Honors to Academic Staff of the Weizmann Institute during 2001
Name
Department
Honor
Prof. Ruth Arnon Immunology Awarded the Israel Prize for Medicine Prof. Ruth Arnon Immunology Recipient of the Scientific award on the Occasion of the Third Annual Musical Moments for Multiple Sclerosis Prof. Ruth Arnon Immunology Appointed as a member of the European Research Advisory Board Prof. Ari Elson Molecular Genetics Awarded the Hestrin Prize by the Israeli Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ISBMB) Prof. Uriel Feige Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Godel Prize for outstanding papers in the area of theoretical computer science Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Godel Prize for outstanding papers in the area of theoretical computer science Prof. Amiram Grinvald Neurobiology Elected as an external member of the Max Planck Society and as an external scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research at Heidelberg Prof. Haim Harari Particle Physics Awarded the Harnack Medal from the Max Planck Society Prof. Yoseph Imry Condensed Matter Physics Awarded the Israel Prize for Physics Prof. Meir Lahav Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Gregori Aminoff Prize for Crystallography of the Royal Academy of Sweden Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Gregori Aminoff Prize for Crystallography of the Royal Academy of Sweden Prof. Michal Neeman Biological Regulation Elected to the Board of Trustees of the ISMRM (International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine) Prof. Amir Pnueli Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected as a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Leo Sachs Molecular Genetics Awarded an Honorary Lifetime Membership of the International Cytokine Society Prof. Michal Schwartz Neurobiology Recipient of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthaomology award Prof. Michal Schwartz Neurobiology Elected as the Twenty-second Peter and Eva Safar Annual Lecturer in Medical Sciences and Humanities Prof. Michal Schwartz Neurobiology Elected as the G. Heiner Sell Memorial Lecturer for Outstnading Achievement in the Field of Spinal Injury, awarded by the American Spinal Injury Association Prof. Michael Sela Immunology Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Prof. Moshe Shapiro Chemical Physics Awarded the 2001 Outstanding Chemist Prize by the Israel Chemical Society Prof. Nathan Sharon Biological Chemistry Elected as an Honorary Member of the American Society for Microbiology, Washington Prof. Nathan Sharon Biological Chemistry Awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Council of the Open University of Israel Prof. Yosef Shaul Molecular Genetics Awarded the “Teva” founders Research Prize Prof. Itzhak Tserruya Particle Physics Elected to the Executive Council of the PHENDIX experiment Prof. Daniel Zajfman Particle Physics Appointed as an External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg