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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)
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