Ayelet Kalfus is excited to pursue her project “GeneRATE: Al-Driven Enzymatic Reaction Network Programming” with Professor Sarel Fleishman at the Weizmann Institute of Science. During her Fulbright scholarship, Ayelet will launch a collaboration between the Fleishman Laboratory of Protein Design and the Elani Bioinspired Engineering Group at Imperial College London, where she is completing her PhD. Her research explores AI-driven computational protein design to expand the capabilities of synthetic cells.

Drawn to interdisciplinary study, Ayelet majored in physics at Yale, pursuing research experiences across physics, biology, and computer science. Ayelet has a deep appreciation for the arts—especially literature and visual arts—and believes in the interconnectedness of art and science.