Head of the national center for science and technology teachers at the middle school level Motnet website
Head of Personalized teaching and Learning (PETEL) for Science and Technology project
Head of the Professional Learning communities (PLC's) of Science and Technology teachers for middle school and high-school project (22 regional communities and 3 leaders communities)
2013-2019 : Developer and Academic manager of “Chemistry on Line” - a virtual chemistry school, a collaboration with Davidson Institute
2013- 2016: PI of the ENGAGE project in Israel – An EU funded project aim at educating toward Responsible Research and Innovation ENGAGE in Hebrew
Awards and prizes:
2017: Incumbent of the Maurice Levy Staff Scientist chair in Science Teaching Chair
2014: ACS-CEI Award for Incorporating Sustainability into Chemistry Education sponsored by the American Chemical Society’s Committee on Environmental Improvement (CEI)
Research Interests
Professional development of teachers, scientific literacy, socio-scientific issues (SSI), integrating thinking skills into science education,