Naama Barkai

Naama Barkai is an Israeli systems biologist and professor for Molecular Genetics and Physics of Complex Systems at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Education and career

In 1995, Barkai earned a PhD Summa Cum Laude in theoretical physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, on the statistical mechanisms of learning.[1][2] Barkai pursued a post-doc in the group of Stanislas Leibler at Princeton University, where she worked on theoretical analysis of biochemical networks.[1] During this time, she was supported by the Robert H. Dicke Fellowship.[1][2] From 2001–2004, Barkai was an EMBO young investigator.[1] Her work on deciphering mechanisms of control in complex biological systems combining experimental work with mathematical modelling shaped the field of systems biology.[1] From 2005-2006 she was a visiting professor at Harvard University.[1] In 2007, she was elected as EMBO member.[1]

She is on the scientific advisory board of Evogene Ltd..[2]

Awards and honours
  • Rothschild Prize (2018)[3]
  • FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award (2008)[1]
  • Helen and Martin Kimmel Award for Innovative Investigation (2007)[1]
  • Teva Prize for Research in Systems Biology (2005)[1]
  • Morris L. Levinson Biology Prize from the Weizmann Institute of Science (2004)[1]
  • Michael Bruno Memorial Award (2004)[1]

Selected publications

References
  1. "Systems biologist finds novel solutions to fundamental biological problems". Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. "Bloomberg Executive Profile". Bloomberg Executive Profile. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. "Rothschild Prizes recipients". Rothschild Prizes. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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