Yanir holds a B.Sc. in Plastics Engineering from Shenkar College of Engineering and Design and M.Sc. & Ph.D. in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. He is the former VP of Research and Development of Polyram and is the General Manager of Plastics App- a compounding innovation lab. Yanir is the former president of the Israeli Polymers & Plastics Society, the IPPS, and has taught various courses in polymer processing in the Plastics Engineering Department of Shenkar. Yanir's areas of expertise include Polymer Blends, Engineering Plastics Compounds, Reactive Extrusion, and Green Plastics Technologies.