Prof. Uriel Levy is a professor at the Applied Physics department and the director of the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

His research spans over diverse aspects of nanophotonics and light-matter interactions, with a focus on device-oriented research. Over the years, he pioneered several key concepts in nanophotonics, including silicon-based photodetection in the short wave infrared (SWIR), nanoscale polarization optics, metasurfaces and the chip-scale atomic vapor technology.

Prof. Levy published over 180 journal papers, presented his results in hundreds of lectures and currently holds dozens of patents. Prof. Levy is a fellow of OPTICA (formerly the optical society of America) and is the recipient of several notable honors, including the Kaye Innovation Award, an ERC consolidator grant, the President Young Investigator Award of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the Rothschild Post-Doctoral Fellowship. He holds a BSc in Physics and Materials Science from the Technion and a PhD in Electro Optics from the Tel Aviv University. Prior to joining the Hebrew University, he spent nearly four years as a researcher in the University of California, San Diego.