Weizmann Institute of Science
Coming from the world of physics and math, I aspire to find patterns and rules in the way our body, and particularly our immune system, is designed. I use tools from the worlds of math and physics to answer basic questions in the realms of immunology and aging.
Currently, I am a PhD student in the lab of Prof. Uri Alon at the Weizmann Institute. I am supported by the Azrieli Foundation, under the program for graduate students.
I use the well-studied mathematical tool of excitable systems to explain various pulsatile phenomena in the immune system. I have shown that excitable systems underlie relapses in autoimmune diseases, such as Multiple Sclerosis; I am now seeking to find more pulsatile phenomena this class of systems may underlie.
I study the way different pathogens manifest in a disease space, constructed of the pathogen load, the immune response and the damage to the infected individual. I am looking at the geometrical shapes different pathogens take in this space and how different interventions can modify it.
I use models of organism aging to understand ovarian aging and the dynamics of fertility throughout life.
