He has previously held various academic and administrative positions at the University – head of the Physics Institute, head of the Advanced Studies Institute, rector and president. He was among the initiators and founders of the Center for Neural Computation and is currently a member of the Center where he also teaches. Prof. Gutfreund is the director of the Einstein Center and is the University’s appointee responsible for Albert Einstein’s intellectual property; he heads the executive committee of the Israel Science Foundation and is the chairperson of the “Basha’ar – Academic Community for Israeli Society” association. Prof. Gutfreund received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1966 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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The Andre Aisenstadt Chair in theoretical physics, Emeritus
The Andre Aisenstadt Chair in theoretical physics, Emeritus
He has previously held various academic and administrative positions at the University – head of the Physics Institute, head of the Advanced Studies Institute, rector and president. He was among the initiators and founders of the Center for Neural Computation and is currently a member of the Center where he also teaches. Prof. Gutfreund is the director of the Einstein Center and is the University’s appointee responsible for Albert Einstein’s intellectual property; he heads the executive committee of the Israel Science Foundation and is the chairperson of the “Basha’ar – Academic Community for Israeli Society” association. Prof. Gutfreund received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1966 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Shai Tishby Tamari, Yoav Rubinstein, Netta Livneh, Maayan Moshkovitz, Abeer Karmi, Lilach Avitan
Nature Communications (2026)
Imri Lifshitz, Asia Prag, Netta Livneh, Maayan Moshkovitz, Abeer Karmi, Lilach Avitan
Nature Communications (2026)
Y Rubinstein, M Moshkovitz, I Ottenheimer, S Shapira, S Tiomkin, L Avitan
iScience (2025)
Suárez, Rodrigo, Tobias Bluett, Michael H. McCullough, Lilach Avitan, Dylan A. Black, Annalisa Paolino, Laura R. Fenlon, Geoffrey J. Goodhill, and Linda J. Richards.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (2023)
Zhu, Shuyu I., Michael H. McCullough, Zac Pujic, Jordan Sibberas, Biao Sun, Thomas Darveniza, Bianca Bucknall, Lilach Avitan, and Geoffrey J. Goodhill
Journal of Neuroscience (2023)
Triplett MA, Pujic Z, Sun B, Avitan L, Goodhill GJ.
PLoS Comput Biol. (2020)
Avitan L, Pujic Z, Mölter J, Zhu S, Sun B, Goodhill GJ
Elife, 19;10:e61942 (2021)
Lilach Avitan, Carsen Stringer
Neuron (2022)
Marcus A. Triplett , Lilach Avitan , and Geoffrey J. Goodhill
Emergence of spontaneous assembly activity in developing neural networks without afferent input.
Computational Biology (2020)
Avitan, L., Pujic, Z., Molter, J., Sun, B., Myhre,A.E., Goodhill, G.J.
Current Biology (2020)
Avitan L. and Goodhill G.J.
Trends in Neurosciences (2018)
Mölter, J., Avitan, L. & Goodhill, G.
BMC Biol (2018)
Triplett, M., Avitan, L. and Goodhill, G.J.
PLoS Computational Biology, 14(9):e1006421 (2018)
Marachlian, E., Avitan, L., Goodhill, G.J., and Sumbre, G.
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 12, 46 (2018)
Avitan L., Pujic Z., Mölter J., Sun B., Van De Poll1 M., Teng H.,Amor R., Scott E.K., and Goodhill G.J.
Current Biology, Volume 27, Issue 16, Pages 2407-2419.e4 (2017)
Avitan, L., Pujic Z., Hughes J.N., Scott E.K. and Goodhill J.G.
Journal of Neuroscience, 36(19):5385–5396 (2016)
Suarez, R., Fenlon, L., Marek, R., Avitan, L., Sah, P., Goodhill, G.J. and Richards, L.J.
Neuron, Volume 82, Issue 6, Pages 1289-1298 (2014)
Avitan L., Teicher M., and Abeles M.
Journal of Neurophysiology, 102: 3046-3059 (2009)
Avitan L., Teicher M., and Abeles M.
Biological Cybernetics, 98(1):49-59 (2008)
We are looking for bright and highly motivated doctoral and postdoctoral students.
Lilach Avitan
Assistant Professor
Phone: +972-2-5494829
Address: The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences
The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building,
Level 2, Room 1203, Edmond J. Safra Campus,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401
The Suzanne and Charles Goodman Brain Sciences Building,
Level 2, Room 1203, Edmond J. Safra Campus,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 9190401
