Honors to Academic Staff of the Weizmann Institute during 2007
Name
Department
Honor
Dr. Tal Alexander Condensed Matter Physics Awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research Prof. Ruth Arnon Immunology Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Prof. Ruth Arnon Immunology Reelected as the Vice President of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Naama Barkai Molecular Genetics Elected as an EMBO Member Prof. Avi Ben-Nun Immunology Recipient of a Humboldt Research Award from the Max-Planck-Institut fur Neurobiology
Online announcementProf. Brian Berkowitz Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Elected as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Online announcementDR. Eran Bouchbinder Chemical Physics Invited to participate as a student delegate at the 46th Annual International Achievement Summit, Washington, USA Prof. Yadin Dudai Neurobiology Awarded the Eduardo De Robertis Medal of the Argentinean Society for Neuroscience Prof. Marvin Edelman Plant Sciences Recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Israeli Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Online announcementProf. Michael Eisenbach Biological Chemistry Elected as the President of the Israel Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Prof. Aviezri S. Fraenkel Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of an "Honorary Citizen distinction" from the Municipality of Rehovot Prof. Daniella Goldfarb Chemical Physics Awarded the Distinguished Bruker Prize by Royal Society of Chemistry Dr. Maria Gorelik Mathematics Awarded the Levitzki Prize in Algebra from the Israel Mathematical Union. Prof. David Harel Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of a Doctor Laurea Honoris Causa from University of Milano-Bicocca Prof. David Harel Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS; Section on Information, Computing, and Communication)
Online announcementProf. David Harel Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Software System Award
Online announcementMr. Ariel Ismach
(in the group of
Dr. Ernesto Joselevich )Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Students Dr. Ernesto Joselevich Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Excellent Young Scientist Prize Ms. Ifat Kaplan-Ashiri
(in the group of
Prof. Reshef Tenne )Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Student Prof. Ora Kedem Biological Chemistry Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Twente, The Netherlands Prof. Adi Kimchi Molecular Genetics Awarded the "Teva Founders Prize" for breakthrough achievements in cancer genetics. Prof. Jacob Klein Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Kolthoff Prize by the Technion Mr. Ronen Kopito
(in the group of
Prof. Michael Elbaum )Materials and Interfaces Recipient of the Lev Margulis Award Dr. Ilan Koren Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Recipient of the Environmental Research Letters (ERL) Outstanding Paper Award by IOP Publishing, UK Prof. Doron Lancet Molecular Genetics Elected to the Council of HUGO (Human Genome Organization)
Online announcementMs. Michal Leskes
(in the group of
Prof. Shimon Vega)Chemical Physics Recipient of the Wolf Foundation Fellowship for Excellent Ph.D. Students Prof. Yitzhak Maron Particle Physics Recipient of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Award for Plasma Science and Applications, USA Prof. David Milstein Organic Chemistry Recipient of the ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry sponsored by the Dow Chemical Foundation Prof. Ron Naaman Chemical Physics Lectureship Award Winner of the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry of the Chemical Society of Japan Dr. Boaz Nadler Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Kowalski Prize in Chemometrics (together with Prof. Ronald Coifman, Yale University, USA)
Online announcementProf. Michal Neeman Biological Regulation Elected as a Fellow of the ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), USA
Online announcementProf. Moshe Oren Molecular Cell Biology Elected as a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, USA Prof. Israel Pecht Immunology Elected as an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Prof. Amir Pnueli Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Software System Award
Online announcementProf. Itamar Procaccia Chemical Physics Recipient of the National Decoration Onorificenza della Stella Della Solidarita (OSSI), Italiana, for outstanding scientific achievements Dr. Eran Segal Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Overton Prize from the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), USA
Online announcementDr. Eran Segal Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator Award
Online announcementProf. Michael Sela Immunology Elected as a Foreign Member, French National Academy of Medicine Prof. Ehud Shapiro Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected as the first incumbent of the France Telecom - Orange Excellence Chair for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Paris "Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire" FTO/CRI Prof. Moshe Shapiro Chemical Physics Recipient of the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics
Online announcementProf. Nathan Sharon Biological Chemistry Elected as an Honorary Member of the Croatian Biochemical Society Prof. Dan Tawfik Biological Chemistry Awarded the Weizmann Prize from the Tel-Aviv Municipality Prof. David Wallach Biological Chemistry Elected as Councilor of the International Cytokine Society (ICS), USA Prof. Yosef Yarden Biological Regulation Elected as a Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Yosef Yarden Biological Regulation Recipient of the EMET Prize in Bio-Chemistry awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Awarded the Paul Ehrlich- and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Recipient of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Elected to deliver the XXXVII Linus Pauling Lectureship and recipient of a Gold Medal from Stanford University, USA Dr. Abraham Zangen Neurobiology Recipient of the Medical Futures Innovation Award in the field of "Mental Health and Neuroscience" awarded by Medical Futures, UK Prof. Eli Zeldov Condensed Matter Physics Elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society
Online announcement