Shahar
Dubiner

Shahar is a PhD student in the School of Zoology at Tel Aviv University under the supervision of Dr. Eran Levin and Prof. Shai Meiri.

Shahar studies the ecophysiology of reptiles and the drivers for its variation across time and space.

His research interests revolve around the meeting points between thermal biology, metabolism, diet, biological rhythms, biogeography, and conservation and spans a wide range of scales and methods from the molecular through the organismal to the macro-ecological. By studying reptiles’ diverse solutions to survive cold, heat, aridity, food shortage – and their inherent changes – Shahar hopes to expand our knowledge of how life can adapt to its environment.

Shahar grew up in Kibbutz Yahad in the Lower Galilee. He received his BSc in biology from Tel Aviv University, continuing immediately on the direct PhD track. He loves every kind of living organism – and even some of the dead ones. In his (sadly) limited free time, Shahar enjoys good books, music, mangoes, karate, and hiking in nature. His favourite punctuation mark is the left round bracket.