David is from Israel, where he received his PhD in life science in 2019 at Bar-Ilan University. During his PhD, he found a new function for sleep in the nuclear level of individual neurons. As a HFSP postdoc fellow, he will study the development of neural circuits for social behavior in schooling Danionella, and will learn how to catch waves.
David is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)