Ani Amar

Biography

I received the MSc degree in physical and biomedical electronics from the National University of Radio Electronics, Ukraine, and the PhD degree in biomedical engineering from Tel Aviv University, Israel (in 2017), specializing in multi-scale modeling of cardiac function. Alongside my PhD studies, I have led several successful industrial projects in the biopharmaceutical and medical device industry.

In my current postdoctoral position at the Faculty of Engineering, Bar-Ilan University, I specialize in developing new modeling approaches for biological networks (e.g., gene co-expression networks, gene regulatory networks, protein-protein interaction networks) through automated reasoning. My research aims to derive a highly predictive explanation for the control of cell differentiation in the C. elegans germline.

My main research interests are in the area of computational modeling with applications to biological and physiological systems. In terms of physiological systems, I want to focus my research on multi-scale computational modeling in a wide variety of clinical applications, including oncology, cardiac and neurodegenerative diseases, among others, with a strong emphasis on clinical translation of the developed techniques. In terms of biological systems, my research interests focus on the development of new models and tools for bio networks to explore cell signaling, cell population behavior, and the interplay between cells and their extracellular environment.