Dr. Barak received his Ph.D. in Psychology (Psychobiology) from Tel-Aviv University in 2009. He then completed his postdoctoral training in the Gallo Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, and specialized in the research of drug and alcohol addiction. Segev joined the School of Psychological Sciences as a faculty member in 2012.

Dr. Barak’s research focuses on the psychobiology and neurobiology of alcoholism and drug addiction. In particular, he is interested in the molecular and neuronal mechanisms that underlie learning and memory processes in alcohol addiction.  In addition, Dr. Barak is interested in the  pathophysiology  of schizophrenia, with focus on cognitive impairments in this disorder.

See lab website : https://baraklab.tau.ac.il/index.php/publications/