People

Carmel Sofer, Ph.D. | Associate Professor
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Head of the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department
A member of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Management
Management Committee ABC robotics – BGU
Chairman of YAZAMUT 360 for Entrepreneurship and Innovation - BGU
My career path is atypical for academics; I graduated with my B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in 1983 and my Ph.D. in Psychology from Radboud University, The Netherlands, in 2016. My career included many years in the high-tech industry between these years, including extensive engineering experience developing GPS receivers for highly demanding applications. Years after, I founded a startup company in the communication field, was a senior executive in a Nasdaq traded company, and joined as a partner, a venture capital fund investing in technology startups.
I transitioned to academia and set the ground for interdisciplinary research, utilizing my expertise in psychology, cognition, algorithmic research, and technology.

Devanand Thanissery Postdoctoral fellow

Reut Machluf Ph.D. Student

Yahav Atas
Ph.D. Student

Yahel Golan
MSc. Student

Miriam Dissen
PhD. student
