BSc in Mathematics at the Technion.
PhD. in Mathematics (direct program) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University.
Participated in the Technion Excellence Program: October 1997 – September 1999.
Yanir included advanced courses in his curriculum in addition to multi-disciplinary studies. He also conducted research on "Modeling Turbulence" under the direction of Prof. Mark Peterson from Mount Holyoke College, MA, USA.
The research was published extensively in the professional journal: Computers in Science & Engineering, and presented at two scientific conferences.
Yanir undertook an additional research project on "Stochastic models to describe coagulation-fragmentation manifestations", under the direction of Prof. Shay Gueron. He wrote a joint article that was published in the scientific journal "Markov Processes and Related Fields".