From Lab to Life: High School Reject to Nobel? |
From Lab to Life: High School Reject to…Nobel? Yifat Merbl Prof. Yifat Merbl of Weizmann Institute of Science. (Courtesy/Weizmann)
The Times of Israel has just reported that Weizmann Institute scientist Prof. Yifat Merbl has been named one of the top 10 most influential scientists of 2025 by the prestigious Nature journal. Her story is remarkable.
She was thrown out of her high school before finishing her Bagrut (high school completion) exams. In hindsight, she had serious ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Today we know how to........