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 announcementProf. 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 announcementMr. 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 announcementDr. 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 announcementProf. 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 announcementProf. 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 announcementProf. 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