He obtained his PhD from Tel Aviv University in 1999 and since then has held Post-doctoral and teaching positions at NASA, TU Berlin and IIT (Chicago). His research interests focus on energy-related flow control applications, unsteady aerodynamics, active separation control and dynamic stall control. He has than authored or co-authored more than sixty journal papers and book chapters, more than a hundred conference papers and reports, and has been awarded numerous patents. He is the Founder and Director of the Flow Control Laboratory.