Prof. Amit Meller

Single Molecule Biophysics and Bio-Nano Technology Lab

Job Title Vice Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Phone 04-8293202
Email ameller@technion.ac.il
Office Emerson Building, Room 627
Link to Lab https://www.meller-lab.net

CV

  • 1997 PhD Department of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
  • 1992 MSc Department of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
  • 1989 BSc Physics and Astronomy (Cum laude), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 2010 - Full Professor (tenured), Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel
  • 2010-2015 - World-Class University Professor, Biophysics and Chemical Biology, Seoul National University, S. Korea
  • 2006-2010 - Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
  • 2000-2006 - Rowland Senior Fellow, Rowland Institute at Harvard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • 1998-2000 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University,  Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Nanopore sensors for single molecule sensing of genetic and epi-genetic markers in cancer and infectious diseases
  • Single molecule protein sensing assisted by deep learning algorithms
  • Super-resolution microscopy for following protein translation processes in live cells
  • Development of bioensors with plasmonic amplifiers for single-molecule-level separation
  • Biomolecule manipulation with micro- and nano-fluidics
  • Signal processing and computerized biomedical design for point-of-care-systems