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Yossi Elran

Yossi Elran is an Israeli educator, author and physical chemist who heads the innovation unit at the Davidson Institute of Science Education and works in creative mathematics.

born 1967Creative mathematics educationMathematics by Correspondence programOriginal mathematical puzzlesInnovation unit at Davidson Institute

Born: 1 October 1967, United Kingdom
Occupation: university teacher, scientist, mathematician, chemist
Education: Bar-Ilan University, Weizmann Institute of Science, University of Toronto

Yossi Elran was born in 1967 in United Kingdom

Yossi Elran was born in the United Kingdom in 1967 under the name Joseph Godfrey. He moved to Israel when he was young. He studied at the Netiv Meir yeshiva and then spent a year at the Har Etzion yeshiva.

He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry at Bar-Ilan University and went on to a doctorate in theoretical chemistry there. His thesis, submitted in 2001, dealt with semiclassical treatment of chemical reactions. He did postdoctoral research at the Weizmann Institute of Science and at the University of Toronto.

He served in Unit 8200.

In 2004 he joined the Davidson Institute of Science Education, and in 2017 he became head of its innovation unit. He created online courses in creative mathematics and content for TED-Ed, and ran the children's program Mathematics by Correspondence with his wife Michal. He also created original puzzles, wrote books and lectured at the Western Galilee College and Shenkar College.

He is married to Michal, has 5 children and lives in Rehovot. He was a member of the Meimad party leadership from 1998 to 2000.