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PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
2022-present Research scientist (Ecological modeller) Cesar Australia, Brunswick, VIC Australia. 2022-present Research fellow Fenner School of Environment & Society, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT Australia. 2022 Ecological consultant, Environmental Protection Department Society for Protection of Nature in Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel. 2020-2022 Research associate The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. EDUCATION: 2014-2019 PhD, Zoology “Patterns and drivers of morphological diversity in reptiles” Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University. 2013-2014 MSc, Zoology Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University Fast-track MSc programme Transferred to the PhD programme. 2011-2013 BSc, Biology with an emphasis in ecology and evolution Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University Summa Cum Laude. ACADEMIC SERVICES: Appointments: 2021-present – Regional coordinator for New Guinea and Oceania IUCN SSC Skink Specialist Group. 2020-present – Committee member British Ecological Society Macro Special Interest Group. Supervision: 2020-2021 – Mres, Osanna Chu, The University of Sheffield. 2020 – MSc, Jueyu Liang, The University of Sheffield. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2019 Excellence in research award, the Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University. 2018 Tel Aviv University Global Research & Training Fellowship (GRTF). 2018 Travel scholarship from the Adesman Fund. 2017 Prof. Rahamimoff Travel Grant for Young Scientists of the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation. 2016 Travel scholarship from the Zoological Society of Israel. 2015 Dean’s award for excellence for BSc students, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University. 2014 Travel scholarship from the Adesman Fund. 2012 Rector's award for excellence for BSc students, Tel Aviv University. 2012 Dean's award for excellence for BSc students, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University. 2012 Accepted into the Adi Lautman excellence programme for outstanding students, Tel Aviv University. SKILLS: Programming languages: R (expert), Python (beginner). Computational skills: Statistical modelling, multidimensional ordination, phylogenetic reconstruction, data processing and wrangling, data analysis, data visualisation. Software & libraries: Data processing (dplyr, tidyr, stringr, lubridate), data visualisation (ggplot2, knitr), regression (lme4, nlme, MCMCglmm), predictive modelling (caret, mgcv, XGBoost), species distribution and niche modelling (dismo, ENMeval, hypervolume), version control (git), spatial data (ArcGIS, qGIS, sf, terra), phylogenetics (MEGA, PartitionFinder, raxML, BayesTraits, BioGeoBEARS, MrBayes, BEAST, phytools, geiger, ape), Adobe (Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop). Fieldwork: Ecological surveys (Israel, Greece, Papua New Guinea), specimen preparation, PADI certification, macro photography, trainee bird ringer. Lab work: DNA extraction, PCR. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 2021 Guest Lecturer (Macroecology) Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University. 2020 Guest Lecturer (APS342 Evolutionary Ecology) School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield. 2018-2019 Organiser of EcoDataSci-TLV, bi-weekly workshop on data science with R, Tel Aviv University and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History. 2015-2019 Teaching assistant (Vertebrate Faunistics), Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University. 2014 Teaching assistant (Introduction to Animal Life: Invertebrates to Vertebrates), Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University. 2012-2020 Instructor at Nature Campus programme & the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University. OUTREACH: 2016-2021 Little Big Science (NGO registered no. 580639797) Volunteer, writer of popular science articles in Hebrew. ADDITIONAL SCIENTIFIC WORK: 2021 BESMacro 2021 Online conference, organising committee. 2020 EcoloCon 2021 Sheffield, United Kingdom, organising committee for symposium. 2019-2020 The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History Tel Aviv, Israel, collections staff. 2019 GekkotaMundi II Tel Aviv, Israel, organising committee for conference. 2018 10th Symposium on Lacertids of the Mediterranean Basin & 2nd Symposium on Mediterranean Lizards Tel Aviv, Israel, organising committee for conference. INVITED AND CONTRIBUTED TALKS: 2022 School of biological sciences seminar, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. 2022 Evolution & Behaviour fortnightly seminar session, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. 2022 SICB+, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Talk (online). 2021 AES 2021, Melbourne, Australia, Talk (online). 2021 EcoloCon 2021, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Talk (online). 2019 56th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, Talk. 2019 Island Biology 2018, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, Poster. 2018 7th Annual Meeting BES Macroecology SIG, Oxford, United Kingdom, Talk. 2018 10th Symposium on Lacertids of the Mediterranean Basin & 2nd Symposium on Mediterranean Lizards Tel Aviv, Israel, Poster. 2017 54th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel, Talk. 2017 Evolution 2017, Portland, Oregon, USA, Talk. 2016 53rd Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Rehovot, Israel, Talk. 2016 5th Annual Meeting BES Macroecology SIG, Oxford, United Kingdom, Talk. 2015 52nd Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Mikhmoret, Israel. Talk. 2015 7th Biennial Conference of the International Biogeography Society, Bayreuth, Germany. Poster. 2014 51st Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Be’er Sheva, Israel. Talk. 2014 3rd Annual Meeting BES Macroecology SIG, Nottingham, United Kingdom. Talk. 2013 50th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel. Talk. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: 2019- Society for Island Biology. 2018- IUCN SSC Skink Specialist Group. 2016- British Ecological Society. 2016- Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. 2015- The International Biogeography Society. 2013- The Zoological Society of Israel. |
