• Picture of Prof. Mordehai Milgrom

    Prof. Mordehai Milgrom

    Departure from Newtonian dynamics as an explanation of the dark-matter problem in galactic systems.

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    Prof. Giora Mikenberg

    Maintenece and construction of the upgrade of the ATLAS-MUON End-Cap MUON System
    Search for Higgs bosons and SUSY particles at LHC.
    Collaboration with:  E. Duchovni, E. Gross, L. Levinson, D. Lellouch
    Search for the standard-model and SUSY Higgs-bosons at LEP.
    Collaboration with:  E. Duchovni, E. Gross, L. Levinson, D. Lellouch
  • Picture of Dr. Ziv Meir

    Dr. Ziv Meir

    Quantum control of molecules
    Quantum logic
    Molecular qubits
    Precision spectroscopy of molecules
    Beyond-standard-model tests
    Molecular clocks
    Quantum information with molecules

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  • Picture of Prof. Gershom (Jan) Martin

    Prof. Gershom (Jan) Martin

    Computational Quantum Chemistry
    Collaboration with:  D. Milstein, M. van der Boom, R. Neumann, M. A. Iron, L. Kronik, J. L. Sussman
    High-accuracy ab initio thermochemistry: method development and applications.
    Development of novel, more universal, density functionals, with particular emphasis on fifth-rung ("double hybrid") approaches
    Application of density functional methods to organometallic systems, with special reference to homogenous catalysis.
    Ab initio prediction of rotation-vibration spectra beyond the harmonic approximation.
    Intermolecular interactions
    Computational molecular biology (focusing on acetylcholinesterase and on COVID19)

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    Prof. Yitzhak Maron

    Study of High-Energy-Density Plasmas:
    Collaboration with:  Cornell Univ. , Princeton Univ. , Sandia National Laboratories , Naval Research Laboratory, University of Jena in Germany , HZDR Institute-Dresden , Michigan State Univ. , Univ. of CA in San Diego , LLNL- NIF facility
    Experimental platform: Z-pinch systems, with and without externally applied magnetic fields
    Development of non-invasive spectroscopic diagnostic methods (from visible to x-rays) for investigating matter under extreme conditions. Development of measurements of high spectral , spatial , and temporal resolutions.
    Design and build up of fast (ns) and ultra-fast (sub ns) spectroscopic systems.
    Study of Instabilities and turbulence phenomena.
    Radiation transport in non-equilibrium plasmas.
    Conversion of electric and magnetic-field energy into particle kinetic energy and radiation.
    Close collaboration with Universities and National laboratories in the US (Cornell, Sandia National Laboratory, National Ignition Facility, and Naval Research Labs).
    Line shape computations in hot and dense plasmas
    Measurements of ion temperature and turbulence in current driven and radiation driven plasmas Measurements of magnetic fields in current driven implosions and in laser-matter interaction experiments
    High-Power-Laser matter interaction:
    Collaboration with:  University of Jena and HZDR-Dresden in Germany , LLNL - National Ignition facility, Sandia National Laboratories.
    Warm dense matter (solid-state density with temperatures of the order of the Fermi energy) formed by intense laser-matter interaction.
    Intense-laser-beam guiding by plasma channels.
    Experiments are performed in major European facilities: Jena University and HZDR - Drezden (Germany), Ѐcole polytechnique - LULI (France).
    Analysis of x-ray data from NIF

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  • Picture of Prof. Victor Malka

    Prof. Victor Malka

    Laser Plasma Accelerators
    Collaboration with:  HZDR in Germany, Ecole Polytechnique in France, and UM from US
    Compact plasma based accelerators of electrons and protons
    Compact plasma based X ray beams
    Gas dynamics for targetry
    Medical applications (radiotherapy, X ray phase contrast imaging)

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  • Picture of Prof. Igor Lubomirsky

    Prof. Igor Lubomirsky

    Ice Nucleation on Charged Surfaces (Electrofreezing)
    Collaboration with:  Prof. Meir Lahav
    Ice nucleation
    design of polar crystals and surfaces by symmetry reduction
    non-classical crystal growth
    surface and bulk pyroelectricity
    Fundamentals of electro-chemo-mechanical effects
    local symmetry reduction
    non-classical electrostriction
    ionic conductivity
    elastic interactions in solids with a large concentration of point defects

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    Dr. Nir London

    Discovery and design of specific covalent inhibitors
    Covalent personalized medicine for cancer
    Computational ligand/drug discovery

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  • Picture of Prof. Zvi Livneh

    Prof. Zvi Livneh

    DNA damage tolerance by error-prone DNA polymerases
    DNA damage tolerance by error-prone DNA polymerases in embryonic stem cells
    DNA damage tolerance by error-prone DNA polymerases under hypoxia
    Biomarkers for risk assessment, prevention and early detection of cancer
    DNA repair biomarkers for risk assessment, prevention and early detection of lung cancer
    DNA repair biomarkers for risk assessment, prevention and early detection of colorectal cancer
    DNA repair biomarkers for risk assessment, prevention and early detection of pancreatic cancer

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  • Picture of Dr. Yoav Livneh

    Dr. Yoav Livneh

    Interoception - perception of internal bodily signals
    Cortical computations for modulation of bodily physiology
    Continuous updating in the brain-body loop

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