Researcher

Lihi Zelnik-Manor

Zelnik-Manor joined Technion’s ECE faculty in 2007 after postdoctoral research at Caltech. Her main field is computer vision, with research on visual reconstruction and object interaction. She led Alibaba’s Israel research and development centre from 2018 to 2021. She led the centre’s establishment. She served as ECE graduate-studies vice-dean from 2021 to 2023 and joined the Data and Decisions faculty as a courtesy member in 2023. Her research fields include automation of learning and haptic interaction.

Now at
Technion
Works
129
Citations
11,266
h-index
37

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 14 October 2026.

Photo of Lihi Zelnik-Manor

Timeline

  1. 2007

    Technion research appointment

    Zelnik-Manor joined Technion’s ECE faculty in 2007 after postdoctoral research at Caltech. Her main field is computer vision, with research on visual reconstruction and object interaction.

  2. 2018–2021

    Industrial AI research

    She led Alibaba’s Israel research and development centre from 2018 to 2021. Alibaba established the centre during her leadership.

  3. 2021–2023

    Research and university service

    She served as ECE graduate-studies vice-dean from 2021 to 2023 and joined the Data and Decisions faculty as a courtesy member in 2023. Her research fields include automation of learning and haptic interaction.

Sources and credits

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  1. Prof. Lihi Zelnik-Manor - T3 (https://t3.technion.ac.il/researcher/lihi-zelnik-manor/) t3.technion.ac.il. Checked 13 October 2026.