Rector: Professor Noga Kronfeld-Schor

Professor Noga Kronfeld-Schor is the 17th Rector of Tel Aviv University and a Full Professor at the School of Zoology. She earned all her academic degrees: B.Sc., M.Sc., Teaching Certificate, Master of Health Administration (MHA), and Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University, and completed her postdoctoral research at Boston University. In 2001, she joined the university’s faculty as an Alon Fellow and later participated in the Wexner Senior Leadership Program at Harvard University.

Professor Kronfeld-Schor is a leading researcher in the fields of ecological physiology, chronobiology, and conservation physiology. Her research examines how environmental conditions and human-induced changes such as light pollution and climate change affect physiological and behavioral systems. Her work bridges basic research and applied questions related to climate change, light pollution, one health, and species conservation, and she is recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on biological rhythms in the wild.

Over the years, Professor Kronfeld-Schor has held numerous senior academic and public positions. She served as the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and as Chair of the National Council for Civilian Research and Development (MOLMOP), represented Israel and served on United Nations committees, was a board member of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, and in various international scientific organizations. At Tel Aviv University, she served as Head of the School of Zoology and founded and led the new School of the Environment.

Professor Kronfeld-Schor has published over 150 scientific papers, supervised dozens of graduate students, and received numerous research grants and awards recognizing her contributions to science, environment, and Israeli society.

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