• Picture of Prof. Meir Lahav

    Prof. Meir Lahav

    Solid State Chemistry in 2- and 3-dimensions
    Organization of molecules at surfaces and interfaces; effects of environment on crystal growth
    Chirality, Chemistry and the origin of life

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  • Picture of Prof. Gershon Kurizki

    Prof. Gershon Kurizki

    Quantum optics of cold atoms .
    Superluminal effects in optics.
    Quantum and nonlinear optics in photonic band gap structures.
    Control of quantum states and decoherence.

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  • Picture of Dr. Valery Krizhanovsky

    Dr. Valery Krizhanovsky

    The role of cellular senescence in human disease
    Cellular senescence and organismal aging
    Age-related diseases
    Cellular senscence in lung diseases - IPF and COPD
    Mechanisms of interaction of senescent cells with their microenvironment
    Interaction of senescent cells with the immune system
    Intercellular protein transfer
    Cellular senescence in cancer development and treatment
    Senescent cells in the pre-malignant lesions
    The role of senescent cells in response to therapy
    Cellular senescence in embryonic development

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  • Picture of Prof. Robert Krauthgamer

    Prof. Robert Krauthgamer

    Design and analysis of algorithms, including massive data sets, data analysis, and combinatorial optimization
    Embeddings of finite metric spaces, high dimensional geometry

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  • Picture of Prof. Gady Kozma

    Prof. Gady Kozma

    Harmonic Analysis
    Probability
  • Picture of Prof. Ilan Koren

    Prof. Ilan Koren

    The twilight zone - convective clouds and their interaction with the free atmosphere
    Collaboration with:  NOAA-ESRL Boulder CO.
    Anthropogenic Effects on Clouds and Precipitation and the Derived Climate Forcing
    Collaboration with:  NASA-GSFC, UMBC
    Cloud microphysics and dynamics
    Cloud classification and cloud textures and morphology

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  • Prof. Zohar Komargodski

    Particle Physics and Quantum Field Theory
  • Picture of Prof. Yitzhak Koch

    Prof. Yitzhak Koch

    Regulation of GnRH expression in the mammary gland.
    Development of cytotoxic analogs of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH).
    Expression and functions of GnRH-II in the brain and in T lymphocytes.
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    Prof. Jacob Klein

    Molecular origins of biological lubrication Hydration lubrication: a new paradigm
    Properties of thin liquid films including aqueous electrolytes and polyelectrolytes.
    Hydrophobic interactions
    Slip at surfaces
    Boundary lubrication under water
    Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: the role of lubrication
    Hydrogels
    Macro-tribological studies of soft matter
    Surface-forces-measurement techniques at angstrom surface separations; polymers as molecular lubricants
    ATRP growth of polymers from surfaces
    Polyelectrolyte brushes
    Polymers, Complex Fluids, and Interfaces - Experimental studies of the behavior of confined simple and polymeric fluids.
    Collaboration with:  Sam Safran
    Nanotribology
    Surface forces between heterogeneous surfaces
    Confinement induced phase transitions

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  • Prof. Michael W. Kirson

    Theory and systematics of nuclear structure.
    Nuclear mass models
    The shell model and interacting boson model for nuclei.

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