Prof. Israel Rubinstein Prof. Israel Rubinstein
Department of Materials and Interfaces
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot 76100, Israel
Phone: +972-8-934-2678
Fax: +972-8-934-4137
E-mail:israel.rubinstein@weizmann.ac.il

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  • Curriculum Vitae

    Position:
    Professor of Chemistry, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

    Area of Activity:
    Nanomaterials; electrochemistry; supramolecular chemistry; coordination self-assembly; thin films on electrodes; template synthesis of nanomaterials; nanoparticle systems; nanoparticle nanotubes; optical sensors.

    Education
    Ph.D. Chemistry: 1979, Tel-Aviv University (Advisors: Profs. E. Gileadi and E. Eisner).
    Title of Ph.D. Dissertation: "Electrochemistry of Bromine-Bromide Solutions".
    M.Sc. Chemistry: 1973, Tel-Aviv University (Advisor: Prof. E. Kariv).
    Title of M.Sc. Thesis: "Electroreduction of a-Halo and a-Amino Ketones".
    B.Sc. Chemistry: 1970, Tel-Aviv University.

    Awards and Honors:
    2002: Fellow of The Electrochemical Society.
    1987: Somach Sachs Memorial Award, Weizmann Institute.
    1984: Victor L. Erlich Career Development Chair, Weizmann Institute.
    1981: Bantrell Research Fellowship, California Institute of Technology.

    Affiliation:
    Active Member, The Electrochemical Society; Member, Israel Chemical Society; Member, Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry; Member, Shotokan Karate-Do of Israel.

    Professional Experience:
    From 1983: Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science (Scientist, 1983; Senior Scientist, 1984; Associate Professor, 1988; Professor, 1996).
    1981-1982: Staff Scientist, General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, N.Y.
    1979-1981: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Texas, Austin (with Prof. A.J. Bard).
    1971-1979: Instructor, Department of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University.

    Visiting Professor:
    Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, June-September 1995.
    Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, May-October 1989.
    Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, November 1987-January 1988; April-May 1986; July-August 1985.

    Cited Work:
    Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Natur und Wissenschaft, March 29, 2004.
    Materials Today, April 2004, p. 9.
    NanoBiotech News 2(5), Feb. 2004.
    News - Analytical Currents, Anal. Chem. 73 (2001) 301A.
    Chem. Eng. News, Science/Technology Concentrates, July 31, 2000.
    CHEMTECH (Amer. Chem. Soc.) 29 (July 1999) 62.
    High-Tech Materials Alert 14 (Oct. 1997) 11.
    Chem. Eng. News, April 4 (1988) 15.
    News and Views, Nature 332 (1988) 393.

    Teaching Experience:
    1986-2004: Graduate courses in Electrochemistry, The Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute.
    1987-1989: Member of the Teaching Committee for Chemistry, The Feinberg Graduate School, Weizmann Institute.
    1974-1979: Instructor, Graduate Laboratory Course in Electrochemistry, Tel-Aviv University.
    1974-1977: Chemistry teacher and coordinator of chemistry studies, Tichon Hadash High School, Tel-Aviv.

    Graduate Students and Postdocs: (*expected graduation)
    M.Sc. Ph.D.
    		 Postdoctoral Associates
    Keren Carmi (2004)
    Tali Sehayek (2002)
    Meni Wanunu (2001)
    David Behar (1997)
    Keren Shabtai (1997)
    Irit Ruach-Nir (1997)
    Anat Hatzor (1994)
    Yael Gafni (1993)
    Hannoch Ron (1992)
    Yuval Golan (1991)
    Yaron Greenwald (1991)
    Eyal Sabatani (1985)
    		 Tali Sehayek (2006)*
    Ovadia Abed (2005)*
    Meni Wanunu (2005)*
    Ilanit Doron-Mor (2004)
    Irit Ruach-Nir (2003)
    Gregory Kalyuzhny (2001)
    Boaz Alperson (1998)
    Anat Hatzor (1998)
    Hannoch Ron (1998)
    Yuval Golan (1996)
    Merlin Bruening (1995)
    Eyal Sabatani (1992)
    Suzi Steinberg (1991)
    Zeev Porat (1990)
    		Tatyana Bendikov (2004- )
    Yantao Pang (2004)
    Irit Ruach-Nir (2003-2004)
    Michal Lahav (2002-2003)
    Marie Anne Schneeweiss (1999-2001)
    Yan Zhang (1996-1998)
    Zhiquiang Gao (1993-1994)
    Koo-Chun Chung (1992-1993)

    Assoc. Staff Scientists:
    Alexander Vaskevich (from 1998).

    Avocations:
    Music, Karate (black belt, certified instructor).

    Personal Information:
    Born 1947, in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Graduated from high school in 1965. Served in the Israel Defense Forces from 1965 to 1967. Married with four children, resides at the Weizmann Institute.

    Mailing address:
    Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
    Phone: +972-8-9342678
    Fax: +972-8-9344137
    E-mail: israel.rubinstein@weizmann.ac.il
    Home page: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/materials/Rubinstein