Lab for Computational Molecular Engineering
MEET THE TEAM
Principal Investigator
Dr. Dan Mendels
Dr. Dan Mendels is an assistant professor at the Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering in the Technion, Israel. Prior to joining the Technion he was a postdoctoral scholar at the Pritzker school of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago where he focused on the engineering and design of smart materials. Prior that he held a combined appointment as a postdoctoral scholar at USI and ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where he focused on the development of enhanced sampling methodologies. Dan holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Technion and an MSc and BSc in Physics with honors from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Email: danmendels at technion.ac.il
PhD Student
Sergey Shteingoltz
Sergey joined the CME in March 2023. He earned his BSc and MSc from Kazan Federal University, Butlerov's Chemistry Institute (2014-2019).
PhD Student
Salman Salman
Salman joined the group in October 2023. He has a BSc and MSc with honors in Computer Science from Leipzig University and the University of Strathclyde, respectively. His primary focus was on machine learning, search-based optimization techniques and algorithms, with background in theoretical computer science. Salman's research interests include the intersection of deep and machine learning with physics and chemistry, scientific computing, and algorithmic information theory.
Undergrad Student
Neta Meiri
Neta is a 4th year Biochemical Engineering student. Currently, she is working on calculating entropy in model proteins.
Undergrad Student
Max Bershtman
Max is a 3rd year student in the Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences. He seeks to combine data science oriented research with computational engineering.
Undergrad Student
Ortal Havdala
Ortal is a 4th year Biochemical Engineering student at the Technion. Interested mostly in computational biology research, with a particular focus on areas related to genetics.
Undergrad Student
Malek Igbaria
Malek is an enthusiastic third year undergraduate student pursuing a dual degree in Material Engineering and Chemistry. He is eager to explore the convergence of theory and practice in computational methodologies.
Postdoctoral researcher
Dr. Israel Zadok
Israel received his BSc with honors, in 2005 from the Technion, faculty of Chemical Engineering. Worked for two years, 2006-2008, as an associate Researcher in the IMG4 MAGNET project, Technion R&D. Worked for five years, 2009-2013, as a pilot engineer/project manager at IMI TAMI – ICL (Israel chemicals limited) institute for R&D. Managing multiple R&D projects in the fields of biocides, pharma, process scaleup of novel flame retardants, simulation of mixing, and reaction calorimetry. Received his MSc in 2016, on the subject of “Evaluation of Protein-Imprinted Hydrogel Performance Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation” and completed his PhD in chemical engineering in 2020, on the subject of “Water transport in anion exchange membranes for fuel cell applications”.