Senior faculty at the Steinhardt Museum

Dr. Karin Tamar

Curator (Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians) |Phylogeny & Biogeorgraphy

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Dr. Shay Rotics

Curator (Rodents) | Behavioral Ecology and Citizen Science

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Dr. Yosef Kiat

Curator (Birds) | Ecology & Evolution of Birds

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Prof. Eli Geffen

Curator emeritus (Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians) |Behavioral Ecology & Systematics

School of Zoology

Prof. Eran Levin

Curator (Bats) |Physiological Ecology

School of Zoology

Prof. Shai Meiri

Curator and section leader | Evolution & Biogeography

School of Zoology

Prof. Tamar Dayan

Chair and Curator, the Steinhardt Museum | Ecology & Conservation Biology

School of Zoology

Prof. Yoel Rak

Curator emeritus | Evolution of Early Hominids

Department of Anatomy and Anthropology

Prof. Yoram Yom-Tov

Curator emeritus | Ecology & Biogeography

School of Zoology

Prof. Yossi Yovel

Curator (Bats) | Neuroecology

School of Zoology

Prof. Noa Shenkar

Curator (Echinoderms) | Systematics & conservation

School of Zoology

Dr. Bat-Sheva Rothman

Curator (Fish & aquatic parasites) | Phylogeny & biogeography

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Dr. Dimitry Schepetov

Curator (Marine Molluscs) | Phylogeny, Phylogeography & Speciation

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Dr. Ernst Uzhansky

Acoustical Oceanography

The Steinhardt Museum & School of Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Frida Ben-Ami

Curator (Mollusks) | Evolutionary ecology

School of Zoology

Dr. Liron Goren

Curator (Worms) | Taxonomy & community ecology

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Dr. Stanislav Pen-Mouratov

Curator (Nematodes); Taxonomy & ecology of free-living nematodes

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Dr. Tom Shlesinger

Curator (Corals) | Taxonomy & reproductive ecology

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Dr. Yaron Hershkovitz

Director, National Center for Aquatic Ecology | Freshwater ecology

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Dr. Zafrir Kuplik

Curator (Coelenterates) | Jellyfish ecology

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Prof. Bella Galil

Curator emerita (Crustaceans) | Systematics & conservation

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Prof. Dorothée Huchon

Curator (Molecular Systematics Collection) | Metazoan genome evolution

School of Zoology

Prof. Jonathan Belmaker

Curator (Fishes) & section leader | Ecology and conservation

School of Zoology

Prof. Menachem Goren

Vice-Chair, the Steinhardt Museum, Curator emeritus (Fishes) | Taxonomy & biogeography

School of Zoology

Prof. Micha Ilan

Curator emeritus (Sponges) | Chemical ecology

School of Zoology

Prof. Omri Bronstein

Curator (Echinoderms) | Systematics and Conservation

School of Zoology

Prof. Roi Holzman

Curator (Fishes) & Head, Marine Biodiversity Center | Evolutionary ecology

School of Zoology

Prof. Yehuda Benayahu

Curator emeritus (Soft corals) | Systematics & biogeography

School of Zoology

Prof. Yossi Loya

Curator emeritus (Corals) | Ecology & Conservation

School of Zoology

Dr. Dany Simon

Curator emeritus (Mantids, Roaches, Lacewings) | Taxonomy

School of Zoology

Dr. Gideon Pisanty

Curator (Bees & Parasitic Wasps) | Systematics

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Dr. Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou

Curator (Hemiptera) | Taxonomy, systematics & functional morphology

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Dr. Sergei Zonstein

Curator emeritus (Spiders) |TaxonomyThe Steinhardt Museum

Dr. Zohar Yanai

Curator (Aquatic insects) | Taxonomy & freshwater ecology

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Prof. Abraham Hefetz

Curator emeritus (Bees) | Behavioral ecology of social insects

School of Zoology

Prof. Gal Ribak

Curator (Beetles) | Functional morphology

School of Zoology

Prof. Netta Dorchin

Curator & section leader | Systematics and ecology

School of Zoology

Prof. Vladimir Chikatunov

Curator emeritus (Beetles) | Taxonomy

School of Zoology

Dr. Yuval Sapir

Curator and section leader | Evolutionary ecology

School of Plant Sciences and Food Security

Dr. Meirav Meiri

Curator and head, the Paleogenomics Laboratory | Paleogenetics

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Dr. Olga Orlov-Labkovsky

Curator (Micropaleontology)

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Dr. Yuri Katz

Curator (Invertebrate Paleontology) | Geology

School of Zoology

Prof. Dafna Langgut

Curator (Paleobotany) and section leader | Paleoecology

Department of Archeology and Near Eastern Studies

Prof. Lidar Sapir-Hen

Curator (Archeozoology) | Ancient human-animal interactions

Department of Archeology and Near Eastern Studies

Dr. Vivian Slon

Curator and Head, Human Ancient DNA Lab | Paleogenomics

Departments of Anatomy & Anthropology, and Human Genetics & Biochemistry

Prof. Baruch Arensburg

Curator emeritus | Physical Anthropology

Department of Anatomy and Anthropology

Prof. Hila May

Curator & Dan David Center Head | Physical Anthropology

Department of Anatomy and Anthropology

Prof. Israel Hershkovitz

Curator emeritus | Physical Anthropology

Department of Anatomy and Anthropology

Prof. Rachel Sarig

Curator Dental Anthropology

School of Dentistry

Dr. Ronit Justo-Hanani

Regulation and Policy

The Steinhardt Museum & the Department of Public Policy

Dr. Rotem Zelingher

Agricultural & ecological economics

The Steinhardt Museum and School of Social & Policy Studies

Dr. Yaela Golumbic

Citizen Science and Science Communication

The Steinhardt Museum

Dr. Yehezkel Resheff

Data Science

The Steinhardt Museum and School of Industrial Engineering

Prof. Alon Shepon

Sustainable nutrition

The Steinhardt Museum and School of Social & Policy Studies

Prof. Amiyaal Ilany

Social behavior and Microbiome

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