Michal is the Director and Co-Founder of The Multidisciplinary Center on Childhood, Public Policy, and Sustainable Society, a non-profit research center that aims to promote collaboration between scientists, legal scholars and policy experts, to advance evidence-based policy-oriented research on issues impacting the lives of children and families. She is also an Expert Fellow and Board Member with the National Prevention Science Coalition. Her primary interest is in the synthesis of law and science for the purpose of adapting policies and laws to the unique developmental needs of children and youth. She puts particular emphasis on the criminal legal system. Her most recent work addresses the problem of childhood exposure to crime and violence, investigating the extent, scope, prevalence, outcomes and costs of the problem, and developing evidence-based solutions to address affected children, families and communities. She holds a doctorate degree (S.J.D) and an LLM from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, an M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania Department of Criminology, and an LLB from Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Law. Michal is a Fellow of Salzburg Global Seminar.