Honors to Academic Staff of the Weizmann Institute during 2004

Name

Department

Honor

Prof. Uri Alon Molecular Cell Biology Recipient of the Overton Prize Awarded by International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
Online announcement
Prof. Ruth Arnon Immunology Elected as the President of the Association of Academices of Sciences in Asia (AASA)
Prof. Mordechai Ben-Ari Science Teaching Awarded the ACM/SIGCSE (Association for Computing Machinery) Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education
Online announcement
Mr. Yaakov Benenson
(in the group of
Prof. Ehud Shapiro )
Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the top 100 young innovators by the magazine Technology Review, published by the MIT, USA
Prof. Ilan Chet Biological Chemistry Elected as a Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Prof. Yadin Dudai Neurobiology Appointed as a NYU Global Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience
Online announcement
Dr. Michael Fainzilber Biological Chemistry Awarded the Hestrin Prize of the Israel Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Prof. Lucio Frydman Chemical Physics Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize for Outstanding Young Scientist
Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences USA
Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Cymerman-Jakubskind Prize
Prof. Amiram Grinvald Neurobiology Recipient of the Dan David Prize
Online announcement
Prof. Haim Harari Particle Physics Recipient of the EMET Prize in Education Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation
Prof. David Harel Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Israel Prize for Computer Science
Prof. Michael Hass Particle Physics Elected as a Co-Opted Member of the Nuclear Physics Board of the European Physical Society
Prof. Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir Biological Chemistry Elected as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences (EAS)
Prof. Gershom (Jan) Martin Organic Chemistry Awarded the Dirac Medal of WATOC (World Association of Theoretically Oriented Chemists)
Online announcement
Prof. Abraham Minsky Organic Chemistry Elected as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Prof. Moshe Oren Molecular Cell Biology Recipient of a Merit Award of the National Cancer Institute, USA
Online announcement
Prof. Itamar Procaccia Chemical Physics Elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK
Prof. Michel Revel Molecular Genetics Recipient of the EMET Prize in Biotechnology Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation
Prof. Michael Sela Immunology Recipient of a Honorary Fellow title of the Open University
Prof. Ehud Shapiro Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the 2004 World Technology Award for Biotechnology
Prof. Ehud Shapiro Biological Chemistry Recipient of the 2004 World Technology Award for Biotechnology
Prof. Moshe Shapiro Chemical Physics Elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK
Prof. Moshe Shapiro Chemical Physics Elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society
Prof. Nathan Sharon Biological Chemistry Elected as an International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Fellow
Prof. Edriss Titi Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK
Prof. Shimon Vega Chemical Physics Recipient of the Israel Chemical Society Award
Prof. Meir Wilchek Biological Chemistry Recipient of the Christian B. Anfinsen Award
Prof. Meir Wilchek Biological Chemistry Appointed as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Prof. Meir Wilchek Biological Chemistry Awarded the "Wilhelm-Exner-Medaillen-Stiftung" of Osterreichischer Gewerbeverein
Prof. Yosef Yarden Biological Regulation Recipient of the "Teva" Founder Research Prize
Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Appointed as the FEBS-Datta Award Lecturer
Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Appointed as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Recipient of the Massry Prize for 2004 from the University of Southern California, USA