Prizes and Honors During 2002

Honors to Academic Staff of the Weizmann Institute during 2002

Name

Department

Honor

Prof. Ed Bayer Biological Chemistry Elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology

Prof. Daniella Goldfarb Chemical Physics Recipient of the Silver Medal for Chemistry by the International EPR/ESR Society

Prof. Daniella Goldfarb Chemical Physics Appointed as a Deputy President of Atomes et Molecules Par Etudes Radio-Electriques (AMPERE)

Prof. Amiram Grinvald Neurobiology Appointed as the Alice and Joseph Brooks International Lecturer in Neurosciences at Harvard Medical School

Prof. Yoram Groner Molecular Genetics Awarded the 2002 Landau Prize

Prof. Tsvee Lapidot Immunology Recipient of the James Heineman Research Award

Prof. Harry J. Lipkin Particle Physics Recipient of the Wigner Medal

Prof. David Milstein Organic Chemistry Recipient of the Kolthoff Prize in Chemistry by the Technion

Prof. Moshe Oren Molecular Cell Biology Recipient of the 2002 Lombroso Prize for Cancer Research

Prof. Itamar Procaccia Chemical Physics Elected as a member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina

Prof. Ran Raz Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the Erdos Prize for Mathematics by the Israel Mathematical Union

Prof. Israel Rubinstein Materials and Interfaces Elected as a fellow of the Electrochemical Society

Prof. Leo Sachs Molecular Genetics Recipient of the EMET Prize in Life Sciences Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation

Prof. David Samuel Neurobiology Recipient of a “For God, for Country and for Yale” Medal

Prof. Michal Schwartz Neurobiology Appointed as the G. Heiner Sell Memorial Lecturer for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Spinal Injury (awarded by the American Spinal Injury Association)

Prof. Michal Schwartz Neurobiology Recipient of the Post-Polio Syndrome Research Award from the Polio Connection of America

Prof. Yosef Yarden Biological Regulation Elected as a Member of the Council of the European Association for Cancer Research

Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Awarded the Israel Prize for Chemistry Research

Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Awarded the F.A. Cotton Medal sponsored by the ACS Texas A&M Section and the Texas A&M University Chemistry Department

Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Recipient of the Harvey Prize in Science and Technology by the Technion

Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Recipient of an Honorary Doctorate by Tel Aviv University (to be conferred in 2003)

Name	Department	Honor
Prof. Ed Bayer	Biological Chemistry	Elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology
Prof. Daniella Goldfarb	Chemical Physics	Recipient of the Silver Medal for Chemistry by the International EPR/ESR Society
Prof. Daniella Goldfarb	Chemical Physics	Appointed as a Deputy President of Atomes et Molecules Par Etudes Radio-Electriques (AMPERE)
Prof. Amiram Grinvald	Neurobiology	Appointed as the Alice and Joseph Brooks International Lecturer in Neurosciences at Harvard Medical School
Prof. Yoram Groner	Molecular Genetics	Awarded the 2002 Landau Prize
Prof. Tsvee Lapidot	Immunology	Recipient of the James Heineman Research Award
Prof. Harry J. Lipkin	Particle Physics	Recipient of the Wigner Medal
Prof. David Milstein	Organic Chemistry	Recipient of the Kolthoff Prize in Chemistry by the Technion
Prof. Moshe Oren	Molecular Cell Biology	Recipient of the 2002 Lombroso Prize for Cancer Research
Prof. Itamar Procaccia	Chemical Physics	Elected as a member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
Prof. Ran Raz	Computer Science and Applied Mathematics	Recipient of the Erdos Prize for Mathematics by the Israel Mathematical Union
Prof. Israel Rubinstein	Materials and Interfaces	Elected as a fellow of the Electrochemical Society
Prof. Leo Sachs	Molecular Genetics	Recipient of the EMET Prize in Life Sciences Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation
Prof. David Samuel	Neurobiology	Recipient of a “For God, for Country and for Yale” Medal
Prof. Michal Schwartz	Neurobiology	Appointed as the G. Heiner Sell Memorial Lecturer for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Spinal Injury (awarded by the American Spinal Injury Association)
Prof. Michal Schwartz	Neurobiology	Recipient of the Post-Polio Syndrome Research Award from the Polio Connection of America
Prof. Yosef Yarden	Biological Regulation	Elected as a Member of the Council of the European Association for Cancer Research
Prof. Ada Yonath	Structural Biology	Awarded the Israel Prize for Chemistry Research
Prof. Ada Yonath	Structural Biology	Awarded the F.A. Cotton Medal sponsored by the ACS Texas A&M Section and the Texas A&M University Chemistry Department
Prof. Ada Yonath	Structural Biology	Recipient of the Harvey Prize in Science and Technology by the Technion
Prof. Ada Yonath	Structural Biology	Recipient of an Honorary Doctorate by Tel Aviv University (to be conferred in 2003)