Dana Bar-Zvi
PhD Candidate at the Weizmann Institute of Science
COO of Little, Big Science
Board Member of Survivors of Sexual Violence Advocacy Group
I work across wheat biodiversity research, science communication, and trauma-informed ethics: from wild emmer wheat genomics at the Weizmann Institute of Science to survivor-centered advocacy and ethical work in psychedelic-assisted therapy.
About
I am a bioinformatician and PhD candidate at the Weizmann Institute of Science, studying wild emmer wheat biodiversity in the Levy Lab. My research uses genomic data from historical and contemporary wild emmer wheat populations to advance sustainable food security and our understanding of biodiversity, evolution, and adaptation.
I also advocate at the intersection of survivor-centered advocacy, sexual-violence policy, and psychedelic-assisted therapy ethics, from lived and professional experience, implementing the motto "nothing about us, without us". I am a board member (and formerly an international affairs director) in the survivor-led NGO Survivors of Sexual Violence Advocacy Group. I am also one of the founders of Expanding Consciousness - The first Women in Psychedelics conference in Israel.
I am the COO of Little, Big Science, an all-volunteer science communication NGO.