| Education |
| 1998 - 2000 | Postdoctoral associate at Harvard University with Prof. Charles M. Lieber, working on nanostructured materials (including carbon nanotubes), chemical force microscopy and biophysical chemistry |
| 1997 | Postdoctoral period at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with Prof. Itamar Willner, setting up scanning probe microscopy facilities (AFM, STM, NSOM and Electrochemistry) |
| 1997 | Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 1990 - 1995 | Graduate studies in Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Itamar Willner. Title of thesis: "Control of Photochemical Processes by means of Organized Systems and Microheterogeneous Environments" |
| 1989 | B.Sc. degree in Chemistry, summa cum laude (average grade: 95), from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 1986 - 1989 | B.Sc. studies in Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| 1985 - 1986 | First year of B.Sc. studies in Chemistry at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain |
Employment History |
| 2008 - | Associate Professor at the Weizmann Institute, Department of Materials and Interfaces (from November 2008). |
| 2001 - 2008 | Senior scientist at the Weizmann Institute, Department of Materials and Interfaces (from April 2001). |
Prizes and Awards |
| 2007 | Israel Chemical Society Excellent Young Scientist Prize |
| 2006 | Weizmann Scientific Council Award "for his discovery of the phenomenon of carbon nanotubes growth with a specific direction and the understanding of the growth mechanism" |
| 2001 | Bergman memorial award from the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation |
| 2001 | Alon Fellowship for young scientist in Israel (for 3 years) |
| 1997 | Academic training fellowship from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for a postdoctoral stay at Harvard |
| 1995 | Haas Family Award for outstanding achievements in Ph.D. research |
| 1991 | Wolf Foundation Award for outstanding achievements in M.Sc. research |
| 1989 | Rector's Award for outstanding achievements in B.Sc. studies |
| 1989 |
Dean's List of Excellence (3rd year B.Sc.) |
| 1988 |
Dean's List of Excellence (2rd year B.Sc.) |
| 1987 |
Mention of Honor in the Knesset (The Israeli Parliament) for new immigrant's achievements in the first year of B.Sc. studies. Ceremony held at the Knesset |
Competitive Grants |
| Alon Fellowship for young scientists in Israel |
| Israel Science Foundation (3 consecutive grants) |
| US-Israel Binational Science Foundation (2 consecutive grants) |
| Minerva Foundation (2 consecutive grants) |
| Israel Ministry of Defense (2 simultaneous grants since 2008 and 2009, respectively) |
Teaching Experience |
| Courses taught at the Weizmann Institute: |
| 2003 – 2006 | Physical Chemistry 1B (Kinetics) |
| 2002 | Masters Seminar Course |
| Courses taught before present appointment (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): |
| 1992 - 1995 | Assistant teacher of Organic Chemistry for 2nd-year Chemistry students |
| 1990 - 1994 | Tutor of Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory for 3rd-year Chemistry students |
| 1990 - 1992 | Assistant teacher of Organic Chemistry for 1st-year Biology students |
| 1990 - 1992 |
Tutor of Organic Chemistry Laboratory for 1st-year Medical students |
Academic Administration |
| 2010 - 2011 | Weizmann representative on the Executive Board of the Israel Chemical Society |
| 2010 - 2011 | Services Committee, Weizmann Institute |
| 2005 - 2006 | Equipment Review Committee for the Faculty of Chemistry, Weizmann Institute |
| 2001 - 2006 | Coordinator of Materials Research Seminars, Department of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Institute |
| 2003 - 2004 | Delegate of the Chemistry senior scientists at the Scientific Council, Weizmann Institute |
| 2003 | Coordinator of the Ulpana Amos De-Shalit for 1st and 2nd year Chemistry students |
Conferences |
| Invited talks at international meetings: |
| 2012 | Nano2012 – 11th Conference on Nanostructured Materials, Rhodes, (Greece), August 26-31: " Guided Growth of Millimeter-Long Horizontal Nanowires with Controlled Orientations ". |
| 2012 | XXXV Encontro Nacional de Física da Matéria Condensada , (annual meeting of the Brazilian Physical Society), Águas de Lindóia (Brazil), 14-18 May: "Shaping nanotubes and nanowires with surfaces". |
| 2011 | Electrochemical Society Meeting, Montreal, (Canada), May 1-6: "Shaping nanotubes and nanowires with surfaces". |
| 2010 | Pacifichem, Honolulu, Hawaii (USA), December 15-20: " Shaping carbon nanotubes with surfaces". |
| 2010 | NanoIsrael, Tel Aviv, (Israel), November 8-9: "How do different nanotubes twist?". |
| 2010 | New Diamond and Nano Carbons 4th Intrnational Conference, Suzhou, China, May 16-20: "Complex carbon nanotube patterns directed by crystal surfaces". |
| 2010 | Transition Metal Chalcogenide and Halide Nanostuctures (TMCN10), Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, April 25-27: "Torsional Stick-Slip Behavior in WS2 Nanotubes". |
| 2009 | American Chemical Society Meeting, Washington, DC (USA), August 16-21: "Self-Organization of Complex Nanotube Patterns Directed by Crystal Surfaces". |
| 2009 | Guadalupe Workshop – Nucleation and Growth mechanisms of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes, Boerne, Texas (USA), April 16-21: "Self-Organized Growth of Complex Nanotube Patterns on Crystal Surfaces". |
| 2007 | Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston (U.S.A.), November 26-30: “Torsional Electromechanics of Carbon Nanotubes”. |
| 2006 | Nanotube ‘06, Nagano (Japan), June 18-23: “Epitaxial Approaches to Carbon Nanotube Organization” (plenary talk). |
| 2006 | Frontiers Winterschool – Understanding Processes at the Molecular Level, Lenzewrheide (Switzerland), March 18-23: “Epitaxial Approaches to Carbon Nanotube Organization”. |
| 2005 | NanoteC05 – Nanotechnology in Carbon and Related Materials, University of Sussex, Brighton (U.K.), August 31 – September 3: “Epitaxial Approaches to Carbon Nanotube Organization”. |
| 2005 | International Conference on the Chemistry of the Organic Solid State, UCLA, Los Angeles (U.S.A), July 24-29: “Nanotube Formation along Atomic Steps”. |
| 2002 | 12th International Symposium on Supramolecular Chemistry, Eilat (Israel), October 6-11: “Carbon Nanotubes as Building Blocks in Molecular Electronics”. |
| 2001 | 6th International Symposium on Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Eilat (Israel), September 2-6: “Vectorial Growth of Carbon Nanotubes for Molecular Electronics”. |
| Invited talks at binational meetings: |
| 2012 | Israel-China meeting on Nanotechnology (satellite of NanoIsrael2012), Tel Aviv- Rehovot (Israel), March 28-29: "Guided Growth of Nanowires". |
| 2008 | China-Israel Joint Symposium on Nanobiomaterials and Structures, Beijing (China), October 27-30: "Self-Organization of Complex Nanotube Patterns on Crystals Surfaces". |
| 2007 | Dutch-Israel Symposium – Molecular Materials, November 18-20, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel): “From Molecular Epitaxy to Nanotube Epitaxy”. |
| 2006 | India-Israel Symposium - From Molecules to Composites: Interdisciplinary approaches to Materials Research, May 4-8, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre, Bangalore (India): “Epitaxial Approaches to Carbon Nanotube Organization”. |
| 2006 | France-Israel Symposium on Diamond, Carbon Nano-structures and Related Materials, March 6-7, Ein Bokek (Israel): “Epitaxial Approaches to Carbon Nanotube Organization”. |
| 2005 | Nanotubes and Nanowires - Germany-Israel Foundation Meeting, June 20-23, Dresden (Germany): “Atomic Step-Templated Formation of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Patterns”. |
| 2002 | Nanochemistry 2002 - Germany-Israel Workshop on the Fabrication, Characterization and Properties of Nanomaterials, November 17-18, Rimonim-Neptune Hotel, Eilat (Israel): “Carbon nanotubes as building blocks for molecular electronics” (Member of organizing committee). |
| 2001 | Japan-Israel Binational Workshop on Diamond Science & Technology, December 6-7, Kochi University of Technology, Tosayamada-cho, Kochi (Japan): “Carbon nanotubes as building blocks for molecular electronics”. |
| 2001 | Switzerland-Israel Meeting, UCSB-WIS-ETHZ-EPFL Workshop on Advanced Materials, September 9-13, Crêt-Berard, Puidoux, Lausanne (Switzerland): “Vectorial growth of carbon nanotubes for molecular electronics”. |
| 2000 | Netherlands-Israel Meeting, Molecular Avenues in Material and Surface Science, October 23-25, University of Twente (The Netherlands):“Vectorial growth of carbon nanotubes for molecular electronics circuitry and computing”. |
| Contributed talks at international meetings: |
| 2009 | Trends in Nanotechnology, Barcelona (Spain), September 6-11: " Self-Organization of Complex Nanotube Patterns Directed by Crystals Surfaces". |
| 2007 | American Physical Society Meeting, Denver, Colorado, (U.S.A.), March 2007: “Torsional Electromechanics of Carbon Nanotubes”. |
| 2006 | Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco (U.S.A.), April 16-21: “Epitaxial Approaches to Carbon Nanotube Organization” (talk selected “of special note”). |
| 2005 | American Physical Society Meeting, Los Angeles, (U.S.A.), March 2005: “Atomic Step-Templated Formation of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Patterns”. |
| 2004 | Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston: “Atomic Step-Templated Formation of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Patterns”. |
| 2000 | Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston (U.S.A.), November 27- December 1: “Vectorial Growth of Carbon Nanotubes”. |
| Poster presentations at international meetings: |
| 2007 | Nanotube ‘07, Ouro Preto, (Brazil), March 2007: “Torsional Electromechanics of Carbon Nanotubes” (1st poster), “Nanotube Epitaxy” (2nd poster).
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| 2007 | International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials, Kirchberg in Tirol, (Austria), March 2007: “Torsional Electromechanics of Carbon Nanotubes” (1st poster), “Nanotube Epitaxy” (2nd poster).
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| 2007 | American Physical Society Meeting, Denver, Colorado, (U.S.A.), March 2007: “Nanotube Epitaxy”.
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| 2005 | Nanotube ‘05, Gothenburg (Sweden), June 26 – July 1: “Atomic Step-Templated Formation of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Patterns”. |