Itamar Menuhin-Gruman

Hi all!

My name is Itamar Menuhin-Gruman, and I feel like a long-time newcomer to the community :)

On the EA front, I have been lately volunteering intensely in my local chapter (EA Israel), including leading the career fellowship program (loosely based on HIP's workbook), supporting the management in various capacities (such as helping in various operations behind our upcoming conference), and I have several ideas that I think would help the global community that I want to promote :)

On my career front, I took a meandring route. I started from ~3 years R&D in radiation propagation analysis (both in antennas design, mutual interference, and human safety fronts). I then did an undergrad in physics and applied math. Afterwards, I started a career in data science, first focusing on agriculture (~1 year), then cyber security (~2 years), followed by predicting high-risk population for various diseases, based on health records (~3 years). 

In tandem, I completed an M.Sc. in mathematical theory of deep learning, and also was team leader of an iGEM team (studential synthetic biology competition) in creating algorithms for mutationally robust genetic designs. Today, I am studying for a Ph.D. in the field, on the same topic.

On a personal level, I have a lovely partner that taught me a lot about altruism, and two beautiful black cats that I'm fairly sure are not altruistic. I practice aerial acrobatics and japanese group drumming (taiko), and I have a particular fondness for going into new fields, especially when I have both a lot to learn and to contribute from the start.