Outstanding Achievement: Marine Biology Graduate Receives Prestigious University Award

The School of Marine Sciences congratulates Tovah Nehrer, graduate of our MSc program in Marine Biology, on receiving the University of Haifa’s Dean of Graduate Studies Award for Outstanding Thesis for the 2024–2025 academic year.

Her research, titled “A Conserved Signaling Pathway, a Different Outcome: The Role of the ERK Signaling Pathway in Sea Urchin Skeletal Elongation,” was supervised by Prof. Smadar Ben-Tabou de-Leon.

The award recognizes academic excellence, research quality, and meaningful contribution to the field. A paper led by Tovah was recently published in Development, and she also contributed to a publication in PNAS.

We are proud of Tovah for her outstanding achievement and thank Prof. Ben-Tabou de-Leon for her excellent mentorship. Tovah’s success serves as an inspiration to all our students.