I was born in Vladivostok, Russia, and moved to Israel during my teenage years. I took undergraduate courses in psychology, sociology and anthropology, and earned a BA from Ben- Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (magna cum laude). I then completed my PhD in Neuroscience through a direct track for excellent students at Tel Aviv University, Israel. After graduating, I was trained in the Department of Psychology and the Centre for Brain Sciences at Harvard University, USA. Afterwards, I continued my training at the Max Planck Society, Germany. After recently securing an ERC Starting Grant, I am about to open my own lab and embark on an independent research path into the nature of human memory circuits.