2015-2019 – Ph.D. with Professor David Cahen and Gary Hodes, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science Unraveling fundamentalelectronic and optoelectronic properties that determine operation mechanisms of halide perovskite solar cells
2012- 2014 – M.Sc. with Prof. David Cahen, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science Molecular modification of Sisurfaces and Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) interfaces
2004–2008 – B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University – Graduated cum laude
Employment
2025 – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion, Israel.
2021–2025 – Elings Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Ram Seshadri, Materials Department and Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2020-2021 – Postdoctoral Researcher with Dr. Michal Leskes, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science
2008–2011 – Process Engineer for oxide layers – Intel, Kiriat Gat: Control over chemical and mechanical polishing of oxide layers, characterization of polishing matrix using nanometric scale tools to prevent defects (Zeta potential and DLS measurements).Worked in a team of 6 to maintain a 24/7 process line with an individual and shared responsibility to deliver outstanding performance.
2010 – 2014 – High school teaching for sustainability, Beer-Sheva High School. Enrichment class teaching job includesindoor and outdoor teaching, experience on class and leading community environmental projects with the students.
Academic Awards
2021 – Ben Gurion university Fellowship for Engineering and science postdoctoral abroad
2020 – Elings postdoctoral fellow at the California Nanosystems Institute, UCSB
2018 – Best poster award from “International Symposium on Energy Science and Technology conference,” OIST, Japan.
2008 – Excellence Scholarship award from Makhtesgim Agan (ADAMA) for ungraduated students
Recent Conferences
2024 – “Designing roles for new Anodes compositions: Exploring Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Oxides for Li-ion Batteries”. Batteries Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, US – poster
2023 – “Controlling Operating Voltages in Molybdenum Oxide Anodes through Inductive Effects”.
ECS spring meeting, Boston, US – invited Oral presentation
2022 – “In Operando, Photovoltaic, and Microscopic Evaluation of Recombination Centers in Halide Perovskite-Based Solar Cells”. ACS spring meeting, San Diego, US and MRS spring meeting, Honolulu, US – Oral presentation
Zohar, A.; Li, ; Zhou, Y.; Wyckoff, K.E.; Bologna, A.J.; Patterson, A.; Pilon, L.; Seshadri, R. Fast Charging from Low Li-Ion Migration Barriers in Wadsley–Roth NaNb7O18 Anodes Chem. Mater. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02980
Zohar, ; Wyckoff, K. E.; Vincent, R. C.; Mates, T. E.; Seshadri, R. Controlling Operating Voltages in MolybdenumOxide Anodes Through Inductive Effects, Chem. Mater. 2023, 35, 5009– 5016. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00354
Zohar, ; Kulbak, M.; Turren-Cruz, S. H.; Nayak, P. K.; Kama, A.; Hagfeldt, A.; Snaith, H. J.; Hodes, G.; Cahen, D. In Operando, Photovoltaic, and Microscopic Evaluation of Recombination Centers in Halide Perovskite-Based Solar Cells. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 14, 34171–34179. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c08675
Zohar, A.; Levine, I.; Gupta, S.; Davidson, ; Azulay, D.; Millo, O.; Balberg, I.; Hodes, G.; Cahen, D. What Is the Mechanism of MAPbI3 p-Doping by I2? Insights from Optoelectronic Properties. ACS Energy Lett. 2017, 2, 2408–2414.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00698
Zohar, A.; Kedem, N.; Levine, ; Zohar, D.; Vilan, A.; Ehre, D.; Hodes, G.; Cahen, D. Impedance SpectroscopicIndication for Solid State Electrochemical Reaction in (CH3NH3)PbI3 Films. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2016, 7, 191–197.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b02618
