2018FLEX

Moran Amit
Postdoctoral fellow
UC San Diego


Moran Amit started her academic career in the department of materials engineering in the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. She graduated with summa cum laude and magna cum laude her B.Sc. and M.Sc. programs, respectively. Following, she conducted her Ph.D. research in the laboratory of Prof. Nurit Ashkenasy, where she also conducted her M.Sc. research. She focused on the electrical behavior of self-assembled peptides (short, man-made proteins) and their utilization in electrical devices, establishing peptides as a new class of bio-materials for electrical applications. She has published several peer-reviewed articles, starting from her B.Sc. studies, and presented her work in several oral and poster presentations at international conferences in the USA, Japan, Poland, and Israel. She received several awards for excellence in academic performance, and was awarded different competitive fellowships and traveling grants throughout the years. Following her Ph.D. studies, she was appointed as a post-doctoral fellow in Prof. Ashkenasy’s lab, researching protonic and electronic conduction through self-assembled peptides. Currently, she holds an appointment as a post-doctoral fellow in Prof. Tse Nga (Tina) Ng’s lab, in the department of electrical and computer engineering in UC San Diego, studying flexible wearable sensors for objective assessments.

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