Ben-Gurion University of the Negev continues to grow, adding talented new researchers from top institutions every year. Like their fields of research, they are interesting, diverse and creative – we are proud to welcome them to the BGU community.​


  • Dr. Elad Levintal

    Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research

  • Dr. Ron Shnapp

    Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Dr. Yevgeny Rakita

    Department of Materials Engineering

  • Dr. Maya Mark

    Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism

  • Dr. Shahaf Shperberg

    Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering

  • Dr. Yuval Moskovitch

    Department of Computer Science

  • Dr. Assaf Kleiman

    ​Department of of Bible Studies, Archeology and the Ancient Near East

  • Prof. Dorit Nitzan

    School of Public Health

  • Dr. Elior Sulem

    Department of Software and Information Systems Engineering

  • Dr. Shani Pitcho

    Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer Department of Social Work

  • Dr. Victor Yashunsky

    Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research

  • Dr. Tarin Paz-Kagan

    French Associates Institute for Agriculture & Biotechnology of Drylands

  • Dr. Or Duek

    Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Community Health Sciences

  • Dr. Orit Milo

    ​Department of Management

  • Dr. Jonathan Mosheiff

    ​​​Department of Mathematics

  • Dr. Ruth S. Wenske

    Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics

  • Dr. Yossi David

    Department of Communication Studies

  • Dr. Shirley Handelzalts

    Department of Physiotherapy

  • Dr. Ilan Manor

    ​Department of Communication Studies

  • Dr. Yuval Saar-Heiman

    Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer Department of Social Work

  • Dr. Ariel Seri Levi

    Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought

  • Dr. Rotem Trachtenberg Maslaton

    ​Department of Education

  • Dr. Moran Koren

    Department of Industrial Engineering and Management

  • Dr. Menny Malka

    Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer Department of Social Work