Alexander Tesler is a senior faculty member (Associate Professor) at Bar-Ilan University's Faculty of Engineering. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Wyss Institute and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He received his B.Sc. degree (2004) and M.Sc. degree (2006) in Chemical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of technology. His scientific interest was modeling of Impedance Spectroscopy data using Genetic Programming methods. He completed his Ph.D. (2012) in Chemistry, Department of Materials and Interfaces at Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, under the supervision of Prof. Israel Rubinstein (Thesis title: Plasmonic Nanostructures Obtained by Thermal Annealing of Percolated Metal Films and Their Application in Bio-Sensing). His dissertation topic was focused on solid state dewetting of noble metals on ceramic substrates and implementation such plasmonic transducers in biological sensing. His current research interests include formation of mechanically durable omniphobic-slippery surfaces for anti chemo- and bio-fouling, anti-icing, corrosion resistance and drag reduction applications.

Awards and honors

Mentor of recipient of the Israel Arie Gur prize (Ministry of Education) of excellence for a high school chemistry research project (with Nimrod de la Vega) (2014)

Postdoctoral research fellow in material science in the WYSS institute, Harvard University, USA (2013)

Mentor of recipient of the Israel Chemical Society prize of excellence for a high school chemistry research project (with Hadass Inbar) (2012)

Weizmann Institute PhD Scholarship, Weizmann Institute of Science (2008-2012)

Prize of “Tossaf” Company for Excellence in Polymer Studies, Technion, (2003)

Ch.E. Dean Excellence Awards, Technion (2002-2003)

Technion President Excellence Awards, Technion (2001, 2003)