Turbulence Structure Laboratory Tel Aviv University · School of Mechanical Engineering

Team

The people behind the lab

A group of researchers, engineers, and students working on experimental fluid mechanics, flow sensing, and physics-informed modeling at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University.

Prof. Alex Liberzon

Principal Investigator

Prof. Alex Liberzon

Head of the Laboratory

Head of the Turbulence Structure Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University. Maintainer of the open-source OpenPIV and OpenPTV projects.

Lab members

Dr. Ivan Litvinov

Dr. Ivan Litvinov

Senior Researcher

Joint appointment; co-developing next-generation MEMS flow sensors.

Lior Shig

Lior Shig

Ph.D. Student

Researches pollutant dispersion in urban canopy flows; PAZY-sponsored project with the Technion and IIBR.

Omri Kimhi

Omri Kimhi

M.Sc. Student

Developing next-generation PIV and PLIF measurement systems for a collaboration with the IIBR Environmental Wind Tunnel. Recipient of the Smoler-Winikov Environmental Research Scholarship.

Omer Hadar

Omer Hadar

M.Sc. Student

Studies blood flow mechanics in the left ventricle using 3D particle tracking velocimetry.

Guy Ron

Guy Ron

M.Sc. Student

Developing active hydrodynamic sensing; researches unsteady hydrofoil forces.

Gal Spaer Milo

Gal Spaer Milo

M.Sc. Student

Co-supervised with Prof. Slava Krylov at the MEMS laboratory.

Ofer Shaine

Ofer Shaine

M.Sc. Student

Undergraduate excellence program research student.

Itamar Dagan

Itamar Dagan

Research Assistant

Continues optical Schlieren ultrasound wave measurements.

Roi Feldenkreis

Roi Feldenkreis

M.Sc. Student (External)

Develops OpenPTV v2.0, an open-source particle tracking velocimetry package in Python.

Sean Kagan

Sean Kagan

Undergraduate Researcher

Excellence program; wall shear stress MEMS sensor development.

Avraham Blas

Avraham Blas

Laboratory Technician

Vast experience in engineering and laboratory systems.

Lab life

A few moments from the lab — presentations, hands-on measurements, and collaborations.

Gal Spaer Milo presenting his MEMS-based flow velocity sensor research.
Gal Spaer Milo presenting his MEMS-based flow velocity sensor research.
Precision calipering of a canopy-flow model element in the lab.
Precision calipering of a canopy-flow model element in the lab.
With our collaborators at the IIBR Environmental Wind Tunnel Laboratory.
With our collaborators at the IIBR Environmental Wind Tunnel Laboratory.
Prof. Liberzon congratulating a graduating lab alumnus at commencement.
Prof. Liberzon congratulating a graduating lab alumnus at commencement.

Alumni

Former lab members — 57 in total since the lab's founding; recent graduates below.

  • Chen MortenfeldPh.D.
  • Sari KardoshResearch Engineer
  • Leah Ben TzurResearch Engineer
  • Eytan LibisUndergraduate Researcher
  • Golan MichaeliB.Sc. 2025
  • Aviv LittmanB.Sc. 2024
  • Dema MoradB.Sc. 2024
  • Almog GreenbergM.Sc. 2024, Cum Laude
  • Marco BoettiPh.D. 2023
  • Dan RefaeliM.Sc. 2023
  • Liron SimonM.Sc. 2023, Cum Laude
  • Or MagenB.Sc. 2022
  • Meiron ZollmannPh.D. 2022
  • Yoav KesslerPh.D. 2022
  • Lilly VersoPh.D. 2019
  • Ron ShnappPh.D. 2019 — now at Ben-Gurion University
  • Yosef MellerPh.D. 2018

Join us

Open positions

A Ph.D. position is available through a collaboration between Tel Aviv University and the Soreq Nuclear Research Center, funded by the Israeli Ministry of Energy, investigating heat transfer and flow phenomena for reactor safety using optical diagnostics (PIV/LIF). It comes with a guaranteed fellowship and access to advanced equipment at both institutions.

We also welcome M.Sc. thesis proposals in: particle behavior at turbulent/non-turbulent interfaces in stratified liquids; serverless PIV analysis for cloud platforms; combining 3D-PTV with DIC for biomedical tissue stress analysis; and stereoscopic PIV bridging OpenPTV and OpenPIV.

Send your CV and research statement