation Biology at Columbia University, and her PhD in Anthropology at the University of Toronto.

ADRIANA MORALES-GUERRERO

Postdoc

Adriana is studying genomic signatures in immune-related genomic regions across human populations. In her project, She is developing methods for using ecological and demographic data to explain genomic signatures in relation to disease burden experienced by populations. Adriana competed her PhD at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, where she studied the speciation rates of cnidarians.

TALIA BOROFSKY

Postdoc

Talia is a Zuckerman postdoctoral fellow studying social evolution. Using mathmatical models, she is looking into the eco-evolutionary dynamics that gave rise to cooperative behaviors such as hunting and foraging. Talia completed her PhD at Stanford University in mathmatical biology. Her project is a collaboration with Simon Levine from Princeton University and Erol Akçay from the University of Pennsylvania.

SLAVA RYBNIKOV

Postdoc

Slava is an evolutionary biologist working on eco-evolutionary modeling. In his PhD and postdoc at Haifa Uninversity he studied the evolution of recombination, and in the lab Slava is looking to study the integration of traditional biocontrols with gene drive releases. Slava's project is in collaboration with Prof. Adam Lampert from the Hebrew University.

DAVID LERNER

PhD student

David is studying tree ecology and evolution, looking into the mechanisms that generate species range edges. He is combining macro-ecological analysis, modeling of ecological and speciation processes, and common-garden experiments of Acacia (Vachellia) tortilis. David's project is in collaboration with the Klein lab at the Weitzman Institute.

OHAD PELED

PhD student

During his MSc, Ohad studied the evolution of social complexity in bees. Today Ohad is studying the impacts of fragmentation processes on the genetics of populations. He is taking a network-theory approach, and uses models to study population genetic dynamics.

EYNAV COHEN

PhD student

Eynav is a marine biologist studying populations of guitarfish in the Eastern Mediterranean. She is using both population genetic and ecological field methods to understand how enviornmental changes and habitat fragemntation is affecting the viability of this endangered species. Eynav's project is in collaboration with Prof. Dani Chernov and Dr. Aviad Scheinin from the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station (University of Haifa).

SHAHAR SHEMESH

MSc student

Shahar is an MSc student in the biology program. She is interested in mathematical biology, and is working on modeling eco-evolutionary dynamics of gene drives under spatial heterogeneity. Shahar completed her BSc in Biology/Mathmatics in the Amirim program, and coducted her final project in the lab.

YUVAL TALMOR

Undergraduate student

Yuval is a student in the computational biology program at the CS department. Yuval is working on design of bioinformatic pipelines for extracting and imputing variation data from anceint DNA samples, and on inference of polygenic phenotypes.

EYAL HALUTS

Undergraduate student

Eyal is a student in the computational biology program at the CS department. In the lab Eyal is developing methods to infer and characterize migration networks from genetic data.

JONATHAN HALPERIN

High-school student (Alpha program)

Jonathan is a high school student in the alpha progam. He is working on eco-evolutionary modeling of gene drive dynamics on population networks. Together with Joanathan, their gene drive project has won several awards in Israel and abroad.

SHACHAR PERLMAN

High-school student (Alpha program)

Shachar is a high school student in the alpha progam. He is working on eco-evolutionary modeling of gene drive dynamics on population networks. Together with Joanathan, their gene drive project has won several awards in Israel and abroad.

LAB ALUMINI

SHAHAR MAZIE - MSc in Computer Science (Computational Biology) 2021-2023
ROYI ZUR - Undergraduate student (Mathematics & Biology Programs) 2021-2022
GOLAN NAHALIAL - Undergraduate student (CS Computational Biology Program) 2021-2022
AMIR RUBIN - Postdoc, 2020-2021
YONATAN CHAMUDOT - Undergraduate student (CS Computational Biology Program) 2020-2021
OR AMAR - Undergraduate student (CS Computational Biology Program) 2020-2021