Draft:Jacob Grobman

Grobman was born in Moscow in 1967 and immigrated to Israel as a child. He studied architecture at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1997. He later earned a master's degree from the Design Research Laboratory at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, and completed a doctorate at the Technion in 2008.^[3][4]

Grobman joined the Technion faculty in 2010. His research and teaching have focused on computational design, digital fabrication, and performance-oriented approaches in architecture.^[3]

In 2019, he was appointed dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion.^[4] He later promoted to a full professor.^[5]

At the Technion, he leads the T_CODE computational design research group.^[6]

Grobman has been active as a curator and writer on contemporary architecture and digital design. Together with architect and scholar Eran Neuman, he edited Performalism: Form and Performance in Digital Architecture, published by Routledge in 2012.^[7]

In January 2026, Grobman was appointed director general of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem following a search process conducted by the museum's board. He succeeded Suzanne Landau, who had served in the role on an interim basis.^[1][2]

Grobman has published more than a 100 papers in scientific and professional journal. * Performalism: Form and Performance in Digital Architecture (co-edited with Eran Neuman, Routledge, 2012)^[7]