Prof. Elhanan Borenstein

Computational biology

Metagenomics

Human microbiome

B.Sc., Physics and Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University, 1996

Ph.D., Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University, 2007

Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, 2007-2009

Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Genome Sciences, 2009–2014

Adj. Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Computer Science and Engineering, 2011–2014

External Professor, Santa Fe Institute, 2011–present

Associate Professor, University of Washington, Genome Sciences, 2014–present

Adj. Associate Professor, Univ. of Washington, Computer Science and Engineering, 2014–present

Associate Professor, Tel-Aviv University, School of Computer Science, 2018–present

Associate Professor, Tel-Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, 2018–present

Program for the Fostering of Excellence, 1994–1996

B.Sc. Summa Cum Laude (graduated first in the class, GPA 97), 1996

Best Teaching Assistant Prize, School of Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University, 2003

School of Computer Science Award for Ph.D. Student, Tel-Aviv University, 2004

Aharon Katzir Center Training Fellowships for Ph.D., Weizmann Institute, 2004

The Don & Sara Marejn Scholarship for Outstanding Ph.D. Student, 2004

Yeshaya Horowitz Association Scholarship in Complexity Science, 2004–2006

Best Teacher, School of Computer Science, Tel-Aviv University, 2005

Philip Steinmetz Fellowship, Santa Fe Institute, 2005

Omidyar Fellowship, Santa Fe Institute, 2007–2009

Faculty of 1000 Member, Genomics & Genetics, 2011–present

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in molecular biology, 2011–2013

NIH (National Institutes of Health) Director’s New Innovator Award ($1,500,000), 2012–2017