Team

Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, PhD is the head of the Educational NeuroImaging Group (ENIG) and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology and the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion. Tzipi is also an Associate Professor (PAR) at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and at the Neuropsychology Department,

Dr. Rola Farah, PhD, completed her PhD in Audiology and pediatric neuroimaging at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio and a post-doc position at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati as a Fulbright scholar. She received her undergraduate and Master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Tel Aviv University in Israel. Dr. Farah’s professional career include a wide array of clinical positions

Judith is the Lab Manager and Research Assistant at the ENIG. She has gained extensive professional experience over the years, and her career includes various positions such as Marketing Manager and Office Manager at Philips Healthcare. Judith is currently completing her BA in Psychology at the Open University.

Raya earned her B.A in psychology from the University of Haifa. During her bachelor’s degree Raya volunteered at a children’s boarding school in Haifa- a Center for children with extensive hospitalization background. Additionally, Raya has experience in neuro-psychology research. Raya started as a research assistant at ENIG, and worked on EEG and MRI data collection and analysis. Later, she started

Azhar completed her B.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She has a previous experience as a science teacher. Additionally, she worked for several years as clinical research coordinator. Azhar is starting her master’s degree in Bio-medical engineering, she studies brain synchronization between parents and preschool children while reading stories in Arabic language.

Niko completed his B.Sc. in Psychology at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and his M.Sc. in Neuroscience at the same institution. He has previous experience with research tools such as TMS, tDCS, and tACS, although his present projects are mainly fMRI-based. He is currently investigating the involvement of basic cognitive skills in dyslexia from a computational neurobiological perspective.

Carmel finished bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering (BS.c). During her final undergraduate project, she collaborated with Niko Taran in our lab and examined the effect of reading intervention program on children with dyslexia by analyzing fMRI data. During her research work (MS.c.) she studies parent-child brain as well as behavioral interaction.

Tamar is a BA student in psychology and counseling and human development at the University of Haifa. In the past, Tamar worked as part of the “Perah” association as a mentor at the “Ahad Ha’am” station and later as a coordinator in the organization. Currently works in the eating disorders department at Rambam Medical Center and works as a research

Naseem is a 22 years old social activist/volunteer, volunteering mainly with children in need at multiple orphanages. Naseem finished his bachelor’s degree by the age of 19 in computer science, then continued his data science master’s degree in the Technion, researching optimization in machine learning, currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Educational Neuroimaging for children.

Sarit is a Chemical Engineering B.Sc. graduate from the Technion. Sarit worked for several years in the medical devices industry at Medtronic (formerly Given Imaging) as a process engineer. Following this introduction to the bio-medical world and her growing interest in the field, Sarit decided to pursue an M.Sc. in Bio-Medical engineering. Using both fMRI data and behavioral tests, Sarit

Liana holds degrees in Neuroscience (Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania, USA) and Nursing (Duke University, North Carolina, USA). With an interest in cognitive neurodevelopment and caregiver-child health, she worked as a research assistant studying infants’ language acquisition and as a bedside NICU nurse. She is pursuing a master’s with the ENIG, focusing on neural circuitry involved with joint parental reading, understanding how

Victoria earned her B.Sc and B.Sc.Ed in computer science from the Technion. During her studies Victoria worked voluntarily with children in various programs such as: “Perach”, “Sela” and “International Award for Young People – Israel”. After 3 years working in “Elbit Systems” Victoria returned to the Technion and started her Master’s studies in Pediatric Neuroscience. Her research is focusing on neuro-imaging data

Maya earned her B.Sc in Biomedical Engineering from the Technion. She volunteers with children and elderly population and for the last 3 years she worked as a system engineering and physics student at Philips Healthcare, in Haifa. Recently, Maya started her Master’s studies in our lab. Her research is focusing on the neural networks supporting executive functions in relations to

Ohad graduated from the Electrical Engineering in the Technion and Psychology at the Open University. He also has been working at Intel in several positions for more than 15 years. He is currently studying for a Master degree in Technion’s Views program and planning to become a high school science teacher in the education system. Ohad is interested in the

Nofar earned her B.A in psychology, with specialty in Cognitive Science from the Open University. During her degree, she worked as Security Researcher for 7 years. Nofar started her master’s degree at our lab and is interested in the research of children born preterm.  

Nir is a Technion (IIT) graduate with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering (B.Sc). During his undergraduate project, he collaborated with Prof. Ronen Talmon, member of the faculty for electrical engineering at the Technion, to produce a stamp for EEG signals. He is currently interested in collecting and cross-referencing behavioral data and fMRI data, including  application of engineering methods, in

Noam earned his B.Sc. in Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Califronia at Santa Barbara (UCSB). During his undergraduate studies Noam also worked as an undergratuate researcher at UCSB’s Department of Biopsychology focusing on research concerning the effects of Cocaine on the Ventral Prefrontal Cortex in rats. Noam is currently completing his MSc thesis at the Horowitz-Kraus Lab,

Ilana received her double major B.A in Special Education and Counseling and Human Development from the University of Haif​​a​​. Prior to her ​​bachelor’s​ degree, she worked as a computer technician for seven years in Rafael Systems and Israeli Airforce Industry. During her bachelor’s Ilana was working with children with learning disabilities​​ in several frameworks such as Perach, private schools and kindergartens. ​​In addition, she volunteered at the Ulpan Center in Giv’ataim

Donia earned her B.Sc in Medicine – Medical Science Track from the Technion and her M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience from the same university. Donia has experience with fMRI and fNIRS neuroimaging modalities. Additionally, she volunteers with at-risk girls and youths and in the past she also volunteered at a daycare for seniors.