Group Members


Principal Investigator


rachela Rachela Popovtzer, PhD
Contact: rachela.popovtzer@biu.ac.il

Lab Manager


Menachem Motiei, PhD
Education: The Hebrew university , PhD. Pharmacology
Bar Ilan University, M.Sc. Physical Chemistry
Bar Ilan University, B.Sc. Medicinal Chemistry
Contact: motieim@eng.biu.ac.il
Tel. at Lab: 03-5317408
Fields of Interest:
- Applications of nanoscale materials in medicine
- Photothermal therapy

Post-Doctoral Fellows


david David Meridor, PhD
Education: Bar Ilan University, Ph.D. Chemistry
Bar Ilan University, M.Sc. Organic Chemistry
Bar Ilan University, B.Sc. Medicinal Chemistry
Contact: davidmeridor@gmail.com,  meridod@biu.ac.il
Tel. at Lab: 03-5317405
Fields of Interest:
- Development of Nanoparticle drug delivery systems for cancer treatment

PhD Students


ADI2 Adi Vegerhof
Education: M.Sc. material engineering, B.Sc. Chemical engineering
Contact: adivegerhof@gmail.com
Tel. at Lab: 03-5317405
Fields of Interest:
- Magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical purposes and in-vivo imaging.
oshra_pic Oshra Betzer
Education: Bar Ilan University, M.Sc. Neuroscience, Bar Ilan University, B.Sc. Cumputer science, Tel Aviv University, B.A. Speech Therapy & Audiology
Contact: oshra.betzer@gmail.com
Tel. at Lab: 03-5317405
Fields of Interest:
- Development of nanoparticle-based CT imaging and drug delivery techniques for the future of Neuropsychiatric-disorders therapy.
תמונה1 Tamar Dreifuss
Education: Bar Ilan University, B.Sc. Medicinal Chemistry
Contact: tamar0991@gmail.com
Tel. at Lab: 03-5314647
Fields of Interest:
- Theranostic nanoparticles for cancer treatment.
rinat Rinat Meir
Education: The Hebrew university,B.Sc. & M.Sc. Chemistry
Contact: meirinat@gmail.com
Tel. at Lab: 03-5317509
Fields of Interest: 
- Cell tracking with gold nanoparticles
תמונה ערן Eran Barnoy
Education: University of California Los Angeles, M.Sc. Biostatistics, University of Maryland, B.Sc. Physics, University of Maryland, B.Sc. Astronomy
Contact: eabnoy@gmail.com
Tel. at Lab: 03-5317405
Fields of Interest:
- Personalized chemical imaging using constructs of fluorescent dyes and gold nanoparticles

M.Sc. Students


Smulik Shmulik Schwartz
Education: Technion, B.Sc Aerospace engineering
Contact: shmulik.schw@gmail.com
Tel. at Lab: 03-5317405
Fields of Interest:
- Modeling the effect of Gold Nanoparticles on Neural Activity
Renana Opochinsky
Education: Bar-Ilan University, B.Sc. Student- Electrical engineering.
Contact: renanakleinman@gmail.com
Tel. at Lab: 03-7384638
Fields of Interest:
- Multifunctional Theranostic Nanoparticles for Alzheimer's Disease.

Lab Alumni:

  • Kobi Jakobsohn
  • Anat Sharon
  • Vital Peretz
  • Dolev Peretz
  • Malka Shilo
  • Atara Schreiber