Honors, Awards, and Promotions in 2009

Last update June 29, 2009 --- E.O.E.

   External Awards

• Prof. Ada Yonath (Structural Biology):
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009
  • Awarded the Erice Science for Peace Prize, Italy
• Dr. Barak Dayan (Chemical Physics): Yigal Allon Fellow
• Prof. Daniella Goldfarb (Chemical Physics): International Zavoisky Award from the Zavoisky Physical Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
• Prof. David Cahen (Materials and Interfaces): Kolthoff Prize of the Technion
• Prof. David Milstein (Organic Chemistry): Inaugural Novartis Lecture, Harvard U., April 2009
• Prof. Deborah Fass (Structural Biology): 2008 Outstanding Young Scientist Prize (conferred 2009) of the Israel Chemical Society
• Prof. Gershon Kurizki (Chemical Physics): Alexander von Humboldt Prize.
• Dr. Ilan Koren (Environmental Science and Energy Research): the Krill Prize for outstanding young researchers of the Wolf Foundation (conferred 2008).
• A paper by Prof. Israel Rubinstein (Materials and Interfaces) was selected as one of six JES Classics by the Journal of the Electrochemical Society
• Prof. Itamar Procaccia (Chemical Physics): Israel Prize in Physics.
• Prof. Lia Addadi and Prof. Steve Weiner (Structural Biology) 2009 Israel Chemical Society Prize
• Prof. Meir Lahav and Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz (Materials and Interfaces): 2009 Israel Chemical Society Medal
• Prof. Michael Bendikov (Organic Chemistry):
  • 2009 France-Israel Award for Academic Excellence in the area of Renewable Energy.
  • 2009 Outstanding Young Scientist Prize of the Israel Chemical Society
• Prof. Reshef Tenne (Materials and Interfaces):
  • 2008 Prize for Excellence of the Israel Chemical Society (conferred 2009)
  • 2009 Balzan Prize in the category of Science of New Materials
• Prof. Zeev Luz (Chemical Physics): Israel Chemical Society medal

   Internal Awards

• Dr. Itay Rousso (Structural Biology): The Prize of the Scientific Council for Chemistry
• Dr. Linda Shimon (Chemical Research Support): The Maxine Singer Prize for Outstanding Staff Scientists
• Prof. Lucio Frydman (Chemical Physics): 2009 Helen and Martin Kimmel Award for Innovative Investigation

   Promoted to Professor in 2010

• N.N. (Department)

   Promoted to Associate Professor in 2010

• N.N. (Department)

   Joined the Faculty in 2010

• Eran Bouchbinder (Chemical Physics)
• Barak Dayan (Chemical Physics)
• Ed Narevicius (Chemical Physics)
• Oren Tal (Chemical Physics)

   Institute-Level Administrative Appointments in 2010

• N.N. (Department)

   Student and Postdoctoral Awards

• Amir Karton (Martin group, Organic Chemistry): Recipient of the Dov Elad Memorial Prize
• Gabriel Frank (Haran and Horowitz groups, Chemical Physics and Structural Biology): Recipient of the Lev Margulis award
• Goren Gordon (Kurizki group, Chemical Physics):
  • Israel Chemical Society Prize for outstanding Ph.D. students.
  • Dimitris N. Chorafas Prize
• Sharly Fleischer (Prior group, Chemical Physics):
  • 2009 Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award of the Israel Chemical Society
  • the John F. Kennedy Prize
• Yael Politi (Addadi and Weiner groups, Structural Biology): the Giora Yoel Yashinski Memorial Prize
• Feinberg Graduate School Dean's Prizes for Excellence:
  • Gabriela Adler (Rudich group, Environmental Science and Energy Research)
  • Guy Ziv (Haran group, Chemical Physics)
  • Talia Harris (Frydman group, Chemical Physics, with Degani group)