People

Group Leader

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Prof. Ester Segal

Group Leader
email:  esegal@technion.ac.il
Phone:  +972-4-8295071
Address:  Stein building, room 422
 

Lab Manager

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Dr. Katya kapilov

Lab Manager
email:  katyak@technion.ac.il
Address:  Stein building, room 422
Katya is a highly experienced PhD chemist with 20 years of experience in various fields of chemistry and materials. Offers expertise in R&D dealing with organic chemistry, catalysis, nanomaterials, polymers, sensors and lead of multidisciplinary technology development. Katya joined our group in December 2024 as Lab manager. Continue Reading Dr. Katya kapilov
 

Researchers

Graduate Students

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Hanan Abu Hamad

Ph.D. student
email:  Hanan.ab@campus.technion.ac.il
Address:  Stein building, room 400
Hanan received her B.Sc. degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences from the Technion in 2020. She joined our group in April 2021 as a research assistant. After completing a year of engineering courses, she joined our lab as a M.Sc student in October 2023. She is studying new technologies for biomimetic antifungal coatings in the framework of EU-funded in SafeWax project. Continue Reading Hanan Abu Hamad
 
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Alva Lafer

M.Sc. student
email:  alva.gilboa@campus.technion.ac.il
Address:  Stein building, room 422
Alva is a M.Sc. student, she joined our group in May 2021 as for her senior year research project and studied new carriers for targeted antibiotic therapy. Her current research focuses on developing superhydrophobic and antimicrobial coatings. Continue Reading Alva Lafer
 
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Gilad komash

M.Sc student
email:  komash@campus.technion.ac.il
Address:  Stein building, room 422
Gilad holds a B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from the Technion and joined our group as an M.Sc. student in October 2024. Continue Reading Gilad komash
 
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Gali Ron

M.Sc. student
email:  galiron@campus.technion.ac.il
Address:  Stein building, room 422
Gali completed her B.Sc. in Biotechnology and Food Engineering at the Technion in 2023. She joined our team as a research assistant in May 2023 and began her M.Sc. studies in November 2024. Continue Reading Gali Ron
 
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Xin Jiang

Ph.D. student
email:  xinjiang@campus.technion.ac.il
Address:  Stein building, room 400
Xin received her B.Sc. (Cum laude) in Biotechnology and Food Engineering from the Technion in 2020. Her undergraduate research, under the guidance of Prof. Sima Yaron, focused on cloning and initial characterization of T3SS effector encoded genes in Edwardsiella strains. Xin joined our group on August 2020 and her research aims to develop rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) techniques for clinical applications. She is currently working in collaboration with physicians and microbiologists on a proof-of-concept diagnostic system, termed as iPRISM, for rapid (<90 min) and direct AST of clinically relevant bacterial infected samples. Continue Reading Xin Jiang
 
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Kayan Awawdeh

Ph.D. student
email:  kayanaw@campus.technion.ac.il
Address:  Stein building, room 400
Kayan received her B.Sc. in Biotechnology and Food Engineering from the Technion in 2021. She joined our group in June 2020 as a research assistant and in March 2021 she began her graduate studies. Kayan’s research focuses on the integration of optical porous silicon biosensors with 3D printed microfluidics for biomarkers detection. Her work is in collaboration with the group of Dr. Janina Bahnemann at the Leibniz University Hannover. Continue Reading Kayan Awawdeh
 
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Lisa Dahan

Ph.D. student
email:  bouazizlisa@campus.technion.ac.il
Address:  Stein building, room 422
Lisa joined our lab as a graduate student on October 2021 and she is working on capturing circulating tumor cells for early cancer diagnostics. Continue Reading Lisa Dahan
 

Undergraduate Students

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Matan Atias

B.Sc. student
email:  shimon-matan@campus.technion.ac.il
Address:  Stein building, room 422
Matan Atias is a student of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, he joined our group in March 2022. Continue Reading Matan Atias
 
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Gaia Ben-Jaacov

B.Sc. student
email:  gaia@campus.technion.ac.il
Address:  Stein building, room 422
Gaia Ben-Jaacov is a student of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, She joined our group in December 2022. Continue Reading Gaia Ben-Jaacov
 
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Eden Kafri

B.Sc. student
email:  eden.kafri@campus.technion.ac.il
Address:  Stein building, room 422
Eden Kafri is a student of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, he joined our group in July 2024. Continue Reading Eden Kafri