פרופיל תעסוקתי:

Positions:
2023-current: Innovation Team Leader advance application, Semiconductor company.
• Lead innovation-driven application development for XRF metrology systems targeting
semiconductor manufacturing, enabling evaluation of emerging materials and thin-film.
• Developed and validated advanced, non-standard, and exploratory XRF applications for
emerging materials and thin films.
• Translate early-stage customer challenges and innovation requirements into viable
measurement concepts and application strategies.
• Designed and executed feasibility studies and proof-of-concept measurements to assess
XRF metrology suitability for next-generation semiconductor use cases, aligning crossfunctional, multidisciplinary teams around breakthrough innovation initiatives.
• Adapt and optimize XRF tool configurations to support pre-production materials.
• Support customer-facing demos and technical evaluations focused on innovation-stage
applications rather than routine production monitoring.
• Lead cross-functional innovation initiatives, including technology scouting and internal
knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate closely with R&D, engineering, and product teams to align application needs
with system-level capabilities.
• Manage patent-related activities and contribute to long-term technology and product
roadmaps.
• Operate in a fast-paced industrial innovation and R&D environment, balancing
exploration with practical deliverables.
2021-2023: R&D chemist, Haifa group.
• Conducted applied R&D on synthesis and characterization of organometallic and
inorganic materials.
• Performed materials characterization using multiple analytical techniques with emphasis
on reproducibility and data quality.
• Worked in an industrial R&D environment, supporting development timelines and
product-oriented decision making.

015-2021: Teaching assistant, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
• Introduction to Analytical Chemistry for chemistry and chemical engineering.
• Lab of General and Analytical Chemistry instructor.
2006-2010: Army Service as an electronic practical engineer in the Intelligence Corps unit 81.
• Hands-on technical work with electronic systems in a high reliability, mission-critical
environment.
• Conducted component level failure analysis of electronic boards, supporting root cause
identification and system reliability.
Education:
2017-2021: Ph.D. Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, Israel
Advisor: Prof. Raz Jelinek. Thesis: The effect of carbon dots synthesized from small molecules on
amyloids
2015- 2017: MSc, Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University in the Negev, Israel
Advisor: Prof. Yifat Miller. Thesis: Investigating the structures of Cu2+-α-synuclein oligomers:
Insight into the aggregation mechanisms in Parkinson’s diseases.
2011 - 2015: BSc, Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
2004-2006: Electronic practical engineer, ORT Hermelin College, Israel

Technical Skills
• Semiconductor Metrology & Materials Characterization: XRF for thin films and bulk
materials, elemental quantification, measurement strategy development for
semiconductor manufacturing, tool calibration, optimization, and troubleshooting
• Analytical Techniques: TEM, XRF, HPLC, FTIR, ITC, DSC, Spectrophotometry,
Fluorolog, Biotek, Zetasizer.
• Computational Chemistry Tools: Molecular modelling, molecular dynamics.
• Experiment Design: Multidisciplinary project planning, data analysis.

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