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Faculty Members
Prof. Yonit Hochberg
From an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, and graduate studies in Theoretical Particle Physics from the Weizmann Institute, Yonit joined the Racah Institute of Physics as a new faculty member in Fall 2017, after a postdoc position at UC Berkeley and Cornell. An avid fan of all things crocodilian, she is still hoping to have a physics-reason for a crocodile to appear in one of her future publications.
Prof. Eric Kuflik
From a Ph.D. in Michigan to a postdoc at Tel Aviv to a postdoc at Cornell, Eric joined the Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University as a new faculty member in Fall 2017. Homer Simpson is his second favorite fictional character. He also loves hummus.
Dr. Ofri Telem
Ofri graduated in Physics and Mathematics in the Talpiyot Program at the Hebrew University, followed by an M.Sc. in Particle Theory from the Technion and a Ph.D. from Cornell. He joins the Racah Institute of Physics as a new faculty member in Fall 2022, after a postdoc position at UC Berkeley. He enjoys campfire guitar playing and singing in and out of the shower.
Postdocs
Dr. Tao Xu
After graduating with a Ph.D. from Zhejiang University, including a year at UC Riverside, Tao joined the phenomenology team at HUJI in Fall 2019.
Dr. Yutaro Shoji
After graduating with a Ph.D. from Tohoku University, a postdoc position at Tokyo University and an Assistant Professor position at Nagoya University, Yutaro joined the phenomenology team at HUJI in Fall 2020.
Dr. Laurel Stephenson Haskins
After graduating with a Ph.D. from UC Santa Cruz, Laurel joined the phenomenology team at HUJI in Fall 2017. She is a Zuckerman Fellow since 2018.
Dr. Patrick Fitzpatrick
After graduating with a Ph.D. from MIT, Patrick joined the phenomenology team at HUJI in Spring 2022 as a Zuckerman Fellow.
Dr. Eric David Kramer
Dr. Edoardo Vitagliano
Students
We're Hiring !
We just arrived at Hebrew University and are creating an exciting, dynamical and innovative phenomenology research group. We are looking for excellent undergraduate and graduate students who are excited about high energy physics. If you are one, come get in touch!
Graduate Students
Ronny Frumkin
Guy Hadas
Tal Silverwater
Majed Khalaf
Rotem Mayo
Binyamin Vilk
Rotem Ovadia
Undergraduate Students
Itay Lavie
Hebrew University
(Amirim Program)
Halil Steuer
Hebrew University
(Amirim Program)
Collaborating Students
Avital Dery
Weizmann Institute
(now postdoc at Cornell)
Itay Bloch
Tel Aviv University
(now postdoc @ UC Berkeley)
Katelin Schutz
UC Berkeley
(now faculty at McGill)
Robert McGehee
UC Berkeley
(Now postdoc at Michigan)
Nadav Outmezguine
Tel Aviv University
(now postdoc @ UC Berkeley)
Noam Levi
Tel Aviv University
Benjamin Lehmann
UC Santa Cruz
(now Pappalardo Fellow @ MIT)
To Chin Yu
Stanford