About Lowy Distinguished Guest Professors

 

Visitors for the Academic Year 2025/2026

 

Name Institution Period of Visit Host

Prof. Susan B. Davidson

Department of Computer and Information
Science
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 

Phone: +1 (215) 898-3490
Email: susan@cis.upenn.edu

Academic Year
2025/2026

Host: Prof. Tova Milo
Dean, Faculty of Exact Sciences

Phone: +972-3-640-6075
Email: milo@tauex.tau.ac.il

Prof. John J. Wiens

Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA

Office Phone: +1 520 621-0337
Lab Phone: +1 520 621-9765
Email: wiensj@email.arizona.edu

Academic Year
2025/2026

Host: Prof. Shai Meiri
School of Zoology

Email: uncshai@tauex.tau.ac.il
Phone: +972-3-6409811

Prof. Yuval Grossman

Department of Physics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, USA


Phone: +1 (607) 255-4916
Email: yg73@cornell.edu

December, 2025 -
February, 2026

Host: Prof. Tomer Volansky
School of Physics and Astronomy

Email: tomerv@tauex.tau.ac.il
Phone: +972-3-6407026

Prof. Benedetto Allotta

Professor of Robotics and Mechanism Design
Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Florence, Italy

Phone: +39 055-275 8762
Email: benedetto.allotta@unifi.it 

One month 
Fall semester

Academic Year
2025/2026

Hosts:
Prof. Brian Rosen
Vice-Dean for International Affairs, Faculty of Engineering
Email: barosen@post.tau.ac.il
Phone: +972-3-6405087

 

Dr. Avishai Sintov
School of Mechanical Engineering
Email: sintov1@tauex.tau.ac.il
Phone: +972-3-6408443

Prof. Daniela Kaufer

Director of the Neuro-AI Berkeley Center for the study of Resilience
Associate Dean, Biological Sciences
Departments of Integrative Biology and Neuroscience
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

 

Phone: +1 (510) 642-9346
Email: danielak@berkeley.edu

six to eight weeks
Academic Year
2025/2026

Hosts: 
Prof. Ben Maoz
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Email: bmaoz@tauex.tau.ac.il


Prof. Lilach Hadany
School of Plant Sciences and Food Security
Email: lhadany@tauex.tau.ac.il
Phone: +972-3-6409831

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