Ayelet Baram-Tsabari

Ayelet Baram-Tsabari is a professor of science communication and education and head of the “Applied Science Communication” research group at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. She is also a former journalist, editor, and TV presenter (1999-2008). Her research focuses on bridging science education and science communication scholarship. Specifically, she is interested in how science education supports public engagement with science in adult life and ways to help scientists become effective science communicators.

She received the Higher Education Award for a Young Faculty Member for an exceptional contribution to society and the community in Israel from the Council of Higher Education (2021). She also served as an elected member of the Israel Young Academy (2016-2020) and the scientific committee of the Public Communication of Science and Technology Network (PCST, 2016-2021).