Honors to Academic Staff of the Weizmann Institute during 2006
Name
Department
Honor
Prof. Lia Addadi Structural Biology Awarded the Kolthoff Prize in Chemistry by the Technion Prof. Ruth Arnon Immunology Awarded an Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute Award for Scientific Excellence
Online announcementProf. Ilya Averbukh Chemical Physics Elected as a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) Prof. Ilya Averbukh Chemical Physics Elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society Mr. Eran Bouchbinder
(in the group of
Prof. Itamar Procaccia )Chemical Physics Recipient of the John F. Kennedy Prize Prof. Ilan Chet Plant Sciences Recipient of a Doctor Honoris Causa from University of Haifa Prof. Ilan Chet Biological Chemistry Recipient of a Doctor Honoris Causa from University of Haifa Prof. Bat Sheva Eylon Science Teaching Elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Online announcementProf. Aviezri S. Fraenkel Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Euler Medal by the Institute of Combinatorics and Its Applications Prof. Lucio Frydman Chemical Physics Awarded the Vaughan lectureship for achievements in solid state NMR
Online announcementMr. Yair Goldfarb
(in the group of
Prof. David Joshua Tannor)Chemical Physics Recipient of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Physical Chemistry Outstanding Poster Awarded in Atlanta Prof. Oded Goldreich Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the RSA Conference award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics
Online announcementMr. Goren Gordon
(in the group of
Prof. Gershon Kurizki)Chemical Physics Recipient of the Wolf Foundation Fellowship for Excellent Ph.D. Students Prof. Amiram Grinvald Neurobiology Elected as a Member of the Neuroscience Institute at San Diego, California, USA Prof. Amiram Grinvald Neurobiology Elected as the 48th Robert J. Terry Lecturer at Washington University School of Medicine, USA Dr. Atan Gross Biological Regulation Awarded the Lindner Prize by the Israel Endocrine Society (IES) Prof. David Harel Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award
Online announcementProf. David Harel Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded an Honorary Fellowship of The Open University Prof. Yoseph Imry Condensed Matter Physics Recipient of the EMET Prize in Physics Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation Prof. Yoseph Imry Condensed Matter Physics Recipient of an Honorary Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Sciences Prof. Adi Kimchi Molecular Genetics Recipient of the 2006 Lombroso Prize for Cancer Research Dr. Leeor Kronik Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research Prof. Meir Lahav Materials and Interfaces Elected as the Recipient of the Chirality Medal Instituted by the Italian Chemical Society Prof. Moshe Levy Materials and Interfaces Elected as a Honorary Member of the Israel Polymer and Plastics Society (IPPS) Prof. David Milstein Organic Chemistry Elected as a Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Prof. David Milstein Organic Chemistry Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize Prof. Moshe Oren Molecular Cell Biology Elected as a Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Israel Pecht Immunology Elected as the Secretary General of Federation of the European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Prof. Ran Raz Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the Michael Bruno Memorial Award from the Rothschild Foundation Prof. Omer Reingold Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) Grace Murray Hopper Award
Online announcementProf. Michal Schwartz Neurobiology Appointed as the Chancellor's Award lecturer in Neuroscience at Louisiana State University (LSU) Neuroscience Center Prof. Michael Sela Immunology Recipient of the National Italian Decoration of the Italian Solidarity Star (O.S.S.I) conferred by the President of the Italian Republic Prof. Ben-Zion Shilo Molecular Genetics Elected as a Member of the EMBO Council Prof. Israel Silman Neurobiology Awarded the "TEVA Founders Prize" for breakthroughs in Molecular Medicine Prof. Joel Sussman Structural Biology Awarded the "TEVA Founders Prize" for breakthroughs in Molecular Medicine Prof. Reshef Tenne Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Landau Prize of Mifal Hapais in Nanotechnology Dr. Milko Van Der Boom Organic Chemistry Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize for Young Scientists Prof. Dan Yakir Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Awarded the Landau Prize of Mifal Hapais in the field of Environmental Sciences (Earth Systems and Global Change) Dr. Anat Yarden Science Teaching Awarded the Zehava and Zvi Friedenberg Prize from the Advancement of Education and Science Fund by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) Prof. Yosef Yarden Biological Regulation Appointed as the Chair of the Research Committee of the Israel Cancer Association Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Recipient of the Rothschild Prize in Life Sciences Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Recipient of the EMET Prize in Life Sciences Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation