Alex Pekerman

PhD candidate at Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois, United States

About

Former second female police bomb tech in Israel. Love learning new things and skills. Believe in educating to free thinking.

Experience

  • Northwestern University (7 yrs 4 mos)
    • PHD Candidate
      Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

    • Graduate Student
      Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • Research Technologist II
      Apr 2019 - Sep 2023 · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Assistant Manager at Dormigo
    Jan 2019 - Apr 2019 · 4 mos

  • Bomb technician at Israel Police- Bomb Division
    Mar 2015 - Oct 2018 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Conservator at National Natural History collections
    Jan 2012 - Mar 2015 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    I did conservation work on fossiles, animal bones and animals bodies. worked on both archaeology and paleontology digs and recent finds. I also did some archiving for the "Aharoni Aviator" collection, the rodents collection and the mammals collection.

  • Science Instructor at Meyerhoff Youth Center for Advenced Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Jan 2012 - Feb 2015 · 3 yrs 2 mos

    Meyerhoff Youth Center for Advenced Studies is a unit in the Hebrew Uni that is dealing with the scientific education of children and adults of all ages. during the 3 years I'wored there, I wrote and executed several sciense lessons in all fields of sciense. I also did a management job for 3 months before leaving for the police.