Honors to Academic Staff of the Weizmann Institute during 2000
Name
Department
Honor
Prof. Uriel Littauer Neurobiology Recipient of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Distinguished Service Award Prof. Zeev Luz Chemical Physics Awarded the Rothschild Prize in Chemistry Prof. Amir Pnueli Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Israel Prize for Computer Sciences Research Prof. Itamar Procaccia Chemical Physics Appointed as the Raman Chair by the Indian Academy of Sciences Prof. Leo Sachs Molecular Genetics Recipient of the Ham-Wasserman Lecture award at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology in San Francisco Prof. Nathan Sharon Biological Chemistry Elected as a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences Prof. Ben-Zion Shilo Molecular Genetics Recipient of the Bruno award, established by Yad Hanadiv Foundation Prof. Israel Silman Neurobiology Awarded the title of Honorary Professor by the Shanghai Institute of Material Medical Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Uzy Smilansky Physics of Complex Systems Elected as a member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina Prof. Joel L Sussman Structural Biology Awarded the title of Honorary Professor by the Shanghai Institute of Material Medical Chinese Academy of Sciences Prof. Igal Talmi Particle Physics Awarded the Hans Bethe Prize by the American Physical Society Prof. Shimon Vega Chemical Physics Awarded the Kolthoff Prize in Chemistry by the Technion Prof. Meir Wilchek Biological Chemistry Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Prof. Meir Wilchek Biological Chemistry Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Elected as a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Recipient of the 2000 Kilby International Award Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Awarded the 1st prize by European Society of Crystallography