PhD studentProject CETIHead of the Israeli Deep Sea Cetacean ProjectYaly.me@gmail.com+972526611616https://yalymevorach.com/ Linkedin Instagram Academic EducationBSc. Marine biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. 2015 – 2018. M.Sc. Marine biology, Department of Marine biology, School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa. Magna Cum Laude. Dean’s excellency award for outstanding thesis. 2019 –2021. PhD student in marine biology, Department of Marine biology, University of Haifa. Part of Project…

Navi started her Ph.D. with Professor Dani Tchernov and Dr. Aviad Scheinin as part of the Marine Apex Predator Laboratory at the station. During her masters, she was the first to construct of a nucleic data set for O. quekettii (endolithic algae). Identifying the true genotypic diversity of the Ostreobium genus provided an important step toward understanding its symbiotic relationship with its host, the stony coral.

Ms.c. Candidate   Facebook BSc – Marine Biology, Ruppin Academic Center (Michmoret), Israel (2018-2021)MSc student since 2022 Current Research: In her MSc, she aims to examine factors influencing female reproductive success for the Israeli common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) population and assess bottom-trawler fisheries' influence on reproductive success. Establishing baseline life history parameters is of paramount importance to identify the viability of the population and formulate adequate conservation measures.