Prof. Erez Gilad

Reactor Physics & Neutron Transport Group
Department of Nuclear Engineering
Klein Institute for Nuclear Science & Engineering (KINS&E)
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

I am a professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the founding director of the Klein Institute for Nuclear Science & Engineering (KINS&E), a leading research center for advanced nuclear science, engineering education, and applied research. I am also the head of the Reactor Physics & Neutron Transport research group at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. My research focuses on fundamental core physics, including experimental core physics, neutron transport theory and methods, and in-core fuel management.

I serve as an executive editor on the editorial board of Annals of Nuclear Energy, published by Elsevier. I am also a member of the High Scientific Council of the European Nuclear Society.

My work focuses on developing next-generation nuclear energy systems and the computational tools needed to design, analyze, and optimize them. I lead research programs in reactor physics, neutron transport, advanced numerical methods, and AI-accelerated reactor design, with applications to Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), microreactors, molten-salt reactors, TRISO-based systems, and energy resilience. My group develops high-fidelity physics models, HPC-enabled optimization frameworks, and innovative hybrid deterministic–stochastic methods for neutronic simulations.

I supervise a diverse team of Ph.D. and M.Sc. students working on topics such as microreactor control optimization, quasi-static neutron transport modeling, genetic-algorithm-based core design, PINN-based neutron field reconstruction, and reactor physics for emerging systems. Our work integrates theory, simulation, optimization, and experimental validation, often in collaboration with leading laboratories in the U.S. and Europe.

If you are a prospective student, researcher, or collaborator, I encourage you to explore our work and reach out.