Honors awarded to Academic Staff of the Weizmann Institute during 2012
Name
Department
Honor
Prof. Ronen Alon Department of Immunology Elected as a Member of EMBO
Online announcementProf. Abraham Arcavi Department of Science Teaching Elected as the new Secretary General of the International Comission on Mathematics Instruction (ICMI) Dr. Gad Asher Department of Biological Chemistry Recipient of a Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Career Development Award Prof. Brian Berkowitz Department of Environmental Sciences and Energy Research Recipient of the M. King Hubbert Award from the National Ground Water Association, USA Mr. Graham de Ruiter
(in the group of
Prof. Milko Van Der Boom )Department of Organic Chemistry Recipient of the ICS Prize for Excellent Graduate Students
Online announcementProf. Irit Dinur Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Erdos Prize in Mathematics by the Israel Mathematical Union
Online announcementProf. Yadin Dudai Department of Neurobiology Elected as an "Honorary Member" of The Argentinian Society for Research in Neuroscience Dr. Nirit Dudovich Department of Physics of Complex Systems Awarded the IPS Prize for Young Physicist Dr. Nirit Dudovich Department of Physics of Complex Systems Awarded the IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics Prof. Alexander Finkelstein Department of Condensed Matter Physics Recipient of a Humboldt Research Award Dr. Sarel-Jacob Fleishman Department of Biological Chemistry Recipient of a Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Career Development Award Dr. Sarel-Jacob Fleishman Department of Biological Chemistry Elected as a Place winner of Gen9's inaugural G-prize Prof. Lucio Frydman Department of Chemical Physics Appointed as Chairman of the European Magnetic Resonance Association Board of Trustees
Online announcementProf. Lucio Frydman Department of Chemical Physics Appointed as Chief Editor of the Journal of Magnetic Resonance
Online announcementProf. Eilam Gross Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics Deliverd the Tenth Oscar van Leer Lecture
Online announcementDr. Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna Department of Molecular Genetics Awarded the ICRF Research Career Development Award Dr. Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna Department of Molecular Genetics Elected as an EMBO Young Investigator
Online announcementProf. David Harel Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the 2012 Doctor Honoris Causa of the Eindhoven University of Technology Prof. Adi Kimchi Department of Molecular Genetics Recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Cell Death by the International Cell Death Society Prof. Adi Kimchi Department of Molecular Genetics Elected as a Member of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences Prof. Adi Kimchi Department of Molecular Genetics Recipient of the EMET Prize in Life Sciences Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation
Online announcementProf. Jacob Klein Department of Materials and Interfaces Awarded the Tribology Gold Medal by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Prof. Leeor Kronik Department of Materials and Interfaces Appointed as a Member of the new "Young Israel Academy" Dr. Ron Milo Department of Plant Sciences Elected as an EMBO Young Investigator
Online announcementProf. David Milstein Department of Organic Chemistry Awarded the Israel Prize in Chemistry Prof. David Milstein Department of Organic Chemistry Elected as a Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. David Milstein Department of Organic Chemistry Elected as the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) Lecturer Prof. Nir Orion Department of Science Teaching Recipient of the International Union of Geo Science (IUGS) excellence award on Geological Education Prof. Israel Pecht Department of Immunology Appointed as an Honorary Member of the Spanish Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, SEBBM) Prof. Yitzhak Pilpel Department of Molecular Genetics Recipient of the Michael Bruno Memorial Award from Yad Hanadiv Prof. Itamar Procaccia Department of Chemical Physics Awarded a Ph.D. Honoris Causa by the Minister of Science in Brazil at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Natal, Brazil) Prof. Yair Reisner Department of Immunology Recipient of the Samuel and Paula Elkales Prize for Scientific Excellence in Medicine Prof. Adi Shamir Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Recipient of the Gold Medal of the French Academie des Sciences
Online announcementProf. Noam Sobel Department of Neurobiology Recipient of the Rappaport Prize for Biomedical Sciences Dr. Rotem Sorek Department of Molecular Genetics Awarded the ISM Nili Rubinowitz-Grossman Prize for outstanding young scientist in the field of microbiology
Online announcementDr. Rotem Sorek Department of Molecular Genetics Appointed as a Member of the "Young Israel Academy" Dr. Amos Tanay Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research Prof. Reshef Tenne Department of Materials and Interfaces Elected as a member of the Academia Europaea Prof. Edriss S. Titi Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Elected as a SIAM Fellow Prof. Itzhak Tserruya Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics Appointed as the Chairperson of the Program Advisory Committee for High Energy Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) at Dubna, Russia Prof. Itzhak Tserruya Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics Awarded the Medal of Honour of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia Dr. Nachum Ulanovsky Department of Neurobiology Awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research Prof. David Wallach Department of Biological Chemistry Recipient of the Rappaport Prize for Biomedical Sciences Prof. Yosef Yarden Department of Biological Regulation Recipient of the Susan G. Komen "for the Cure" Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Basic Research Prof. Eli Zeldov Department of Condensed Matter Physics Awarded the Landau Prize of Mifal Hapais for Exact Sciences