CV Shai Pilosof

Positions

    • 2019 — present, Senior Lecturer (assistant professor), Ben-Gurion University, Israel
    • 2015 — 2019, James S. McDonnell Foundation & Fulbright postdoctoral scholar, University of Chicago.

Education

    • Ph.D., Ecology, 2015, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Supervised by Boris Krasnov and Serge Morand (CNRS).
    • M.Sc., Ecology, 2011, Ben-Gurion University, Israel (Summa cum laude)
    • B.Sc., Life Sciences, 2007, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Academic visits

    • 2020 — Dr. David Alonso, Center for Advanced Studies, Spanish National Research Council. Blanes, Spain.
    • 2018 — ICE-lab, Umea (Sweden), the group of Dr. Martin Rosvall.
    • 2013 — Integrative Ecology Group, Doñana Biological Station, Spain (Funded by The Israel Academy of Science and Humanities).
    • 2008 — Institute of Biology, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico (Funded by Mexican and Israeli Ministries of Foreign Affairs)

Grants

    • Israel Science Foundation (2020-2024). Ecological multilayer networks: advancing theory and methodology for understanding the complexity of ecological systems. Role: PI
    • Ministry of Science and Technology (2020). Epidemiological-Economic model for COIVD19 intervention strategies in Israel. Role: PI.
    • NSF-NIH (2019-2024). Temporal strain structure and responses to interventions in a high endemicity region of Plasmodium falciparum;  granted to Mercedes Pascual (University of Chicago). Contributions: ideas, results, writing. Role: active collaborator. Total budget: $3M.
    • NSF-NIH (2019-2023). The Impact of Land Use Change on Transmission Potential Networks and Disease Spread in Rural Madagascar;  granted to Charles Nunn (Duke University). Contributions: ideas, results, writing. Role: active collaborator. Total budget: $2.5M.

Invited talks - Seminars

    • Center for Complexity Science, UNAM, Mexico, Sep. 2020
    • Faculty of Biology, Technion, Israel, 2020
    • Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine, Duke University, 2018.
    • Duke Network Analysis Center, Duke University, 2018.
    • Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel), 2018.
    • School of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University (Israel), 2018.
    • Northwestern Institute for Complex System, Northwestern University, Evanston, 2017
    • Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California at Santa Barbara, 2016.
    • Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago invited seminar, 2016.

Invited talks - conferences and workshop

    • EcoFlor, Bilbao, Spain, 2020.
    • Networks in Disease Ecology Satellite Meeting at NetSci2018, 2018.
    • Ecological Society of America annual meeting — Ecological Multiplex Networks symposium (keynote speaker), 2017.
    • Mathematics and Physics of Complex Networks Workshop, Dresden, Germany, 2015. 
    • Networks of Networks Workshop, Göttingen, Germany, 2014.
    • SIDEER symposium, Ben-Gurion University, Israel, 2014

Fellowships

    • The James S. McDonnell Foundation Fellowship for a postdoctoral position, 2015–2018.
    • US-Israel Educational Foundation Fulbright Fellowship for a postdoctoral position, 2015.
    • Aharon and Ephraim Katzir Fellowship, The Israel Academy of Science and Humanities, 2013.
    • Travel grant for a workshop, Zoological Society of Israel, 2013.
    • Chateaubriand Fellowship, The French Scientific Office for Cooperation (Not taken), 2012.
    • The Kreitman Foundation Ph.D. Fellowship, 2011–2015.
    • Full M.Sc. Fellowship, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2009–2012.
    • Travel grant for outstanding M.Sc. students, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2010.
    • Full M.Sc. Fellowship, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2009–2011.
    • Israel-Mexico bilateral Fellowship for cultural-scientific cooperation, 2008.

Awards and prizes

    • Best-talk pitch (2nd place), NetSci 2018 conference (watch), 2018.
    • Rector Award and Prize for Academic Achievements, 2014.
    • Merav Ziv Award for Excellence in Ecology (Ph.D.), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2013.
    • M.Sc. Summa cum laude, 2012.
    • The Dean Award and Prize for Academic Achievements in M.Sc. Studies, 2011.
    • Best poster presentation (1st place), The 48th annual meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Tel-Aviv, 2011.
    • Merav Ziv Award for Excellence in Ecology (M.Sc.), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2010.

Teaching

    • Introduction to Ecology (undergrad university course); Ben Gurion University, 2020. Lecturer.
    • Networks in Ecology and Evolution (university course); University of Chicago, 2017 and 2018. Co-lecturer.
    • Linking Community and Ecosystem Dynamics Using Ecological Networks (workshop); University of Groningen, Oct. 2018. Invited teacher.
    • The Biology of Desert Dwelling Bats (workshop); Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
      2009. Instructor.

Conferences

    • Israeli Society for Evolutionary Biology, Tel Aviv 2019
    • NetSci 2018, Paris, 2018.
    • Ecological Society of America annual meeting (keynote speaker in the symposium on multiplex networks), Portland OR, USA, 2017.
    • JSMF-SFI Postdocs in Complexity Conference. Santa Fe Institute for Complex Systems II, Santa Fe, NM, USA, July 2017 (invited)
    • JSMF-SFI Postdocs in Complexity Conference. Santa Fe Institute for Complex Systems I, Santa Fe, NM, USA, January 2017 (invited)
    • Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, USA, 2016.
    • Joint meeting of the British and French ecological societies, Lille, France, 2014.
    • Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, Fort-Collins, CO, USA, 2014.
    • 50th meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2013.
    • 48th meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2011.
    • 2nd Berlin Bat Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 2010.
    • The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Seattle, USA, 2010.
    • 46th meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Haifa, Israel, 2009.

Scientific activities