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Prof. David Milstein
Organometallic chemistry and catalysisBond activation by electron-rich transition metal complexes.Rational design of homogeneous catalysis and synthetic methodology based on transition metal complexes.Impact of molecular order on catalysis and reactivity.Generation and stabilization of elusive (potentially biologically active) molecules
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Prof. Giora Mikenberg
Trigger and data acquisition for LHC experiments.Collaboration with: E. Duchovni, E. Gross, L. Levinson, D. LellouchSearch for Higgs bosons and SUSY particles at LHC.Collaboration with: E. Duchovni, E. Gross, L. Levinson, D. LellouchSearch for Supersymmetry at LEP.Collaboration with: E. Duchovni, E. Gross, L. Levinson, D. LellouchDetector development and study of physics for LHC.Collaboration with: E. Duchovni, E. Gross, L. Levinson, D. LellouchSearch for the standard-model and SUSY Higgs-bosons at LEP.Collaboration with: E. Duchovni, E. Gross, L. Levinson, D. LellouchReconfigurable computing.Collaboration with: E. Duchovni, E. Gross, L. Levinson, D. Lellouch
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Prof. Gershom (Jan) Martin
Computational Quantum ChemistryCollaboration with: D. Milstein, M. van der Boom, R. Neumann, M. A. Iron, L. KronikHigh-accuracy ab initio thermochemistry: method development and applications.Development of novel, more universal, density functionalsApplication 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
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Prof. Yitzhak Maron
Imploding Plasmas under Pulsed Magnetic Fields:High-Resolution Spectroscopic studies of High-Energy-Density Plasmas (visible to x-ray).Design and build up of fast (ns) and ultra-fast (sub ns) optical spectroscopic systems.Studies of Instabilities and turbulence phenomena.Radiation transport and ion temperature in imploding plasmas.High-Power-Laser matter interaction:Warm dense matter (solid-state with temperatures above the Fermi energy) formed by intense laser solid-state interaction.Intense-Laser-Beam-guiding by the use of plasma channels.Development of novel spectroscopic diagnostic methods for matter under extreme conditions.Experiments are performed in major European laboratories: Jena, Drezden (Germany), Ecole polytechnique (France).Close collaboration with Universities and National plasma laboratories in the US (Cornell, Sandia, NRL, LLNL-NIF).
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Prof. Igor Lubomirsky
Ice Nucleation on Charged Surfaces (Electrofreezing)Collaboration with: Prof. Meir LahavIce nucleationdesign of polar crystals and surfaces by symmetry reductionnon-classical crystal growthsurface and bulk pyroelectricityFundamentals of electro-chemo-mechanical effectslocal symmetry reductionnon-classical electrostrictionionic conductivityelastic interactions in solids with a large concentration of point defects
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