Yonatan Savir

Concise BIO

Oct 2015          Senior lecturer (Assistant Prof.), Dept. of Physiology, Biophysics and Systems Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Technion
2011 – 2015     HFSP Post-doctoral fellow, Dept. of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Michael Springer’s Lab.
2006 – 2011     Ph.D in Physics, Dept. of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute. Supervisor: Tsvi Tlusty.
2004 – 2006     M.Sc. in Physics, Dept. of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute. Supervisor: Tsvi Tlusty.
2009 – 2010     M.Sc. in Financial Mathematics, Cum Laude, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University.
2000 – 2004     B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
2000 – 2004     B.Sc. in Physics, Summa Cum Laude, Technion, Haifa, Israel.

Awards and Distinctions

2016                Alon Fellowship for Outstanding Young Researches
2015                David and Inez Mayers Career Advancement Chair in Life Sciences Fellow
2012                Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) long-term postdoctoral fellowship
2012                Life Science Research foundation (LSRF)  postdoctoral fellowship (declined)
2011                Lee Segel prize in theoretical biology.
2011                The Menashe Milo Memorial Prize for excellence in Ph.D.
2010                US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) travel grant.
2010                Graduated Cum Laude in Financial Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University.
2007                Dean’s List, Feinberg graduate school, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
2004                Graduated Summa Cum Laude in Electrical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel.
2004                Graduated Summa Cum Laude in Physics, Technion, Haifa, Israel.

Employment
2011 – 2012    BDO Israel, consultant.
2008 – 2009    Ruppin Academic Center, Engineering School, Lecturer.
2003 – 2004    RAFAEL-Armament Development Authority Ltd., Image Processing Algorithms.
2002 – 2003    Intel Ltd., Analog Circuit Design, Ethernet Transreciver Group. A2D design.
1996 – 2000    IDF, service in a Reconnaissance unit. Release rank: Lieutenant.