Ayelet Baram-Tsabari is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and Head of the “Applied Science Communication” research group. She has founded the Israeli Science Communication Conference series, and served as an elected member of the scientific committee of the Public Communication of Science and Technology Network (PCST, 2016-2021), which aims to improve science communication worldwide.
Ayelet’s research focuses on bridging science education and science communication scholarship, asking in what ways do science education support public engagement with science in adult life, and supporting scientists in becoming effective science communicators.
Ayelet was a member of the Advisory Board for the US National Academy of Sciences’ LabX public engagement program, was elected member of the Israel Young Academy (2016-2020), and served as Chairwoman of its Communication Committee. She is also a member of the Israeli Center of Research Excellence on “Taking Citizen Science to School,” among other professional activities.