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Professional Occupation

2025–present 

Head of the Energy and Sustainability Center

2024–present

Vice President for Academia–Industry Relations

Foreign Member of the Serbian Academy of Nonlinear Sciences (SANS)

2022–present

Member of Supreme Scientific Council of Migal

2022–2026

Adjunct Faculty at Chandigarh University, India

2022–2025

Head of the Engineering Cluster at the Energy and Sustainability Center of Bar-Ilan

2019–2024

Dean of Engineering, Bar-Ilan University

2020–present

Founder and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of Nano-drops Ltd (ophthalmic nanodrops for presbyopia and visual aberrations)

2020–2024

Founder and Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of SuperSpectra Ltd (noninvasive Alzheimer detection via Raman spectroscopy)

2019–present

Founder and Chief Technological Officer (CTO) of Cogni-fiber Ltd (in-fiber optical processor)

2018–2019

Champion of the Entrepreneur Center of Bar-Ilan University, “The Unbox”

2017–present

Founder and CTO of LensFree Ltd (performance-enhanced CT device)

2017–2019

Member of the Appointment Committee of Bar-Ilan University

2017–2018

Member of the Prize Committee of Bar-Ilan University

2016–2022

Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Associate Member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies (YSGS), Toronto, Canada

2014–2018

Member of the Coordinating Committee of Bar-Ilan University

2014–2016

Member of the Appeals Committee of Bar-Ilan University

Oct. 2014–Sep. 2018

Vice Dean of Engineering

Oct. 2013–Mar. 2014

Vice Dean of Engineering

2013–present

Founder and Chief Scientific Officer (CTO) of Z-Square Ltd (micro-endoscopy)

2013–2014

Samsung DS CTO Distinguished Advisory Board Member

2012–2026

Elected Member of the Senate of Bar-Ilan University

2012–2014

Member of the Appointment Committee of Bar-Ilan University

2011–present

Member of the Higher Education Council of Bar-Ilan University

2011–2015

Visiting Professor, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

2010–present

Full Professor, Bar-Ilan University

2010–2014

Head of Ph.D. Student Committee, Faculty of Engineering; Member of University Graduate Students Committee

2008

Founder of PhotoFree (RF-based devices preventing unauthorized photography)

2007–2010

Associate Professor, Bar-Ilan University

2007

Adjunct Lecturer, Weizmann Institute (Linear Optics course)

2006–2018

Director, Nano-Photonics Center, Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), Bar-Ilan

2004–2019

Founder and Head of the Electro-Optics Track, Bar-Ilan University

2004–2014

Founder and President of Xceed Imaging Ltd (ophthalmic devices company, sold to Brien Holden Vision Institute, Australia)

2004–2007

Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Bar-Ilan University

2003–2004

Short-term Research Visit, Bath University (funded by UK EPSRC)

Founder & CTO, Explay Ltd (micro-projectors company, acquired by ADM/Kaga Electronics)

2003

Research Fellow, Technion

2001–2003

Founder & CTO / Senior VP R&T, Civcom Ltd (optical communications company, later acquired by Padtec)

1998–2003

Adjunct Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University (“Optical Communication”, “Introduction to Electrical Engineering”)

1998

Adjunct Lecturer, Ariel Academic College (“Signal and Systems”)

1996–2001

Project Officer, Israeli Air Force, R&D Dept.

1993–1996

Teaching Assistant, Tel-Aviv University (“Introduction to Electrical Engineering”, “Introduction to Physical Electronics”)