About

Hey. I’m Avi. I do biological research in the Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology at The Rockefeller University, where I am an Assistant Professor. I previously did post-doctoral research with Dianne Newman, Rob Phillips and Woody Fischer at Caltech. I did my Ph.D. with David Savage at UC Berkeley. In my work-time I’m often thinking about how physical laws and economic principles affect the behavior and organization of cells, organisms and ecosystems. You can find my CV here.

Prior to moving to Berkeley, I worked in the Milo Lab at the Weizmann Institute for Science, Via Transportation and at Google NYC. People sometimes think I’m Israeli because of the name and Weizmann affiliation, but NYC has been home to my family for 3 generations. I also do things aside from work, maybe I’ll write about that someday.