The Group

Postdoctoral Associates

Laxman Khalse

Laxman Khalse

Laxman was born in Aurangabad, India in 1992. He earned his M.Sc. degree in chemistry from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India. In 2023, he obtained his doctoral studies at IISER Bhopal, India, under the guidance of Prof. Prasanta Ghorai. During his doctoral research, he specialized in developing stereoselective Cu-catalyzed β-borylative cascade cyclization reactions of activated alkenes. In February 2024, Laxman joined the Nairoukh group as a postdoctoral researcher. Beyond his passion for chemistry, Laxman enjoys watching movies, reading, and exploring new places.

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Graduate Students

Yin Peng Lou

Yin Peng Lou

YinPeng Lou was born in HangZhou, China, in 1998. He received her B.Sc. in TaiZhou University in 2021. In 2024, He received his Master's degree in HangZhou Normal University under the supervision of Professor YuMing Cui and LiWen Xu. During his Master's studies, he investigated the Synthesis of axially chiral arylalkenes via palladium-catalyzed asymmetric C-H olefination.

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Yasmeen Aweida

Yasmeen Aweida

Yasmeen was born in Jerusalem in 2000. She received her B.Sc. in Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2023. She obtained her master’s degree under the supervision of Prof. Meital Reches in 2025, where she investigated the structure-function relationships of short antimicrobial peptides. Currently, she is a PhD student at the Nairoukh group. 
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Haining Li

Haining Li

Haining Li was born in ShannXi, China, in 1995. She received her B.Sc. in Light Chemical Engineering at Qiqihar University in 2016. In 2023, she received her Master's degree in Biological Resources Chemistry and Utilisation under the supervision of Professor Xiaoli Zhang. During her Master's studies, she investigated the synthesis of phosphatidylcholine-DHA (PC-DHA) by alkali-catalyzed ester exchange reaction.

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In 2023, she joined the Nairoukh group as a Ph.D. candidate. Not only is Haining passionate about research, but she also enjoys reading, running, and hiking.

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Hao Ding

Hao Ding

Hao Ding was born in Jiangxi, China in 1997. She received her B.Sc. degree in Chemistry at Jiangxi Normal University in 2018. In 2020, she obtained her Master degree under the supervision of Prof. Qiuping Ding. During her Master studies she investigated the cross-coupling reaction of sulfonamide and boric acid under visible-light conditions.

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In 2022, she joined the Nairoukh group as an PhD candidate. Hao enjoys traveling, playing Chinese instrument and hiking. 

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Nwar Egbaria

Nwar Egbaria

Nwar Egbaria was born in Umm Al-fahem in 2000. She started her B.Sc. in Chemistry in 2019 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 2022, Nwar joined the Nairoukh group. Besides organic chemistry, Nwar enjoys visiting new places and doing new adventures.

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Mohamed Agbaria

Mohamed Agbaria

Mohamed Agbaria was born in Umm Al-Fahem in 1995. He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry at Bar-Ilan University in 2018. He obtained his Master degree under the supervision of Prof. N. Gabriel Lemcoff at Ben Gurion University of the Negev where he investigated transformation of alcohols to organic halide.

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In fall 2020, he joined the Nairoukh group at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as a Ph.D. student.

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Undergraduate Students

Shahed Abo Elhija

Shahed Abo Elhija

Shahed was born in Tamra in 2004. She started her B.Sc. in Chemistry in 2023 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Shahed enjoys swimming and adventures in nature.
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Neta Bouton

Neta Bouton

Neta was born in Jerusalem in 2000, she started her B.Sci in Chemistry-Biology in 2024 at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Neta enjoys hiking, camping and watching movies.  

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Alumni