Staff

Dr. Olga Iliashevsky holds the position of Manager of the NMR Laboratory at the Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

She received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2012. Her doctoral research focused on the synthesis and characterization of silica-immobilized dendrimers and their applications. Following her Ph.D., she joined research groups in the Department of Chemical Engineering, where she worked on projects involving polymers and advanced functional materials.

Dr. Iliashevsky currently manages the university’s NMR facility, overseeing the operation and maintenance of a range of high-resolution NMR spectrometers, developing analytical methods, and providing scientific support to researchers from academia and industry. She also trains users and teaches courses in NMR spectroscopy and structure determination.

Her expertise includes nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, structural characterization of organic compounds, quantitative NMR, method development of novel NMR methods, and as well as advanced multidimensional NMR techniques. She collaborates with researchers from a wide range of scientific disciplines, supporting projects in organic chemistry, polymer science, materials science, pharmaceuticals, and related fields.

Laboratory Scientist with experience in neurodegenerative disease and genomics research specializing in RNA and DNA quality assessment and library preparation for next-generation sequencing.

I am an Electrical Engineer with a Master’s degree specializing in Power Systems. I serve as the Institute’s Maintenance Systems Engineer. I am responsible for all maintenance activities, ensuring that the HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems operate efficiently and meet the required standards. In addition, I oversee and support new projects, with a particular focus on electrical design and planning.

I completed my PhD in Life Sciences, investigating the cellular mechanisms underlying giant vesicle secretion in Drosophila epithelial cells. My research combined advanced live-cell super-resolution microscopy with correlative imaging approaches to study membrane remodeling during exocytosis and fusion pore dynamics. I specialize in biological imaging and am experienced in confocal, super-resolution, and expansion microscopy techniques. Currently, I am developing imaging pipelines for correlative light and electron microscopy (CLEM), including both cryogenic and room-temperature workflows, to support advanced biological imaging applications in our facility.

I am a Bioinformatics Expert at the Multi-Omics Center, where I support researchers in the analysis and interpretation of complex multi-omics datasets. My work includes processing and integrating genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics data, as well as developing computational tools and interactive applications that facilitate data exploration and scientific discovery.

I hold a degree in Plant Sciences with a specialization in Genomics and Bioinformatics, and my academic research focused on horizontal gene transfer between plants and bacteria. I am passionate about combining data analysis, visualization, and bioinformatics solutions to help researchers gain meaningful insights from large-scale biological datasets.

Senior bioinformatician with experience spanning academia and biotechnology industry. Specializing in multi-omics analysis, computational pipeline development, and large-scale biological data integration.

I hold a B.Sc. in Medical Laboratory Science. I support researchers in preparing high-quality samples for TEM— including resin embedding for biological and non-biological materials and ultramicrotomy.

Received her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at BGU and conducted her postdoctoral training in Proteomics and Mass-Spectrometry at UCLA with additional background in microbiology and cell biology.

The unit supports researches with advanced mass spectrometry-based proteomics workflows and data analysis, focusing on analytical pipelines for protein identification, quantification, and post-translational modification analysis, with expertise in LC-MS/MS and computational proteomics tools. Collaborate with researchers across diverse biological and biomedical fields, providing guidance in experimental design, sample preparation, method development, and interpretation of proteomics datasets.

I am a structural biologist specializing in small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering (SAXS/SANS), with a background in protein engineering, molecular biology, biochemistry, and chemistry. My research focuses on applying SAXS/SANS to interrogate the structure, dynamics and assembly of biological macromolecules and complex bio-macromolecular systems. I combine experimental design/approach, data analysis, computational modelling, and complementary biophysical/integrative techniques (light scattering, X-ray crystallography, spectroscopy) to derive structural insights in context of biological function and processes. My work has contributed to the advancement of analytical methodologies, community resources and best-practice frameworks undergirding the global small-angle scattering community, alongside broad research collaborations across structural biology, biophysics, and biomolecular engineering.

I am a crystallographer specializing in single-crystal X-ray diffraction and MicroED, and I head the Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction Laboratory at the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology.

My work spans a broad range of structural characterization methods, including single-crystal structure determination, powder X-ray diffraction, phase identification and quantitative analysis, thin-film diffraction, grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction, X-ray reflectivity, electron diffraction and transmission electron microscopy.

I am particularly interested in challenging structural problems where close collaboration between synthesis, materials characterization and crystallographic analysis can provide information that is difficult to obtain by any single technique. This includes structure solution and refinement, disorder and twinning, very small or poorly diffracting crystals, multiphase materials, unknown or minor phases, nanostructured materials and thin films.

I enjoy becoming involved in projects at an early stage, where the experimental and crystallographic strategy can be developed together rather than treating diffraction simply as a final characterization step. Depending on the scientific question, I combine complementary X-ray and electron-based methods and work closely with researchers to interpret the resulting structural information in its broader chemical and materials context.

I collaborate with researchers across chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology and related fields, from initial characterization and exploratory measurements through detailed structural analysis, interpretation and publication. I am always interested in new systems, unusual samples and projects where crystallography can contribute to a deeper understanding of the underlying science.