MEMBERS
Dr. Itai Epstein
Principle Investigator
Office: Broadcom building, Room 012
Phone: +972-(0)3-6406877
Email: itaieps@tauex.tau.ac.il
Dr. Zehavit Bar On
Lab manager
Zehavit Received her B.Sc in Bio-Medical Engineered in 2007 from Jerusalem College of Technology, her M.Sc in bio-physics in 2011, and her PhD in physics in 2017, both from Bar-Ilan University. Prior to joining the L2DMI gourp, she worked at NADAV-Diagnosis and Medical Treatment LTD and the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Bar-Ilan University, being in-charge of the microscopy unit and image process automations.
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Email: zehavita@tauex.tau.ac.il
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Dr. Ori Avayu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ori Joined the L2DMI lab in November 2022 as a Postdoctoral fellow. He received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Tel-Aviv University. He completed his Ph.D. in 2020 at the Tel-Aviv University, investigating optical Metasurfaces for multi-wavelength beam shaping. Ori received his B.Sc. in Physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Prior to joining the lab, Ori worked for a TAU-based spin off company developing an augmented reality optical combiner based on Metasurfaces.
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Email: oria@mail.tau.ac.il
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Yonatan Gershuni
PhD Student
Yonatan received his B.Sc in physics and astronomy from Tel Aviv University in 2019. He conducted his research for his M.Sc in physics also in Tel Aviv University at Dr. Pomerantz’s lab, studying acceleration of Ions by intense laser interaction with thin solid targets.
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Email: jgershuni@gmail.com
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Michael Klein
MSc Student
Michael is has obtained his B.Sc in the joint materials engineering and chemistry program at Tel Aviv University. During his B.Sc. studies, he did a summer project at prof. Patolski’s group and a final project at prof. Yoram Dagan’s group. After high school, he postponed his military service for a year volunteering at a youth movement. He studied gastronomy for a year in Italy at the University of gastronomic science.
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Email: michael.mklein@gmail.com
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Anabel Atash
MSc Student
Anabel received her B.Sc in Material Engineering and Chemistry from Tel Aviv University in October 2021. After the B.Sc, she worked in Western Digital as Device engineering for 1 year, and then joined the L2DMI group as an M.Sc student in the EE program.
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Email: anabelatash@mail.tau.ac.il
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Matan Meshulam
MSc Student
Matan received his B.Sc. in physics and astronomy from Tel Aviv University in 2021. After completing his degree he had worked for a company in the Diffractive Optical Elements (DOEs) field as an application engineer, and then joined the L2DMI group as an M.Sc student in physics.
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Email: matanm2@mail.tau.ac.il
Tomer Eini
MSc student
Tomer holds a BSc from the joint Physics/Electrical Engineering program under the prestigious reserve academic program “Psagot” of the IDF. During his studies he was accepted to the school’s honor program in Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University.
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Email: tomereini@mail.tau.ac.il
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Daniel Nissim​
MSc student​
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Daniel is fourth-year B.Sc student in the joint Electrical Engineering/Physics program and in the direct MSc degree program in Electrical Engineering. He graduated with honors from “Kiryat Hinuh Yafo” in Tel Aviv.
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Email: dandanieln@mail.tau.ac.il
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Maor Marcus
MSc Student
Maor received his B.Sc in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Tel-Aviv University in October 2022. During his academic years, he researched quantum computing and quantum communication, and started a research in particle physics in collaboration with CERN organization, using Deep-Learning methods. He is in the Academic Reserve (Atuda) program in the army.
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Email: maor.marcus1@gmail.com
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Ziv Dadosh
MSc Student
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Ziv received his B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. During his B.Sc. studies, he worked as a personal mentor in the unit for diagnosing and supporting students with learning disabilities. After completing his B.Sc., Ziv continued to M.Sc. studies in Physics at Tel Aviv University, where he joined the L2DMI group.
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Email: zivdadush@mail.tau.ac.il
Ilana Kats​
Research Assistant
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Ilana is a third-year B.Sc student in the joint Electrical Engineering and Physics program at Tel Aviv University. She is part of the prestigious academic program “Psagot” of the IDF. She graduated with honors from “De Shalit High School” in Rehovot. During 12'th grade she and her teammates represented their high school in The “Safe Cracking” International Physics Tournament. They won first place in the national competition and second place in the international one.
Email: ilanakats@mail.tau.ac.il
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Yoav Williamson
Research Assistant
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I love physics and I am curious to find out more about light-matter interaction!
Currently in my last year of bachelor's degree in physics
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Email: williamson1@mail.tau.ac.il
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Yoni Shafrir
Research Assistant
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Yoni is a third-year B.Sc student in the school of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University. He holds a certificate of excellence on behalf of the Dean of the Faculty of Exact Sciences and is an active member in the program for outstanding students.
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Email: shafrir@mail.tau.ac.il
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Alisa Perutski
Research Assistant
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Alisa is a third-year B.Sc student in Electrical Engineering at Tel Aviv University. During high school, she graduated from the "Archimedes project" at Technion University.
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Email: perutski@mail.tau.ac.il
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Open MSc and PhD position
Former group members
Eli Landa - research assistant (2021-2023)
Liam Leiderman​ - research assistant (2021-2023)
Ben Levii​ - research assistant (2021-2023)
Noa Mazuz - research assistant (2021-2022)
Tal Asherov - research assistant (2020-2022)
Tomer Eini - research assistant (2020-2022)
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