Refael Minnes, Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

            • Personal Details

                        Name:                                                             Refael Minnes

                        Date and place of birth:                                  13/01/1978, Israel

               Address and telephone number at work:        Department of Physics, Ariel University, 03-6453140

                        Email:                                                              refaelm@ariel.ac.il

            • Education

                        B.Sc. -             2000-2003 - Bar-Ilan University – Biophysics

                        Ph.D. -             2003-2008 - Bar-Ilan University – Department of Physics

                                                Name of advisor - Prof. Benjamin Ehrenberg

Title of thesis - The Effect of Temperature, Membrane Composition and Polarity of Porphyrin Derivatives on the Uptake by Membranes and their Photodynamic Efficiency

Postdoc -         2008-2012 - University of Pennsylvania – School of Medicine

                                                Name of P.I. - Prof. Phong Tran

Expertise in high-resolution imaging of subcellular structures, genetic manipulation of cells, and biophysical/microfluidic applications

            • Employment History 

2017 - current

                                                Principal Investigator
                                                Head of the Bio-electromagnetism Laboratory

                                                Physics Department, Ariel University

2012 - 2018

                                                Lecturer

                                                Bar-Ilan University

2014 - 2017

                                                Lecturer

                                                Ariel University

2012 - 2014

                                                Head of Microscopy Unit

                                                Bar-Ilan University

2008 - 2012

                                                Post-doctoral associate

                                                School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

2003 - 2008

                                                Teaching assistant

                                                Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University

2000 - 2003

                                                Israel Security Agency (ISA or שב"כ)

            • Professional Activities 

• Educational activities          

            Courses taught

                        Physics 1 – Ariel University

                        Physics 2 – Ariel University

                        Microscopy – Ariel University

Physical and Analytical Methods in Chemistry and Biology A and C (jointly taught) – Ariel University

Physics Lab 1 and 2 – Ariel University

PreMed Physics – Bar-Ilan University

Principles of Scientific Instrumentation (jointly taught) – Bar-Ilan University

Electron Microscopy (jointly taught) – Bar-Ilan University

            • Awards, Honors, Fellowships

             (a)  Honors 

2010 - The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings - Elected to participate in the 60th Meeting

2007-2008 - Bar-Ilan University - Excellent lecturer (top 3% in the University)

2007 - Miriam Soffer Scholarship - Excellent Ph.D. student

2002 - The Walf Foundation - Award for excellent students

2002 - Bar-Ilan University - The Dean Award for excellence

2002 - The Civil Center for Culture, Society and Economics - Award for excellent students

2001 - Bar-Ilan University - The President Foundation for Excellent Students award

2000 - Bar-Ilan University - The Biophysics department excellence scholarship

 (b)  Fellowships  

2009-2012 - Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) - Postdoctoral Fellowship

2009-2012 - ISEF - Postdoctoral Fellowship