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Israel Kellersztein is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His research seeks to understand how biological structural materials solve fundamental mechanical challenges through the interplay of composition and structural design, and how these principles can be translated into next-generation engineered structural materials.

His research integrates biological model systems, architected materials, and renewable materials within a unified research framework that identifies, characterizes, and translates structural design principles across natural and engineered material systems. This integrated approach establishes fundamental composition–structure–property relationships that guide the design of damage-tolerant structural materials.

Dr. Kellersztein received his PhD from the Weizmann Institute of Science and conducted postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology as a Fulbright Scholar.