Gal Ribak (PhD)
Academic degrees and positions (Supervisors/Host):
1996 BSc in Biology from the Technion
2000 MSc in Marine Biology from the Hebrew University (supervisors: Prof. A. Genin & Prof. J Heller)
2005 PhD in Biology from the Technion (supervisors: Prof. D. Weihs & Prof. Z. Arad)
2005- 2008 Post-doctoral researcher at the University of South Dakota (host: Prof. J. G. Swallow)
2008 Visiting Scholar, University of British Columbia (host: Prof. D. R. Jones)
2009 Research associate Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Technion
2010 - 2011 Post Doc, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), Technion
2009-2013 Adjunct Lecturer (Invertebrate Zoology) - Faculty of Biology at the Technion
2011-2013 Senior Research Associate, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), Technion
2013 - Senior lecturer (Equivalent to Assistant Professor in the US system) Tel Aviv University
Funded research
2007 JEB collaborative research travel award: “The hydrodynamic forces of foot-propulsion in diving ducks” (2750$)
2009 TASP research grant "Lessons from insects for the design of NUAVs" (20,000$, with D. Weihs).
2010 MAFAT "Electronic interface for insect flight control" (40,000$, with S. Marom, D. Weihs, and A. Ayali)
2010 Future Security Research Inst: " Insect-MEMs Interface" (48,000$ per year x 2 yrs, with S. Marom, D. Weihs, and A. Ayali)
2015 ISF individual research grant: “Role of wing elasticity in flight performance of insects: the evolution of wing structure in beetles differing in their flight style” (50,000$ per year x 4 yrs)
2015 ISF new faculty equipment grant: “A research system to study the biomechanics of insect flight” (62,500$)
2018 DFG "Biology and aerodynamics of miniature flyers" (385,800 Euro for 3 years, with F-O Lehmann)
Teaching at TAU (* = in charge of course)
- Animal locomotion* (0455-2812)
- Introduction to Animal Kingdom (0455-1569)
- Research at the Zoological Garden (0455-1640)
- Lab in Neuro- and System Physiology (0455-2534)
1996 BSc in Biology from the Technion
2000 MSc in Marine Biology from the Hebrew University (supervisors: Prof. A. Genin & Prof. J Heller)
2005 PhD in Biology from the Technion (supervisors: Prof. D. Weihs & Prof. Z. Arad)
2005- 2008 Post-doctoral researcher at the University of South Dakota (host: Prof. J. G. Swallow)
2008 Visiting Scholar, University of British Columbia (host: Prof. D. R. Jones)
2009 Research associate Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Technion
2010 - 2011 Post Doc, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), Technion
2009-2013 Adjunct Lecturer (Invertebrate Zoology) - Faculty of Biology at the Technion
2011-2013 Senior Research Associate, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), Technion
2013 - Senior lecturer (Equivalent to Assistant Professor in the US system) Tel Aviv University
Funded research
2007 JEB collaborative research travel award: “The hydrodynamic forces of foot-propulsion in diving ducks” (2750$)
2009 TASP research grant "Lessons from insects for the design of NUAVs" (20,000$, with D. Weihs).
2010 MAFAT "Electronic interface for insect flight control" (40,000$, with S. Marom, D. Weihs, and A. Ayali)
2010 Future Security Research Inst: " Insect-MEMs Interface" (48,000$ per year x 2 yrs, with S. Marom, D. Weihs, and A. Ayali)
2015 ISF individual research grant: “Role of wing elasticity in flight performance of insects: the evolution of wing structure in beetles differing in their flight style” (50,000$ per year x 4 yrs)
2015 ISF new faculty equipment grant: “A research system to study the biomechanics of insect flight” (62,500$)
2018 DFG "Biology and aerodynamics of miniature flyers" (385,800 Euro for 3 years, with F-O Lehmann)
Teaching at TAU (* = in charge of course)
- Animal locomotion* (0455-2812)
- Introduction to Animal Kingdom (0455-1569)
- Research at the Zoological Garden (0455-1640)
- Lab in Neuro- and System Physiology (0455-2534)
