Tal DAHAN
Tal DAHAN
- Postdoc
- Group Nordborg
Former and Current Positions
Since 2023 - Postdoctoral fellow in the Nordborg Lab.
2017-2023 - PhD at The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
2014-2016 - MSc at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (magna cum laude)
2011-2014 - BSc Agr. at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Academic Honors and Awards
2023 VIP2 three-year postdoctoral fellowship
2023 IES Next-gen Environmental Sustainability prize towards postdoctoral studies
2022 Moshe Meir Horovitz Memorial Award
2019 EMBO Short-Term Fellowship
2018 - 2023 Sustainability and Energy Weizmann Doctoral Fellow (SAERI fellowship)
2015 - 2016 Honours scholarship for academic achievement from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
Research interests
I have a deep interest in understanding natural variation in plants and how they adapt to their local environments. During my PhD, I studied the genetic and phenotypic adaptations of a wild wheat population sampled over 36 years in its natural habitat. This study demonstrated local adaptation to distinct ecological niches, which left me eager to explore the mechanisms driving such adaptations. In my postdoctoral research, I focus on the adaptive role of seed size using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. My aim is to understand the genetic basis of seed size variation and how it contributes to plant adaptability, particularly in challenging environments.