Department of Physics
Faculty of Natural Sciences
My life before BGU:
I was born and grew up in Holon. I completed my undergraduate degree in a special track for high school students at Bar-Ilan University, where I also met my husband. I began studying for my master's degree at Tel Aviv University during my military service, and I completed my PhD there as well. Later I did postdoctoral research at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada and at the University of Amsterdam.
"The unexpected link between black holes and quantum information indicates that two things that at first glance appear unrelated, are in fact closely linked. This might be true for additional phenomena, and even human behavior"
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My research:
I investigate links between black holes and quantum information. Black holes are fascinating objects. The geometry surrounding them is so curved that the outside observer cannot see inside. Recent research reveals that there is a link between black holes and quantum information: apparently the way black holes process information that enters them is similar to the way information is processed in quantum systems. I investigate these links, with a focus on the subject of quantum computational complexity. Quantum complexity is the theory within quantum information physics which estimates the difficulty of constructing quantum states from basic operations. Quantum computational complexity is of relevance in recent attempts to construct quantum computers. It turns out that complexity encodes the geometry behind the horizon of black holes and in particular can explain why their interior keeps growing for a very long time. Although my research is more theoretical, I am very excited about all the groundbreaking discoveries regarding black holes in recent years, and especially the first measurements of gravitational waves in black hole collisions, and the first images taken of them by the Event Horizon Telescope.
Why BGU?
The Department here is terrific. Throughout my postdoc, I came back for visits to the Department and I always felt that there was someone to help and take care of me, including during the application process. There are many faculty members in the Department who specialize in the same subjects as I do (gravitational holography) and I look forward to a future of interesting collaborations.
An insight from my research:
The unexpected link between black holes and quantum information indicates that two things that at first glance appear unrelated, are in fact closely linked. This might be true for additional phenomena, and even human behavior.
Something that doesn't appear on my CV
Classical music is my greatest love and I have played the violin and the viola for years. I am always happy to find partners to play with!
A source of inspiration
Erna Van Daele, who was the conductor of the university orchestra I played in while I was in Canada. She founded both the University orchestra and the community orchestra in Waterloo at a time when it was very rare to see a woman conducting an orchestra. I admire her both as a professional and as an inspiring woman, and have kept in touch with her since (she even came to visit me in Amsterdam).
When I grow up:
As a child I wanted to be a violinist, but I always loved science and during high school I realized that this was where my future lay. Today I would answer the question thus: When I grow up I want to do quality science that will contribute to a deeper understanding of how the world operates.
If I wasn’t a researcher, I would...
Be a music teacher. During my post-doc I volunteered teaching music to children from underprivileged backgrounds and derived great satisfaction from this activity.
In Brief:
» Night or Morning? Night. As Arik Einstein says in his song, “what do you do when you get up in the morning? The same things, but slowly” 😉
