Dr. Golumbic is Senior Researcher and the head of citizen science research, at the Israel Center for Citizen Science, Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Golumbic received her PhD in science communication at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion, supervised by Prof. Ayelet Baram-Tsabari and Prof. Barak Fishbain. She then completed her postdoctoral studies at Sydney University, Australia, where she focused on ways to engage diverse audiences with science, empowering them to be active researchers in improving human health and wellbeing.

Dr. Golumbic’s research lies in the intersection of science communication, science education and citizen science, with an aim to make science more accessible and relevant to peoples’ day-to-day lives.

Golumbic has developed, designed and managed several citizen science projects, harnessing the power of the crowd for advancing science, leading co-creation processes, and examining its benefits and challenges for science and society. Most recently, she has been focusing on the roles volunteers take on within citizen science projects and how these impact project design, participant engagement, data collection and data quality.