Honors to Academic Staff of the Weizmann Institute during 2009
Name
Department
Honor
Prof. Lia Addadi Structural Biology Awarded the ICS (Israel Chemical Society) Prize of Excellence Prof. Uri Alon Molecular Cell Biology Recipient of a Michael Bruno Memorial Award from the Yad Hanadiv Foundation Prof. Ruth Arnon Immunology Elected as a Member of the American Philosophical Society Prof. Mordechai Ben-Ari Science Teaching Elected as a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Dr. Michael Bendikov Organic Chemistry Recipient of the France-Israel Foundation Award for Academic Excellence Dr. Michael Bendikov Organic Chemistry Awarded the ICS (Israel Chemical Society) Excellent Young Scientist Prize Prof. David Cahen Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Kolthoff Prize from the Technion, for his research in Alternative Energy Resources Dr. Alon Chen Neurobiology Awarded the Novartis Prize In Neuroendocrinology from the Israel Endocrine Society Prof. Irun R. Cohen Immunology Recipient of the European Federation of Immunological Societies (EFIS) - Immunology Letters Lecture Award Mr. Sharly Fleischer
(in the group of
Prof. Yehiam Prior )Chemical Physics Awarded the ICS (Israel Chemical Society) outstanding Ph.D. student Prof. Yuval Gefen Condensed Matter Physics Elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society
Online announcementProf. Daniella Goldfarb Chemical Physics Recipient of the International Zavoisky Award from the Zavoisky Physical Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Online announcementProf. Oded Goldreich Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected as a Fellow of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR)
Online announcementDr. Ilan Koren Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research Prof. Gershon Kurizki Chemical Physics Awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Prize Prof. Meir Lahav Materials and Interfaces Awarded the ICS (Israel Chemical Society) Medal Prof. Doron Lancet Molecular Genetics Awarded the Landau Prize of Mifal Hapais for Research and Science Prof. Doron Lancet Molecular Genetics Re-elected to the Council of HUGO (Human Genome Organization) Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz Materials and Interfaces Awarded the ICS (Israel Chemical Society) Medal Dr. Anat Levin Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of a TR35 2009 Young Innovator Award from MIT's Technology Review
Online announcementDr. Anat Levin Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the 2008 Prof. Pazy Memorial Research Award from the Binational Science Foundation (in collaboration with Prof. Freeman and Prof. Durand) Dr. Gil Levkowitz Molecular Cell Biology Recipient of the "Teva" J. Salomon Research Award in Biotechnology Prof. Harry J. Lipkin Particle Physics and Astrophysics Recipient of the EMET Prize in Physics Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation Prof. Yitzhak Maron Particle Physics and Astrophysics Recipient of an American Physical Society John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research
Online announcementProf. Emanuel Mazor Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Awarded "Ot Ha Magshim" an annual prize from the President of Israel Prof. Emanuel Mazor Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Recipient of the Israel Geological Society Medal for Contribution to Israeli Society in the Area of Earth Sciences Prof. Emanuel Mazor Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Recipient of a Life Time Achievement Award for Environmental Protection from the Ministry of Environmental Protection - Awarded by the President of Israel on celebration of its 60th anniversary Prof. Itamar Procaccia Chemical Physics Awarded the Israel Prize in Physics Prof. Orly Reiner Molecular Genetics Recipient of an Excellence Award in Memory of Prof. Daphna and Prof. Dov Izraeli from the Israel Cancer Association Prof. Omer Reingold Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Godel Prize for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science
Online announcementMs. Asya Rolls
(in the group of
Prof. Michal Schwartz )Neurobiology Recipient of the Era-Net Neuron Excellent Paper in Neuroscience Award Prof. Samuel Safran Materials and Interfaces Selected to receive a Beller Lectureship of the American Physical Society
Online announcementProf. Michal Schwartz Neurobiology Awarded the Rina and Yosef Shaked Prize for Brain Research Prof. Yechiel Shai Biological Chemistry Elected to serve as the Executive Editor of Biochem Biophys. Acta (BBA), Biomembrane Mr. Dekel Taliaz
(in the group of
Dr. Abraham Zangen )Neurobiology Recipient of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry Award for Excellent Basic Study in Psychiatry Prof. Dan Tawfik Biological Chemistry Elected as an EMBO Member Prof. Edriss S. Titi Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Activity Group on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations (APDE) Prize (jointly with Chongsheng Cao)
Online announcementProf. Stephen Weiner Structural Biology Awarded the ICS (Israel Chemical Society) Prize of Excellence Prof. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Online announcementProf. Ada Yonath Structural Biology Awarded the Erice Science for Peace Prize, Italy Prof. Eli Zeldov Condensed Matter Physics Elected as a Fellow of the School of Engineering at the University of Tokyo