Awards And Honors

Awards and Honors Notification formWeizmann 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