Daphna Joel (Hebrew: ???? ????; born January 20, 1967) is an Israeli neuroscientist.
She is a senior member of the faculty of the School of Psychological Sciences and the School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University.
Since 2003, she has served as the head of the psychobiology department, and in 2013 was appointed chair of the PhD committee of the School of Psychological Sciences.Joel specializes in the brain mechanisms of human and animal behavior.
She has published more than 50 articles in scientific journals and has been awarded prizes and research grants, including the Buchman Foundation grant, the Mifal Hapais Prize and a European Foundation grant.
She received the college rector commendation for excellence in teaching.
Joel is an active participant in the scientific discourse relating to brain differences between the sexes and related claims of neurosexism within the scientific community.
According to her research, there is no such thing as a "male brain" or a "female brain", and she gives lectures on the subject in both scientific and lay conventions around the world.