I am an Assistant Professor at Ben-Gurion University, in Israel. I am interested in the application of network theory to ecological systems, specifically in the fields of disease and community ecology. Apart from research I enjoy photography and traveling, and being with my family.

A few CV elements:

Positions

2019 — present, Senior Lecturer (assistant professor), Ben-Gurion University, Israel
2015 — 2019, James S. McDonnell Foundation & Fulbright postdoctoral scholar, University of Chicago.

Education

Ph.D., Ecology, 2015, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Supervised by Boris Krasnov and Serge Morand (CNRS).
M.Sc., Ecology, 2011, Ben-Gurion University, Israel (Summa cum laude)
B.Sc., Life Sciences, 2007, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Major research grants

Israel Science Foundation. “Ecological multilayer networks: advancing theory and methodology for understanding the complexity of ecological systems”.
Human Frontiers Science Program. “How do ecological network dynamics mediate the response of organisms to novel environments?” With Manlio De Domenico (Univ of Padova) and James Hall (Univ of Liverpool).
NSF-BSF Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (EEID) “Market Integration, Land Use, and Pathogen Transmission in Rural Madagascar”. With Charlie Nunn (Duke)

Main Invited talks and Seminars

2023 – The application of ecological multilayer networks to microbial systems. Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago.
2023 – Mobile genetic elements and bacterial communities as adaptive complex systems. Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2021 – Ecological multilayer networks in the microbial world. V symposium on Ecological Networks, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
2020 – Ecological multilayer networks: from principles to challenges. (in Spanish). Center for Complexity Science, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico.
2020 – The interplay between immunity, structure and dynamics in host-pathogen systems. EcoFlor, Bilbao, Spain
2018 – Multilayer networks reveal a non-neutral and temporally-persistent population structure in falciparum malaria, Networks in Disease Ecology Meeting at NetSci2018, Paris, France.
2017 – Merging ecological networks across interaction types: Challenges and opportunities. Working group at the Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Portland, USA.

Organization of workshops, meetings and conferences

2023 – International ISF workshop EcoNet2023, BGU, Israel. 57 attendees (33 from abroad, including 7 keynote speakers). https://lifewp.bgu.ac.il/wp/econet2023/
2023 – Satellite meeting: Multi-interaction socio-ecological networks at the NetSci conference, Vienna, Austria. https://skefi.github.io/multi-interaction-symposium/ (with Sonia Kefi).
2022 – International Plasmid Biology Workshop, BGU, Israel (30 attendees). https://lifewp.bgu.ac.il/wp/plasmid_workshop/.
2018 – Satellite meeting: Ecological networks: spandrels, selection, and assembly (30 attendees), at the NetSci conference, Zaragoza, Spain. (with Jacopo Grilli).

Teaching

Coordination

Coordiantor of the biodata undergraduate-level track.
Coordinator of the Ashalim-Dkalim faculy-level excellence program

Courses I regularly teach

Introduction to Ecology (undergraduate level)
Networks in Biology, Ecology and Evolution (graduate level)
Research workshop (undergraduate level)

Worksops

2021 - Multilayer networks workshop @ University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. Co-taught with Prof. Carlos Melian.
2020 - Multilayer networks workshop @ BC3 institute, Spain.
2018 - Linking Community and Ecosystem Dynamics Using Ecological Networks – Graduate-level workshop – University of Gröningen, Netherlands. Co-taught with Profs. Matty Berg and Han Olff.