Tamar Flash is an Israeli

neuroscientist A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist who has specialised knowledge in neuroscience, a branch of biology that deals with the physiology, biochemistry, psychology, anatomy and molecular biology of neurons, Biological neural network, n ...

and

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whose research concerns biological

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, including the motion of the

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, the effects of neurological damage on motion, and the use of

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to study biological motion. She holds the Dr. Hymie Moross Professorial Chair in the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the

Weizmann Institute of Science The Weizmann Institute of Science ( he, מכון ויצמן למדע ''Machon Vaitzman LeMada'') is a public research university in Rehovot, Israel, established in 1934, 14 years before the State of Israel. It differs from other Israeli unive ...

Education and career

Flash is originally from

Ramat Gan Ramat Gan ( he, רָמַת גַּן or , ) is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, located east of the municipality of Tel Aviv and part of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. It is home to one of the world's major diamond exchanges, and many ...

. She studied physics at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

, graduating in 1972, and earned a master's degree there in 1976. Beginning in 1978, she studied medical physics and medical engineering at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

(MIT); she completed her Ph.D. there in 1983. After postdoctoral research at MIT, she joined the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1985. There, she held the Corinne S. Koshland Career Development Chair from 1987 to 1991. She was promoted to associate professor in 1991 and to full professor in 1998, and was given the Hymie Moross Professorial Chair in 2003. She chaired the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from 2004 to 2006.

Recognition

Flash was elected to the

International Neuropsychological Society The International Neuropsychological Society is an international non-profit learned society dedicated to promoting research in neuropsychology. It was established in 1967 with only a few members, with its membership growing to about 5,000 by 2015. ...

in 1994. She was named as an international honorary member of the

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in 2016.

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