Elad is an EMBO postdoctoral fellow. His project is to incorporate enzymatic editing tools into DNA nanomaterials. He holds a Ph.D. from Ben Gurion University (BGU), Israel. His former work focused on the assembly, surface phenomena, and catalytic activity of amyloid proteins and peptides.
Research Interest: Soft Matter, Self-assembly, DNA Nanotechnology, Peptides, enzymatic editing, CRISPR-Cas.
Education:
Postdoctoral Scholar, Columbia University, 2023-present (Chemical Engineering, Prof. Oleg Gang)
Ph.D., Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), 2023 (Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, IKI, Prof. Raz Jelinek and Prof. Hanna Rapaport)
M.Sc., Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), 2018 (Department of Chemistry, Prof. Raz Jelinek and Prof. Hanna Rapaport).
B.Sc., Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), 2016 (Chemistry-major, Philosophy-minor).
Email: [email protected]
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.il/citations?user=Sj4xLeEAAAAJ&hl=iw&inst=2200037940676332253
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eladarad/