Amir Szitenberg A PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Dorothee Huchon Dept. of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel. Tel. +972-3-640-9817 shitenbe@post.tau.ac.il	Links
Ongoing studies Poriferan molecular evolution Group I mitochondrial introns in sponges Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of Tetillidae Applying the novel marker ALG11 to resolve poecilosclerid phylogeny Microsporidian taxonomy The phylogenetic possition of new microsporidian species Tilapiine population genetics Human impact on the population structure of Israeli tilapiine species	Oreochromis aureus Cinachyrella kuekenthali
Education 2007 to date: Studying towards a Ph.D. degree in the department of Zoology, George S.Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, under the supervision of Dr. Dorothee Huchon. Title of research: Molecular evolution of spirophorid demosponges 2004– 2007: M.Sc. – performed in the department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, under the supervision of Dr. Menachem Goren and Dr. Dorothee Huchon, graduated with magna cum Laude. Title of M.Sc. thesis: The phylogeography of three Israeli Tilapiinae (Cichlidae) species. M.Sc. was preformed in the ecological program. 2001-2004: B.Sc. in Biology and B.A. in Cinema. Tel-Aviv University.
Teaching 2006 to date: Teacher in programs for elementary school and junior high school level gifted children in life sciences courses at municipal centers for the education of gifted children across the country. 2004 – 2007: Teaching assistant in the course "Introduction to the Israeli fauna", Tel- Aviv University.
Publications Diamant A, Goren M, Yokes MB, Galil BS, Klopman Y, Huchon D, Szitenberg A, Karhan SU (2010) Dasyatispora levantinae gen. et sp. nov., a new microsporidian parasite from the common stingray Dasyatis pastinaca in the eastern Mediterranean. Dis Aquat Org 91(2): 137-150 pdf Szitenberg A, Rot C ,Ilan M, Huchon D (2010) Diversity of sponge mitochondrial introns revealed by cox 1 sequences of Tetillidae. BMC Evol Biol 10:288 pdf
Presentations Szitenberg A, Rot C, Ilan M, Huchon D. 2010. The cox 1 gene of Tetillidae: a hot spot for mitochondrial intron insertions. VIII world sponge conference. Szitenberg A, Rot C, Ilan M, Huchon D. 2008. A poster presentation: Mitochondrial intron in tetillid sponges acquired in multiple events of horizontal gene transfer. SMBE 2008 congress. Szitenberg A, Ilan M, Huchon D. 2007. Mitochondrial intron in tetillid demosponges. The 44th meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel. Szitenberg A, Goren M, Huchon D. 2005. Molecular and morphological comparison among Israeli populations of three cichlid species. The 42th meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel.