Honors to Academic Staff of the Weizmann Institute during 2008
Name
Department
Honor
Dr. Eli Arama Molecular Genetics Recipient of a Research Career Development Award from Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), USA
Online announcementProf. Ruth Arnon Immunology Awarded the AESKU Prize for Life Contribution to Autoimmunity by the 6th International Congress on Autoimmunity Prof. Ruth Arnon Immunology Awarded an honorary "Yakir Tel-Hai" from the Tel-Hai Academic College. Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research Prof. Naama Barkai Molecular Genetics Recipient of the FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award Prof. Ed Bayer Biological Chemistry Elected to the Scientific Advisor Board of the DOE BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) Prof. David Cahen Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Landau Prize of Mifal Hapais Prof. Irun R. Cohen Immunology Recipient of the "Teva" Founder Research Prize in Immunulogy Prof. Harry Dym Mathematics Elected as President of the Israel Mathematical Union Prof. Yuval Gefen Condensed Matter Physics Elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, London, UK Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) as the Athena Award for Research that Advanced Secure Internet Transactions Lecturer
Online announcementMr. Goren Gordon
(in the group of
Prof. Gershon Kurizki)Neurobiology Recipient of the Israel Chemical Society Prize for excellent research student of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science Prof. Jonathan Gressel Plant Sciences Recipient of the "Outstanding International Achievement Award" from the International Weed Science Society Prof. Yoram Groner Molecular Genetics Recipient of the EMET Prize in Life Sciences Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation Prof. Moty Heiblum Condensed Matter Physics Recipient of the Rothschild Prize in Physical Sciences Prof. Yoseph Imry Condensed Matter Physics Elected as a foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences Prof. Adi Kimchi Molecular Genetics Elected to the Academia Europaea
Online announcementProf. Gady Kozma Mathematics Recipient of the Anna and Lajos Erdos Prize in Mathematics by Israel Mathematical Union
Online announcementDr. Robert Krauthgamer Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected as Treasurer of the Israel Mathematical Union Prof. Gershon Kurizki Chemical Physics Recipient of the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics for Outstanding Contributions to the Field
Online announcementDr. Gil Levkowitz Molecular Cell Biology Awarded the Program Committee Award at the 17th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Development Neuroscience (ISDN) Prof. Zeev Luz Chemical Physics Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Medal Prof. Gershom (Jan) Martin Organic Chemistry Nominated as the 2008 Robert S. Mulliken Lecturer at the University of Georgia, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, USA Prof. Moshe Oren Molecular Cell Biology Elected to receive the 2008 Israel Prize for Biochemistry Prof. Israel Pecht Immunology Elected as the Secretary-General of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) - Secretarial relocated to Weizmann Institute as of 1/1/2008
Online announcementProf. David Peleg Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Dijkstra Prize by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Distributed Computing Prof. Yehiam Prior Chemical Physics Elected as a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) Prof. Itamar Procaccia Chemical Physics Elected as a Member of C3, Commission on Statistical Physics (IUPAP) Prof. Omer Reingold Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the Professor Amnon Pazy Memorial Award from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected as Secretary of the Israel Mathematical Union Prof. Varda Rotter Molecular Cell Biology Recipient of the 2008 Lombroso Prize for Cancer Research Prof. Israel Rubinstein Materials and Interfaces Honored by Publication of a Special Issue of the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
Online announcementProf. Michal Schwartz Neurobiology Recipient of an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Prof. Yechiel Shai Biological Chemistry Elected to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Dr. Alla Shainskaya Biological Services Elected as the President of the Israeli Society for Mass Spectrometry (ISMS)
Online announcementProf. Adi Shamir Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected to receive the 2008 Israel Prize for Computer Science Prof. Ehud Shapiro Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Authored an article selected to appear in the 2008 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics Dr. Michal Sharon Biological Chemistry Recipient of a Research Career Development Award from Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), USA
Online announcementProf. Nathan Sharon Biological Chemistry Selected to share (with Dr. Robert Spiro) the inaugural Rosalind Kornfeld Award for Lifetime Achievement in Glycobiology
Online announcementProf. David Joshua Tannor Chemical Physics Awarded the Zahava and Zvi Friedenberg Prize of the Israel Science Foundation Prof. Reshef Tenne Materials and Interfaces Elected as a Materials Research Society (MRS) Fellow Prof. Reshef Tenne Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize for Excellence Prof. Edriss S. Titi Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected as a Member of the Commission on Mathematical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Prof. Shimon Ullman Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the 8th David Rumelhart Prize
Online announcementProf. Meir Wilchek Biological Chemistry Re-Elected as a Member of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Board of Governors Prof. Meir Wilchek Biological Chemistry Re-Elected as a Member of Bar-Ilan University's Board of Governors and its Standing Committee Prof. Dan Yakir Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Elected as a Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (SC-IGBP) Prof. Yosef Yarden Biological Regulation Awarded the Hamilton Fairley Prize by the ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology) Executive Committee Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Elected as the Laureate to represent Europe for "Women in Science" Awards by the L'OREAL-UNESCO International Jury Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Recipient of the 10th Annual L'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Recipient of a Degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa from Oxford University Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Elected to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Recipient of the Albert Einstein World Award of Science Awarded by the Consejo Cultural Mundial Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Recipient of the George E. Palade Distinguished Lecture and Gold Medal from Wayne State University