Hagai Rappeport

PhD Student​, joint with Dr. Mor Nitzan (HUJI)

I'm interested in understanding general organizing principles of Life. A strong adherent of Dobzhansky's "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution", I believe that much of our current gaps in understanding life stem from our gaps in understanding Evolution. To try and bridge one such gap, my current research agenda is focused on modeling the role of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in driving evolution and studying analogs of such plasticity in models from Complex Systems Theory. 

My MSc was on the topic of Chaos in Biological Systems, with Prof. Nathalie Balaban and the late Prof. Naftali Tishbi (HUJI CS). Prior to this I worked with Prof. David Engelberg (HUJI Biochemistry) on MAP Kinases.