‘Jacobs Research Day’ Winners Announced
From organ regeneration in hydra to monitoring hazardous materials at sea, grad students presented their projects as part of Jacobs Research Day at the Technion
Six students – five women and one man – won top honors in the “Jacobs Research Day”, which showcases selected studies of graduate students. This year the research day took place in an online format.
The Dean of the Graduate school, Prof. Dan Givoli, said “All the presentations were of the highest standard, and despite the online format the participation was impressive.”
The research day was attended by students who previously won top honors for their research in their department. The ranking of the winners is divided into two categories: Masters and PhD.
In the PhD category, Yonit Maroudas from the Faculty of Physics won first place for her study on “Topological defects in the nematic order of actin fibers as organization centers of Hydra morphogenesis” under the supervision of Prof. Kinneret Keren and Prof. Erez Braun.
Yonit Maroudas
Lotan Portal from the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering took second place for her research on “Self-Catalytic Growth of 1D Materials within Dislocations in Gold” under the supervision of Prof. Boaz Fokroy and Dr. Maria Kaufman-Christosov.
Sofia Kuperman from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was awarded third place for “Fluid mechanics in single flow batteries with an adjacent channel for improved reactant transport” under the supervision of Prof. Amir Gat.
In the M.Sc. category, Amit Shemaiah from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering won first place for his research on “Adaptable Canopy-like Structure for Underwater Sensing” under the supervision of Prof. Eyal Sussman.
Amit Shemaiah
In second place, was Stav Peled from the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering for her research on “Oligosaccharide-Lactoferrin (OS-LFH) conjugate particles for selective targeting of proteins to probiotic bacteria in the colon” under the supervision of Prof. Yoav Livni.
Anna Pshenichny-Mamo from the Faculty of Science and Technology Education took third place, for her study of “Natural History Museums Educators’ Conceptions on the Integration of Nature of Science in Guidance” under the guidance of Dr. Dina Cybulski.
Congratulations to all winners!