Honors to Academic Staff of the Weizmann Institute during 2010
Name
Department
Honor
Prof. Uri Alon Molecular Cell Biology Highly cited paper attesting to a Contribution to International Excellence in Scientific Research for 2000-2009 together with Dr. Ron Milo (as noted by Thomson Reuters) Dr. Ehud Altman Condensed Matter Physics Awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research Prof. Ruth Arnon Immunology Elected as the next President of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Vladimir Berkovich Mathematics Recipient of a Meitner Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Prof. Hadassa Degani Department of Biological Regulation Awarded the "Teva Founders Prize" for Imaging of Diseases Research Prof. Yadin Dudai Neurobiology Appointed as a Member of the Aspen Brain Forum Scientific Advisory Board
Online announcementProf. Michael Eisenbach Biological Chemistry Awarded the Sarov Prize in Microbiology from the Israel Society for Microbiology (ISM) Prof. Lucio Frydman Chemical Physics Awarded the Minister Prize of Ministry of Immigrant Absorption for an Outstanding Scientist Dr. Avishay Gal-Yam Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics Awarded the IPS Prize for a Young Physicist by the Israel Physical Society Prof. Esra Galun Plant Sciences Recipient of an Honorary membership from the Genetics Society of Israel Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science
Online announcementProf. Jonathan Gressel Plant Sciences Awarded the Israel Prize for Agriculture Prof. Yoram Groner Molecular Genetics Recipient of the Rothschild Prize in Life Science Prof. Haim Harari Particle Physics and Astrophysics Elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Prof. David Harel Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected as a Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. David Harel Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the EMET Prize in Computer Science Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation
Online announcementProf. Moty Heiblum Condensed Matter Physics Awarded an "Honorary Amit" from Ort Braude College Prof. Ora Kedem Biological Chemistry Recipient of a Life Time Achievement Award from the Israeli Water Societies Prof. Jacob Klein Department of Materials and Interfaces Awarded the ICS (Israel Chemical Society) Prize of Excellence Prof. Gady Kozma Mathematics Recipient of the Rollo Davidson Prize for Young Probabilists Awarded by the Rollo Davidson Trust, University of Cambridge Prof. Leeor Kronik Department of Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize for Excellent Young Scientist Prof. Doron Lancet Molecular Genetics Re-elected to the Council of HUGO (Human Genome Organization) Dr. Anat Levin Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the Eurographics Young Researcher Award Dr. David Margulies Organic Chemistry Recipient of a Career Development Award of the International Human Frontier Science Program Organization Dr. Ron Milo Plant Sciences Highly cited paper attesting to a Contribution to International Excellence in Scientific Research for 2000-2009 together with Prof. Uri Alon (as noted by Thomson Reuters)
Online announcementProf. David Milstein Organic Chemistry Recipient of the Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry
Online announcementProf. David Milstein Organic Chemistry Admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry Mr. Amir Mitchell
(in the group of
Prof. Yitzhak Pilpel )Molecular Genetics Awarded the Israeli Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's Prize for an Outstanding Ph.D student‘s Achievements Prof. Yitzhak Pilpel Molecular Genetics Awarded the Hestrin Prize of the Israel Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Prof. Itamar Procaccia Chemical Physics Elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters Prof. Samuel Safran Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Pierre Gilles de Gennes Lecture Prize
Online announcementMs. Hagar Sagiv
(in group of
Prof. Rafi MalachNeurobiology Awarded the UNESCO - L'Oreal Prize "For Women in Science" for Young Scientists Prof. Jacob Sagiv Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Kolthoff Prize from the Technion, for his contribution to the research of "self-assembled monolayers (SAM)" Prof. Yaron Silberberg Department of Physics of Complex Systems Awarded the Landau Prize of Mifal Hapais for Nonlinear Optics Mr. Roie Shlomovitz
(in the group of
Prof. Nir Gov )Chemical Physics Awarded the Lee Segel Prize Ms. Keren Stimler
(in the group of
Prof. Dan Yakir )Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Awarded the ICS (Israel Chemical Society) Prize to Graduate Students Prof. Alexander Tsafriri Biological Regulation Awarded an Honorary Membership of the Israel Fertility Association Prof. Dan Yakir Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Appointed as a National representative of the European Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) Prof. Dan Yakir Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Elected as a Member of the Board of the Israel Society of Ecological and Environmental Sciences Prof. Dan Yakir Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Appointed as a Member of the Board of the Inter-University Institute of Marine Sciences in Eilat Prof. Yosef Yarden Biological Regulation Recipient of the Gold Medal of the Israeli Societies for Clinical Oncology and Radiation Oncology (ISCORT) Prof. Yosef Yarden Biological Regulation Highly cited paper attesting to a Contribution to International Excellence in Scientific Research for 2000-2009 (as noted by Thomson Reuters)
Online announcementProf. Yosef Yarden Biological Regulation Recipient of the Ernst W. Bertner Memorial Award from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Prof. Yosef Yarden Biological Regulation Recipient of the Debrecen Award for Molecular Medicine, Hungary Dr. Abraham Zangen Neurobiology Recipient of the Sieratzki-Korczyn Prize for Advances in Neuroscience