Mor Nitzan

• Year

  2016

• Program

  Israeli Women's Postdoctoral Award

• Institution

  Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• Field of Study

  Physics, Biology, Computer Science

• Location

  Israel

Dr. Mor Nitzan is a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with joint affiliations at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Racah Institute of Physics, and Faculty of Medicine. Previously, she was a John Harvard Distinguished Science Fellow and James S. McDonnell Fellow at Harvard University. Mor obtained a BSc in Physics, and a PhD in Physics and Computational Biology at the Hebrew University as an Azrieli Sciences Fellow. Mor is the recipient of the Azrieli Early Career Faculty Fellowship, Alon Fellowship, Krill Award, Google Research Scholar Award, Prime Minister’s Researcher Recruitment Award, Eric and Wendy Schmidt Postdoctoral Award for Women in Mathematical and Computing Sciences, and Vatat Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her research is supported by an ERC Starting Grant, ISF Research and Equipment Grants, and CHE Data Science Grant.