Foto Friday – Yoram Reshef’s pride of researchers

December 18, 2009 - 9:28 PM by

Yoram Reshef heads a commercial photography studio that produces images for some of Israel’s leading brands. “I love taking pictures in factories,” he says. “The encounter with machinery, the steel, the noise is exciting to me. I’m very proud of Israeli industry which creates and produces a world of its own, just as I, as a photographer, produce photos and images for my clients.” Reshef also takes pride in the work he does for institutions such as Tel Aviv University (TAU), producing portraits of scientists and academics working on technology’s cutting edge.

For example, marine biologist Prof. Yehuda “Hudi” Benayahu, a world-renowned expert in the taxonomy, ecology and biology of soft corals. Benayahu has warned that coral extinction could mean a global environmental catastrophe.

Hudi_Benayahu_TAU_By_Yoram_Reshef

Or archeologist Yifat Thareani-Sussely, whose doctoral dissertation focuses on the pottery of the 7-8th centuries BCE. Don’t be fooled by the antiquities around her: TAU’s Department of Archaeology includes a Laboratory for Comparative Microarchaeology, an Archaeobotany Lab, Pottery Restoration Lab and other high-tech methods used for exploring the ancient world.

Yifat Thareani-Sussely_By_Yoram_Reshef

Biochemist Prof. Gali Prag researches proteins, specifically ubiquitin, a dynamic regulatory signal that can affect protein activity. A former researcher at NIH, he was recruited to head his own lab and the university has high hopes for his future research.

Gali Prag_TAU_By_Yoram_Reshef

Adv. Liat Golan is the professional director of the Alfred Akirov Institute for Business and Environment. An environmental lawyer by trade, she trains the next-generation of business leaders to meet the threats and opportunities created by rapidly changing environments, both natural and corporate.

Liat Golan_TAU_By_Yoram_Reshef.

Tel Aviv University alumnus Chemi Peres, managing general partner and co-founder of venture capital firm, Pitango Venture Capital, continues to be involved by serving on the Board of Directors of Ramot, the commercial arm of the university that focuses on technology transfer with some very nice success stories to its credit.

Chemi_Peres_By_Yoram_Reshef

By the way, Peres also chairs the advisory board of TAU’s Faculty of Management — as well as serving on the boards of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the IDC- Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya. More about those fine institutions another day.

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One Comment on Foto Friday – Yoram Reshef’s pride of researchers

  1. Shosh on Wed, Jan 20th 2010 6:17 PM

    2. מזדהה עם כל מילה שאמרת בששת השורות הראשונות. כך הרגשתי במשך שנים כאשר עבדתי עם מפעלי התעשיה הגדולים
    כנראה, לא סת”ם היה חיבור טוב בננו, בעבודות המשותפת

    כל פעם שמזדמן לי לראות עבודות שלך, נהנת מחדש

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