Michal Yerushalmy is a professor emerita of the department of Mathematics Education at the University of Haifa, Israel. Yerushalmy established and directed the Mathematics Education Research and Development Innovation center, served as the chair of the department of education and the department of mathematics education and was the vice president for research of the University of Haifa. She studies mathematical learning and teaching, focusing on the design and implementation of reformed curricula and on processes involved in learning with multiple external representations, bodily interactions and modeling. Prof Yerushalmy authored and designed numerous software packages and interactive textbooks. Her R&D is focused on ways to use technology in order to make mathematical inquiry learning everywhere available using mobile phones, and on ways to support teaching with online formative assessment.