Awards And Honors
Awards and Honors Notification form – Weizmann staff only
| Name | Department | Honor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Eli Arama | Department of Molecular Genetics | Recipient of a Research Career Development Award from Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), USA | |
| Prof. Ruth Arnon | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Awarded the AESKU Prize for Life Contribution to Autoimmunity by the 6th International Congress on Autoimmunity | |
| Prof. Ruth Arnon | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Awarded an honorary "Yakir Tel-Hai" from the Tel-Hai Academic College | |
| Prof. Roy Bar-ziv | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Awarded the Wolf Foundation's Krill Prize for Outstanding Research | |
| Prof. Naama Barkai | Department of Molecular Genetics | Recipient of the FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award | |
| Prof. Ed Bayer | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Elected to the Scientific Advisor Board of the DOE BioEnergy Science Center (BESC) | |
| Prof. David Cahen | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Awarded the Kolthoff Prize from the Technion for his Research in Alternavite Energy Resources | |
| Prof. Irun r. Cohen | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Recipient of the "Teva" Founder Research Prize in Immunology | |
| Prof. Harry Dym | Department of Mathematics | Elected as President of the Israel Mathematical Union | |
| Prof. Yuval Gefen | Department of Condensed Matter Physics | Elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, London, UK | |
| Prof. Shafrira Goldwasser | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Elected by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) as the Athena Award for Research that Advanced Secure Internet Transactions Lecturer | |
| Prof. Jonathan Gressel | Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | Recipient of the Outstanding International Achievement Award from the International Weed Science Society | |
| Prof. Yoram Groner | Department of Molecular Genetics | Recipient of the EMET Prize in Life Sciences Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation | |
| Prof. Moty Heiblum | Department of Condensed Matter Physics | Awarded the Rothschild Prize in Physical Sciences | |
| Prof. Yoseph Imry | Department of Condensed Matter Physics | Elected as a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences | |
| Dr. Vyacheslav Kalchenko | Department of Veterinary Resources | Elected as a Fellow of Royal Microscopical Society | |
| Prof. Adi Kimchi | Department of Molecular Genetics | Elected to the Academia Europaea | |
| Prof. Gady Kozma | Department of Mathematics | Recipient of the Anna and Lajos Erdos Prize in Mathematics by Israel Mathematical Union | |
| Prof. Robert Krauthgamer | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Elected as Treasurer of the Israel Mathematical Union | |
| Prof. Gershon Kurizki | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Recipient of the Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics | |
| Prof. Doron Lancet | Department of Molecular Genetics | Awarded the Landau Prize of Mifal Hapais for Research and Science | |
| Prof. Gil Levkowitz | Department of Molecular Cell Biology | Awarded the Program Committee Award at eh 17th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Development Neuroscience (ISDN) | |
| Prof. Zeev Luz | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Medal | |
| Prof. Gershom (jan) Martin | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Nominated as the Robert S. Mulliken Lecturer at the University of Georgia, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, USA | |
| Prof. Israel Pecht | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Elected as the Secretary General of Federation of the European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) | |
| Prof. David Peleg | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Awarded the Dijkstra Prize by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Distributed Computing | |
| Prof. Yehiam Prior | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Elected as a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) | |
| Prof. Itamar Procaccia | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Elected as a Member of C3, Commission on Statistical Physics (IUPAP) | |
| Prof. Omer Reingold | Department of Condensed Matter Physics | Recipient of the Professor Amnon Pazy Memorial Award from the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF) | |
| Prof. Vered Rom-kedar | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Elected as Secretary of the Israel Mathematical Union | |
| Prof. Israel Rubinstein | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Honored by Publication of a Special Issue of the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry | |
| Prof. Michal Schwartz | Department of Brain Sciences | Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Ben-Gurion Univeristy of the Negev | |
| Prof. Yechiel Shai | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Elected to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences | |
| Dr. Alla Shainskaya | Department of Life Sciences Core Facilities | Elected as the President of the Israeli Society for Mass Spectrometry (ISMS) | |
| Prof. Ehud Shapiro | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Authored an article selected to appear in the IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics | |
| Prof. Michal Sharon | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Recipient of a Research Career Development Award from Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), USA | |
| Prof. Nathan Sharon | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Selected to share (with Dr. Robert Spiro) the inaugural Rosalind Kornfeld Award for Lifetime Achievement in Glycobiology | |
| Prof. David Tannor | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Awarded the Zahava and Zvi Friedenberg Prize of the Israel Science Foundation | |
| Prof. Reshef Tenne | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize for Excellence | |
| Prof. Reshef Tenne | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Elected as a Materials Research Society (MRS) Fellow | |
| Prof. Edriss s. Titi | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Elected as a Member of the Commission on Mathematical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) | |
| Prof. Shimon Ullman | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Recipient of the 8th David Rumelhart Prize | |
| Prof. Meir Wilchek | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Re-Elected as a Member of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Boad of Governors | |
| Prof. Meir Wilchek | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Re-Elected as a Member of Bar-Ilan University's Board of Governors | |
| Prof. Dan Yakir | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences | Elected as a Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (SC-IGBP) | |
| Prof. Yosef Yarden | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Awarded the Hamilton Fairley Prize by the ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology) Executive Committee | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Recipient of a Degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa from Oxford University | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Elected to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Recipient of the Albert Einstein World Award of Science Awarded by the Consejo Cultural Mundial | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Elected as the Laureate to represent Europe for "Women in Science" Awards by the L'OREAL-UNESCO International Jury | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Rrecipient of the 10th Annual l'Oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Recipient of the George E. Palade Distinguished Lecture and Gold Medal from Wayne State University |

