Group Members
Group Leader
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Staff
Avia Lavon
Engineer and Lab Manager |
Avia is a biomedical processes lab engineer in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at BGU and Lab Manager at the Nanobioelectronics Laboratory. Avia specializes in cell biology and biochemistry research. She received her B.Sc. (2008) in Nuclear Engineering, M.Med.Sc. in Medical Sciences (2011) and M.Sc. in Management and Safety engineering (2015), all in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. During her M.Med.Sc. Avia’s research focused on Searching for Potential Osteoporosis Biomarkers and Investigation of Apoptosis Mechanisms in osteoporosis using osteoporosis models in rats, cell biology, and biochemical and histology methods.
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Dalit is on the designation of Research administrative supporter at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. She has completed her master degree in business administration from Heriot-watt University and her bachelor degree is in Human Resources from Sapir College, Israel. She is working with NBEL members to make the research administrative work easier for the graduate and post-graduate students.
Dalit galitsky
Research Administrative Supporter
Office: Building 42, room 329
Email: galitsky@bgu.ac.il
Research Administrative Supporter
Office: Building 42, room 329
Email: galitsky@bgu.ac.il

Alex one of the staff at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, he studies lithography to help students, also designs sketches for solidworks. He has completed his Bachelor of Science ( B.Sc 2007-2011) in Chemical engineering from Sami Shamoon College. His focus is on the fabrication of various micro and macro scale level electrodes.
Alex
Lab Engineer
Office: Building 63, room 208
Email: snezhko@bgu.ac.il
Lab Engineer
Office: Building 63, room 208
Email: snezhko@bgu.ac.il
Research Scientist

Dr. Dayananda Desagani is a research scientist at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He was a Postdoctoral researcher at Tel Aviv University, Israel, from April 2018 to December 2019 at Prof. Yosi Shacham’s research group and a Research Associate at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India (2017). Dayananda received the doctoral degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science- Pilani, India, in 2016 (Supervisor: Prof. Narendranath Ghosh, Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science- Pilani, Goa Campus). His doctoral research was on developing a simple methodology to prepare the mesoporous alumina-based adsorbents and their application in removal of fluoride ion from water. Dayananda published 15 international peer-reviewed articles and one book chapter. His current research focuses on the development and fabrication of flexible sensors for healthcare device applications.
Dr. Dayananda Desagani
Email: dayanand@post.bgu.ac.il
Email: dayanand@post.bgu.ac.il
Doctoral Students

Oriya Ester Maruani is a Ph.D. student in the Chemistry department at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and is co-supervised with Dr. Anat Milo. Oriya completed her Master of Science ( M.Sc.2018-2020) in Chemistry department under the same co-supervision in the subject electrochemical detection methods. Oriya received her Bachelor of Science ( B.Sc. 2014-2018) in Chemical Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her present research work focuses on a Lab-on-a-chip system composed of 3D microelectrodes for the electrochemical analysis of bacteria producing biofilm.
Oriya Ester Maruani
Email: oriyam@post.bgu.ac.il
Building No.: 64
Lab: 202 & 208
Email: oriyam@post.bgu.ac.il
Building No.: 64
Lab: 202 & 208

Daniel Kaufman is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Daniel completed his master and undergrad studies in the same department. His research focuses on influencing biological behavior of single cells using electrical signal.
Daniel Kaufman
Email: kaufmand@post.bgu.ac.il
Building No.: 64
Lab: 202 & 208
Email: kaufmand@post.bgu.ac.il
Building No.: 64
Lab: 202 & 208

- Meghna Khadka is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She has completed her Master of Science (M.Sc. 2017-2019) in Chemistry from Sikkim Manipal University, India and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Hons. 2014-2017) in Chemistry from Calcutta University, India. She worked on the synthesis, characterization and application of zinc oxide decorated graphene oxide in her master studies. Meghna's PhD project focuses on development of electrochemical sensors for environmental pollutants.
Meghna Khadka
Email: meghnak@post.bgu.ac.il
Building No. : 64
Lab: 202 & 208
Email: meghnak@post.bgu.ac.il
Building No. : 64
Lab: 202 & 208
Masters Students

Avigayil Zerem Sztokman is a Master's student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Avigayil received her Bachelor of Science in Material Engineering also from BGU (2022), and her undergrad project focused on doping of certain elements to create a thermodynamically efficient alloy. Her present research focuses on the effects of absorbed materials on the surface of implanted electrochemical biosensors.
Avigayil Zerem Sztokman
Email: sztokman@post.bgu.ac.il
Building No: 64
Lab: 202 & 208
Email: sztokman@post.bgu.ac.il
Building No: 64
Lab: 202 & 208

Ahed Shibli is a Master's student at the Biomedical Engineering Department at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Ahed completed her undergraduate studies in the same department (2022). Her research focuses on implanted electrochemical biosensors to detect cancer cells on cancer patients.
Ahed Shibli
Email: ahedshi@post.bgu.ac.il
Building No: 64
Lab: 202 & 208
Email: ahedshi@post.bgu.ac.il
Building No: 64
Lab: 202 & 208
Graduate Students
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Undergraduate Students

Orel is a 2nd-year undergraduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She served as a medic in the IDF. Orel is taking part in a Rothschild leadership program and various voluntary organizations.
Orel Batito
Email: orelba@post.bgu.ac.il

Lihi is a 2nd-year undergraduate student in the department of biomedical engineering at Ben-Gurion University. Prior to her army service, Lihi volunteered for 1 year community service as a scouts instructor with underprivileged youth. In her army service, Lihi served as an instructor in the "Oketz" elite unit in the IDF.
Lihi Haberman
Email: lihihab@post.bgu.ac.il
Email: lihihab@post.bgu.ac.il