Awards And Honors
Awards and Honors Notification form – Weizmann staff only
| Name | Department | Honor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Ruth Arnon | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Recipient of an Honorary Fellow from the Open University | |
| Prof. Ruth Arnon | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Leuphana University, Germany | |
| Prof. Gad Asher | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Recipient of an EMBO Young Investigator Award | |
| Prof. Eran Bouchbinder | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research | |
| Dr. Hagai Cohen | Department of Chemical Research Support | Recipient of the IVS (Israel Vacuum Society) Research Excellence Prize | |
| Prof. Yadin Dudai | Department of Brain Sciences | Elected as a member of EMBO | |
| Prof. Yadin Dudai | Department of Brain Sciences | Elected as a Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities | |
| Prof. Michael Elbaum | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Recipient of the European Microscopy Society (EMS) Outstanding Paper Award | |
| Prof. Zelig Eshhar | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Recipient of the Teva Award for Excellence in Memory of Eli Hurvitz | |
| Prof. Zelig Eshhar | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Recipient of the Massry Prize from the University of Southern California, USA | |
| Prof. Lucio Frydman | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Awarded the Wang T.C. Lecture Professorship of Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Science | |
| Prof. Stephen Gelbart | Department of Mathematics | Elected as a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society | |
| Prof. Lilach Gilboa | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research | |
| Prof. Jacob (yaqub) Hanna | Department of Molecular Genetics | Elected as a Member of the Israel Young Academy | |
| Prof. Jacob (yaqub) Hanna | Department of Molecular Genetics | Selected for 40 under 40 list by Cell Journal Recognizing young scientists shaping future trends in science | |
| Prof. David Harel | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Elected as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering | |
| Prof. David Harel | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Elected as an Honorary Fellow by Beit Berl College | |
| Prof. David Harel | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Elected as a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences | |
| Prof. Avi Hofstein | Department of Science Teaching | Recipient of the American Chemical Society's Committee of Environmental Improvement (ACS-CEI) Award | |
| Prof. Eran Hornstein | Department of Molecular Genetics | Awarded the Lindner Prize by the Israel Endocrine Society (IES) | |
| Dr. Lothar Houben | Department of Chemical Research Support | Recipient of the European Microscopy Society (EMS) Outstanding Paper Award | |
| Prof. Shahal Ilani | Department of Condensed Matter Physics | Awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research | |
| Prof. Zohar Komargodski | Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics | Awarded the Philippe Meyer Prize in Theoretical Physics | |
| Prof. Igor Lubomirsky | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Recipient of the Solid State Ionics Best paper Award | |
| Prof. Gershom (jan) Martin | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Elected as an International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Fellow | |
| Prof. Ron Milo | Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | Elected as a Member of the Israel Young Academy | |
| Prof. David Milstein | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Named amongst Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers (The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014) | |
| Prof. Ron Naaman | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Awarded the Kolthoff Prize by the Technion | |
| Prof. Moni Naor | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Awarded the Godel Prize by the ACM/SIGACT | |
| Prof. Ed Narevicius | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Awarded the ICS (Israel Chmical Society) Excellent Young Scientist Prize | |
| Prof. Ronny Neumann | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Awarded the Israel Chemical Society Prize for Excellence | |
| Prof. Eran oded Ofek | Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics | Awarded the IPS Prize for a Young Physicist by the Israel Physical Society | |
| Prof. Rony Paz | Department of Brain Sciences | Recipient of the Heineman Research Award | |
| Prof. Itamar Procaccia | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Awarded the AIRBUS Professorship | |
| Prof. Itamar Procaccia | Department of Chemical and Biological Physics | Elected as a Chair of the Commission for Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) | |
| Prof. Yair Reisner | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Recipient of the Rappaport Prize for Biomedical Sciences | |
| Prof. Varda Rotter | Department of Molecular Cell Biology | Delivered the Germany Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Distinguished Lecture | |
| Prof. Varda Rotter | Department of Molecular Cell Biology | Recipient of the Anthony Dipple Carcinogenesis Award from the European Association for Cancer Research | |
| Prof. Maya Schuldiner | Department of Molecular Genetics | Elected as a Member of the Israel Young Academy | |
| Prof. Maya Schuldiner | Department of Molecular Genetics | Selected for 40 under 40 list by Cell Journal Recognizing young scientists shaping future trends in science | |
| Prof. Michal Schwartz | Department of Brain Sciences | Elected as the President of the International Society of Neuroimmunology | |
| Prof. Michal Schwartz | Department of Brain Sciences | Elected as an Honorary Member by the World Immunopathology Organization (WIPO) | |
| Prof. Michael Sela | Department of Immunology and Regenerative Biology | Recipient of an Honorary Fellow from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya | |
| Prof. Israel Silman | Department of Brain Sciences | Recipient of the Ilanit-Katzir Prize | |
| Prof. Rotem Sorek | Department of Molecular Genetics | Awarded the FEBS Anniversary Prize | |
| Prof. Joel Sussman | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Recipient of the Ilanit-Katzir Prize | |
| Prof. Joel Sussman | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Recipient of the Clarence A. Broomfield Award | |
| Prof. Reshef Tenne | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Recipient of the Best Science Paper Award from the ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) | |
| Prof. Shimon Ullman | Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics | Recipient of the EMET Prize in Exact Science - Robotics Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation | |
| Prof. Daniel hanoch Wagner | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Recipient of the Christophe Plantin Prize | |
| Prof. Daniel hanoch Wagner | Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science | Awarded the Landau Prize of Mifal Hapais for Chemical Engineering and Materials Engineering | |
| Prof. David Wallach | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Recipient of the EMET Prize in Life Sciences - Biotechnology Awarded by the A.M.N. Foundation | |
| Prof. Meir Wilchek | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Awarded an honorary "Yakir Brookdale Program" from Bar-Ilan University | |
| Prof. Meir Wilchek | Department of Biomolecular Sciences | Re-Elected as a Member of Bar-Ilan University's Board of Governors | |
| Dr. Sharon g. Wolf | Department of Chemical Research Support | Recipient of the European Microscopy Society (EMS) Outstanding Paper Award | |
| Prof. Dan Yakir | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences | Recipient of an Eminent Speakers Award from European Association of Geochemistry | |
| Prof. Edit Yerushalmi | Department of Science Teaching | Elected as a Member of the Editorial Board of Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from Technical University in Berlin | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Recipient of an Honorary Fellowship of the Asian College of Knowledge Management | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Awarded a Honorary Doctorate from the Baptist University, Hong Kong | |
| Prof. Ada Yonath | Department of Chemical and Structural Biology | Appointed as an Ordinary Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences | |
| Prof. Yaniv Ziv | Department of Brain Sciences | Recipient of the Sieratzki-Korczyn Prize for Advances in Neuroscience |

