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I am a lecturer in the Department of Biotechnology at Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College (formerly Hadassah Academic College), where I have been teaching since 2008. My teaching portfolio includes bioinformatics, academic reading and writing, undergraduate seminars, and supervision of final research projects.  

Alongside my teaching, I hold several key academic and administrative positions including Academic Manager of the Career Development Office, Academic Director of the Preparatory Programs, and Chair of the Academic Staff Research and Development Committee. My work focuses on advancing student employability, instructional quality, and the integration of innovative pedagogies and technologies in higher education.

Research Interests

• Technology-enhanced learning in higher education
• Acceptance and use of AI tools in teaching and learning
• Academic literacy in English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) STEM contexts
• Learning analytics and formative feedback for student engagement
• Work-integrated learning (WIL): student identity, reflection, and competency development
• Structural bioinformatics and computational modeling of MHC II proteins in type 1  diabetes

Zohar Shpilt Mayer was born in northern Israel in 1991, and raised in Mazkeret Batya. She is married to Guy and a mother to Romi. She moved to Jerusalem in 2012 to pursue three consecutive degrees in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Biology, completed in 2015; an M.Sc. in Chemistry in the group of Prof. Itamar Willner, in the field of nano-biotechnology, completed in 2017; and a Ph.D. in Chemistry in the group of Prof. Edit Y. Tshuva, which specializes in Titanium-based chemotherapeutics, scheduled to be completed in 2023. During her M.Sc. and Ph.D., she worked as a teaching assistant in several courses in the university, among which are “Organic Chemistry A” for B.Sc. chemistry students, “General Chemistry for Bio-Medical Students”, “General Chemistry Lab for Biology Students”, and “Material Chemistry Lab”. Her research interests include working on the interface between chemistry and biology, in the hopes that better understanding the biological mechanisms of different diseases, and specifically cancer, will enable to improve the treatment options we can provide humanity as chemists.