Awards And Honors
Awards and Honors Notification form – Weizmann staff only
| Name | Department | Honor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Tal Alexander | Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics | Awarded the Wolf Foundation's Krill Prize for Outstanding Research | |
| Prof. Ruth Arnon | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Reelected as the Vice President of the Israel Academy of Sciences and humanities | |
| Prof. Ruth Arnon | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion Univeristy of the Negev | |
| Prof. Naama Barkai | Department of Molecular Genetics | Elected as a member of EMBO | |
| Prof. Avi Ben-nun | Department of Systems Immunology | Recipient of a Humboldt Research Award by Max-Planck-Institut fur Neurobiology | |
| Prof. Brian Berkowitz | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences | Elected as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America | |
| Prof. David Cahen | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Awarded the Landau Prize of Mifal Hapais | |
| Prof. Yadin Dudai | Department of Brain Sciences | Awarded the Eduardo De Robertis Medal of the Argentinean Society for Neuroscience | |
| Prof. Michael Eisenbach | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Elected as the President of the Israel Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | |
| Prof. Aviezri s. Fraenkel | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Recipient of "Honorary Citizen" by the Municipality of Rehovot | |
| Prof. Daniella Goldfarb | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Awarded the Distinguished Bruker Prize by Royal Society of Chemistry | |
| Prof. Maria Gorelik | Department of Mathematics | Awarded the Levitzki Prize in Algebra from the Israel Mathematical Union | |
| Prof. David Harel | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Recipient of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Software System Award | |
| Prof. David Harel | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Recipient of a Doctor Laurea Honoris Causa from University of Milano-Bicocca | |
| Prof. David Harel | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Elected as an AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Fellow | |
| Prof. Ernesto Joselevich | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Excellent Young Scientist Prize | |
| Prof. Ora Kedem | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Twente, The Netherlands | |
| Prof. Adi Kimchi | Department of Molecular Genetics | Awarded the "Teva Founders Prize" for breakthrough achievements in cancer genetics. | |
| Prof. Jacob Klein | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Awarded the Kolthoff Prize by the Technion | |
| Prof. Ilan Koren | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences | Recipient of the Environmental Research Letters (ERL) Outstanding Paper Award by IOP Publishing, UK | |
| Prof. Doron Lancet | Department of Molecular Genetics | Elected to the Council of HUGO (Human Genome Organization) | |
| Prof. Yitzhak Maron | Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics | Recipient of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Award fro Plasma Science and Application | |
| Prof. Ron Naaman | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Lectureship Award Winner of the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry of the Chemical Society of Japan | |
| Prof. Boaz Nadler | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Awarded the Kowalski Prize in Chemometrics | |
| Prof. Michal Neeman | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Elected as a Fellow of the ISMRM (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), USA | |
| Prof. Moshe Oren | Department of Molecular Cell Biology | Elected as a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, USA | |
| Prof. Israel Pecht | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Elected as an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences | |
| Prof. Amir Pnueli | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Recipient of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Software System Award | |
| Prof. Itamar Procaccia | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Recipient of the national Italian Decoration of the Italian Solidarity Star (OSSI) conferred by the President of the Italian Republic | |
| Prof. Eran Segal | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Recipient of the Overton Prize Awarded by International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) | |
| Prof. Eran Segal | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Recipient of the Europena Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator Award | |
| Prof. Michael Sela | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Elected as a Foreign Member, French National Academy of Medicine | |
| Prof. Ehud Shapiro | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Elected as the first incumbent of the France Telecom-Orange Excellence Chair for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Paris "Centre de Recherche Interdisc | |
| Prof. Moshe Shapiro | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Recipient of the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics | |
| Prof. Nathan Sharon | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Elected as an Honorary Member of the Croatian Biochemical Society | |
| Prof. Dan Tawfik | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Recipient of the Weizmann Prize from the Tel-Aviv Municipality | |
| Prof. David Wallach | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Elected as Councilor of the International Cytokine Society (ICS), USA | |
| Prof. Dan Yakir | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences | Elected as a Member of the Board of Davidson Institute of Science Education | |
| Prof. Yosef Yarden | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Recipient of the EMET Prize in Bio-Chemistry awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation | |
| Prof. Yosef Yarden | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Elected as a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Recipient of the Wolf Prize in Chemistry | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Elected to deliver the XXXVII Linus Pauling Lectureship and recipient of a Gold Medal from Stanford University, USA | |
| Prof. Abraham Zangen | Department of Brain Sciences | Recipient of the Medical Futures Innovation Award in the field of "Mental Health and Neuroscience" awarded by Medical Futures, UK | |
| Prof. Eli Zeldov | Department of Condensed Matter Physics | Elected a fellow of the American Physical Society |

