Dr. Maya Weinberg

(DVM, Bsc)

Present-
Veterinarian doctor and Ph.D. candidate at the BATLAB of Prof. Yossi Yovel at Department of Zoology,
Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Thesis subject is: Fruit bats and their bacteria in times of sickness and in
health. Fields of interest: Bat microbiome, Immune system response regarding bacterial illness,
Seasonality of bacterial illness and reproduction, General pathology of fruit bats. Working with fruit bats
since 2009.

Past-
BSc in Animal Sciences, magna cum laude at the Department of Animal Sciences, The Robert H. Smith
Faculty of Agricultural, Food & Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
Graduated Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
(2007).