Experience

New Light Technologies

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Scientist

  • Mar 2018 - Present

• Remote sensing scientist

  • Nov 2017 - Mar 2018



The World Bank

• United States
• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • May 2021 - Present

• Consultant

  • Dec 2016 - Present



UC San Diego

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Dec 2015 - Present

  • Lecturer, “Advanced GIS and Spatial Analysis” (Winter, 2016; Winter, 2017) • Developing and teaching a graduate level course in remote sensing and analysis of large-scale geospatial data• Course emphasizes on remote sensing in the Google Earth Engine platform

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Feb 2015 - Mar 2018

  Main Research projects:• Urbanization and industrialization in India• Assessment of nighttime light datasets for remote sensing research in urban areas• Mining activity, commodity “boom” and deforestation • Using remote sensing to detect “Fracking” activity and assess its ecological impacts• Using multispectral satellite imagery to detect global coral reef bleaching eventso Developing and managing large-scale geodatabaseso Processing high-resolution satellite imagery, including WorldView 3, Landsat and Sensinel-2o Conducting supervised pixel-based image classification o Developing together with Google Earth Engine team an urban land cover layero Developing geospatial big data analytical tools for use by UCSD faculty and graduate studentso Performing geospatial analysis and change detection in Google Earth Engine o Providing GIS and remote sensing professional guidance and instruction to master's and PhD level graduate students and faculty members at UCSDo Mentoring UCSD faculty members on using DigitalGlobe`s Basemap Show less



Tel Aviv University

• Israel
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant, GIS Analyst

  • Feb 2011 - Sep 2015

  Main Research projects: • Land use and land cover spatial distribution in planned and organic cities • Prediction of pedestrian flow in closed built environments • Urban spatial configuration and socio-economic residential differentiation • Residential accessibility to open spaces • The geographic scale of tolerance in the urban area o Creating and managing ArcGIS geodatabases o Processing and analyzing raster and vector spatial data o Designing and conducting research projects o Supervising Research Assistants o In charge of GIS and technology of "Svivati", a GIS-based website built by Tel-Aviv University and the Israel Union for Environmental Defense Show less



Center on Global Justice, UCSD

• La Jolla, California

• Research Fellow

  • May 2014 - Feb 2015

  • Developing and maintaining GIS geodatabase of the US-Mexico border • Performing analysis and visualization of spatial data • Designing and documenting field experiments in community stations • Developing curriculum and instructing GIS and spatial analysis • Developing digital UCSD campus with Lidar data, aerial imagery and supplemental GIS data of the UCSD campus • Developing and maintaining GIS geodatabase of the US-Mexico border • Performing analysis and visualization of spatial data • Designing and documenting field experiments in community stations • Developing curriculum and instructing GIS and spatial analysis • Developing digital UCSD campus with Lidar data, aerial imagery and supplemental GIS data of the UCSD campus



Startup18

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Hebrew teacher

  • 2012 - 2013

  Hebrew teacher of children and adults at the "Tarbuton"- Isareli Cultural Center Hebrew teacher of children and adults at the "Tarbuton"- Isareli Cultural Center



The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel

• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• GIS specialist, Cartographer

  • Apr 2007 - Sep 2011

  • Analyzing and geo-processing spatial data (using ESRI`s ArcGIS products) • Building and managing geospatial databases • Designing and producing maps for SPNI (Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel) and OLI (Open Landscape Institute); • In charge of OLI`s website, publications and research materials, including publication on ESRI`s ArcGIS.com and ArcGIS Explorer Online platforms; • Providing GIS professional guidance and instruction to SPNI`s and OLI`s staff • Analyzing and geo-processing spatial data (using ESRI`s ArcGIS products) • Building and managing geospatial databases • Designing and producing maps for SPNI (Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel) and OLI (Open Landscape Institute); • In charge of OLI`s website, publications and research materials, including publication on ESRI`s ArcGIS.com and ArcGIS Explorer Online platforms; • Providing GIS professional guidance and instruction to SPNI`s and OLI`s staff



the Council for a Beautiful Israel

• Tel Aviv, Israel

• Instructor and teaching coordinator

  • 2005 - 2007

  • Instructing school students (ages 6-18) and university students. Instruction topics include: ecology, quality of the environment, urban geography • Developing educational programs, including a program for the IDF • Teaching coordinator; The `Irotop` matriculation exam in geography • Coordinating the councils` summer camp • Instructing school students (ages 6-18) and university students. Instruction topics include: ecology, quality of the environment, urban geography • Developing educational programs, including a program for the IDF • Teaching coordinator; The `Irotop` matriculation exam in geography • Coordinating the councils` summer camp



Tel Aviv University

• Israel
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research assistant

  • 2001 - 2007

  • Assisting in multiple research projects, including design, implementation and analysis of experimental data, and design of 3D virtual environments; • Leading various research and environmental projects, including development and design of an environmental educational program for the `Council for a Beautiful Israel` and successfully implementing it at the council`s youth educational program• Presenting ESLab`s research projects at international workshops and conferences;

• Teaching assistant

  • 2004 - 2005

  • Teaching assistant (TA) of Prof. Avi Degani, Prof. Itzhak Benenson and Prof. Itzhak Omer in the course “Research Methods and Spatial Analysis”;• Oral teaching, Assignments and exams composition and evaluation.



The Safari

• Tel Aviv, Israel

• Instructor

  • 2000 - 2003

  Instructor at the "Safari" Zoological center, Ramat Gan, Israel. Job included instruction of both, youth groups (ages 5-18) and adults, visiting the zoological center on various aspects of animal behavior and ecology. Instructor at the "Safari" Zoological center, Ramat Gan, Israel. Job included instruction of both, youth groups (ages 5-18) and adults, visiting the zoological center on various aspects of animal behavior and ecology.



the Animal and Society unit, Tel-Aviv University

• the Animal and Society unit

• Research Assistant

  • 2000 - 2003

  • Assisting research in multiple experiments • Writing academic manuscripts for the journal Animals and Society (in Hebrew) • Instructing school students at Tel-Aviv university zoological center. • Assisting research in multiple experiments • Writing academic manuscripts for the journal Animals and Society (in Hebrew) • Instructing school students at Tel-Aviv university zoological center.