BSc in Molecular Biochemistry, MSc in Chemistry at the Technion.
PhD in Switzerland, 2017.
Specialty: Analytical and Bioanalytical Sciences, in the group of Prof. Peter Hauser.
In his PhD, Joel investigated new ways for lowering the detection limit in capillary electrophoresis, in order to detect trace amounts of ions in water samples. In order to accomplish that, Joel built a software for controlling home-made scientific instruments – called Instrumentino. It aimed to become the open-source alternative to LabView, for purpose-made lab equipment, and since its release, it started drawing attention from researchers all over the world.
Participated in the Technion Excellence Program: March 2006- July 2010.
Joel took advanced courses from the first semester and in his second year, he started to tutor one of those courses.
During his last semester Joel started his MSc. in Chemistry.
Yoel did a 3-month project in Plants Molecular Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science during his first degree.
During his MSc studies, Yoel published two papers (in Applied Physics Letters and Diamond and Related Materials) as a first author and another paper as a second author (in Physics Procedia).
A complete list of Joel's publications can be seen on his ResearchGate page.
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