Prof. Tali Ilovitsh

My research is in the field of medical ultrasound. I am developing optically-inspired ultrasonic techniques for the establishment of new ultrasound imaging methods. Further, in the field of ultrasound therapy, I investigate the interaction between sound waves and gas-bubbles, as a mechanism for enhanced vascular permeability, which enables safe and transient blood brain barrier opening and drug and gene delivery.

I am currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel. I received my B.Sc. (2010), M.Sc. in a direct track (2011), and Ph.D. (2016) degrees in electrical engineering from Bar Ilan University, Israel. My Ph.D. research in the field of optical imaging was focused on the development of super-resolution techniques for microscopy. Between 2016-2019 I was a postdoctoral researcher at Prof. Katherine Ferrara lab, initially at University of California Davis, and then at Stanford University School of Medicine, where I was working in the fields of ultrasound therapy and imaging. My ultimate goal is to develop medical ultrasound technologies that provide non-invasive, cost effective, real-time and safe monitoring, diagnostics, and therapy for clinically relevant problems.