Dr. Madi completed his PhD at Tel-Aviv University in collaboration with the Weizmann Institute under the supervision of the late Prof. Ben-Jacob and Prof. Cohen, and then did a short postdoc at Prof. Friedman's lab at the Weizmann Institute. His studies focused on system level approach to the study of antibody and T cell receptor repertoire. He then continued as a postdoc at the Harvard Medical School working with Prof. Vijay Kuchroo and Prof. Aviv Regev on cancer immunology and T cell differentiation, with a focus on uncovering the molecular circuits controlling T cell exhaustion.