ACADEMIA EUROPAEA
Member
Prof. Craig (Chaim) Gotsman
Faculty of Computer Science
ACM
Fellow
Prof. Orna Grumberg
Faculty of Computer Science
“For contributions to research in automated formal verification of hardware and software systems.”
Distinguished Visiting
Prof. Judea Pearl
Faculty of Computer Science
“For contributions to artificial intelligence through the development of a calculus for probabilistic and causal reasoning.”
Prof. Assaf Schuster
Faculty of Computer Science
“For contributions to cloud computing.”
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION
Humboldt Research Award
Prof. Hossam Haick
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
Fellows
Prof. Michael Gronau
Faculty of Physics
“For incisive contributions regarding tests of the Kobayashi-Maskawa theory of CP violation and searches for new physics in the decays of particles containing heavy quarks.”
Prof. Yakov Krasik
Faculty of Physics
“For contributions to the understanding of the physics of plasma cathodes, the generation of high-current electron beams and nanosecond-timescale gaseous discharges, and converging strong shock waves.”
Prof. Leonid Pismen
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering
“For pioneering and ingenious contributions to fundamental fluid dynamics, particularly interfacial flows, dynamics of moving contact lines, and the analysis of instabilities and pattern formation in diverse systems.”
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Dickson Prize in Science
Distinguished Visiting
Prof. Judea Pearl
Faculty of Computer Science
IEEE
Fellow
Prof. Avinoam Kolodny
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
“For contributions to VLSI design and automation tools.”
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Distinguished Lecturer (2016-2017)
Assoc. Prof. Alon Wolf
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS 2015)
Prof. Neri Merhav
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Best Paper Award
IEEE Kiyo Tomiyasu Award
Prof. Yonina Eldar
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
“For outstanding early to mid-career contributions to technologies holding the promise of innovative applications.”
IEEE Signal Processing Society
Prof. Yonina Eldar
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Best Paper Award
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS
Isaac Newton Medal
Distinguished Visiting
Prof. Eli Yablonovitch
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
For “his visionary and foundational contributions to photonic nanostructures” which have spawned the research field of photonic crystals.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER-AIDED VERIFICATION
CAV Award
Prof. Orna Grumberg
Faculty of Computer Science
“For the development and implementation of the localization-reduction technique and the formulation of counterexample-guided abstraction refinement.”
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BIONIC ENGINEERING (ISBE)
Outstanding Contribution Award (2016)
Distinguished
Prof. Emeritus Daniel Weihs
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
Draper Prize
Distinguished Visiting
Prof. Andrew Viterbi
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
“For development of the Viterbi algorithm, its transformational impact on digital wireless communications, and its significant applications in speech recognition and synthesis and in bioinformatics.”
NOMINET TRUST
2015 Nominet Trust 100
Prof. Hossam Haick
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering
“SNIFFPHONE: A phone so smart, it sniffs out disease.”
POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES (PAT)
2015 Menachem Lewin Senior Award for Lifetime Achievement
Prof. Emeritus Moshe Narkis
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering
“For outstanding work in the field of polymers.”
THOMSON-REUTERS
Highly Cited Researcher 2015
Prof. Michael Elad
Faculty of Computer Science
Distinguished Prof. Mordechai (Moti) Segev
Faculty of Physics and Solid State Institute
Distinguished Prof. Shlomo Shamai
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
TORINO ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
2015 Gili Agostinelli Prize
Prof. Daniel Rittel
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
“For his contributions in Applied Mechanics”
WORLD AQUACULTURE SOCIETY (WAS)
Honorary Life Award
Prof. Emeritus Yoram Avnimelech
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
“For a longstanding and significant contribution in aquaculture.”
Research Funding and Awards
HORIZON 2020
THE EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
EXCELLENT SCIENCE
European Research Council Grants
ERC Advanced Grants
Prof. David Gershoni
Faculty of Physics
“Deterministic Generation of Polarization Entangled Single Photons Cluster States”
Distinguished Prof. Shlomo Shamai
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
“Cloud Wireless Networks: An Information Theoretic Framework”
ERC Consolidator Grant
Nir Ailon
Faculty of Computer Science
ERC Proof of Concept (POC) Grants
Distinguished Prof. Mordechai (Moti) Segev
Faculty of Physics
Assoc. Prof. Shy Shoham
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering
ERC Starting Grants
Asst. Prof. Moran Bercovici
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Asst. Prof. Avi Schroeder
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Asst. Prof. Reut Shalgi
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
Asst. Prof. Josué Sznitman
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering
FUTURE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (FET) GRANTS
Asst. Prof. Roee Amit (Coordinator)
Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering
Assoc. Prof. Alexander Leshansky
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Visiting Prof. Avi Mendelson
Faculty of Computer Science
Assoc. Prof. Boaz Pokroy
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
ISRAELI AWARDS AND HONORS
COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Allon Fellows
Asst. Prof. Yaron Fuchs
Faculty of Biology
Asst. Prof. Reut Shalgi
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
Asst. Prof. Matthew Suss
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
FOOD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
Lifetime Academic Achievement Award
Prof. Emeritus Shmuel Yannai
Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering
ISRAEL MATHEMATICAL UNION
Erdős Prize in Mathematics
Assoc. Prof. Emanuel Milman
Faculty of Mathematics
ISRAEL PLANNERS ASSOCIATION
2016 Outstanding Planner Award
Prof. Emerita Naomi Carmon
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning
ISRAEL POLYMERS AND PLASTICS SOCIETY
Honorary Member
Prof. Yachin Cohen
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE HEAD OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Toren Prize
Distinguished Prof.
Emeritus Daniel Weihs
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
“For his long-standing contributions to unique academic research highly important for the defense community.”
MUNICIPALITY OF TEL-AVIV-JAFFA
2015 Chaim Weizmann Prize for Exact Sciences
Prof. Ilan Marek
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry
“For his extraordinary achievements in the development of innovative methods for the synthesis of organic compounds.”
THE MARKER
40 Most Promising under 40 in Israel
Asst. Prof. Moran Bercovici
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Asst. Prof. Reut Shalgi
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
WOLF FOUNDATION
2016 Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research
Asst. Prof. Keren Censor-Hillel
Faculty of Computer Science
Asst. Prof. Netanel Lindner
Faculty of Physics
TECHNION AWARDS and CHAIRS
Alexander Goldberg Research Prize
Assoc. Prof. David Elata
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
“On the Notion of a Mechanical Battery”
Henri Gutwirth Foundation Research Grants
Asst. Prof. Ofer Manor
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering
“Pattern Deposition at MHz to GHz Surface Acoustic Waves for 3D Printing of Nano-structures out of Solute Molecules and Colloidal Particles”
Asst. Prof. Alex Hayat
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
“High-Temperature Superconducting Optoelectronic and Topological Nano-devices”
Asst. Prof. Yaron Amouyal
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
“Defects and Interfaces in Thermoelectric Materials”
Uzi and Michal Halevy Innovative Applied Engineering Award (2015)
Assoc. Prof. Avner Rothschild
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
“Tandem Cells for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage”
Juludan Research Prize (2015)
Prof. Alon Wolf
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Sanford Kaplan Prize for Creative Management in the 21st Century High Technology
Prof. Hossam Haick, Gady Konvalina, and Meital Segev-Bar
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Raymond and Miriam Klein Research Prize
Assoc. Prof. Doron Shilo
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
“The Kinetic Relation for Twin Wall Motion in NiMnGa”
Hilda and Hershel Rich Technion Innovation Awards (2015)
Prof. Yonina Eldar, Tanya Chernyakova, Noam Wagner
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
“Fourier Domain Beamforming: the Path to Compressed Ultrasound Imaging”
Asst. Prof. Amir Gat
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
“Solid-Liquid Composite Structures as Lighter-Weighted and Enhanced Performance Aircraft Wings”
Prof. Benveniste (Benny) Natan
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
“A Rocket Engine that Uses Green Hypergolic Gel Propellant”
Prof. Israel Schechter and Dr Valery Bulatov
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry
“A New Analytical Technology: Laser Multiphoton Electron Extraction Spectroscopy”
Prof. Avraham Shtub
Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management
“Decision Support System for Project Management: The Project Team Builder (PTB)”
Dr Moshe Tordjman
Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute and Solid State Institute
“Novel P-type Dopant for Superior Diamond Surface Conductivity”
Daniel Shiran Memorial Prize
Assoc. Prof. Ester Segal
Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering
“Nanostructured Porous Silicon as Drug Carriers and their Behavior in Neoplastic Tissues”
Henry Taub Prizes for Academic Excellence (2015)
Assoc. Prof. Oren Cohen
Faculty of Physics
Prof. Michael Elad
Faculty of Computer Science
Prof. Yonina Eldar
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Assoc. Prof. Itai Yanai
Faculty of Biology
Moshe Yanai Awards for Excellence in Education (2015)
Prof. Joseph Avron
Faculty of Physics
Prof. Shlomo Bekhor
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prof. Joseph Ben-Asher
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Asst. Prof. Ayelet Baram-Tsabari
Faculty of Education in Technology and Science
Asst. Prof. Moran Bercovici
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Assoc. Prof. Ran El-Yaniv
Faculty of Computer Science
Prof. Daniel Lewin
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Prof. Ilan Marek
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry
Prof. Ross Pinsky
Faculty of Mathematics
Prof. Danny Raz
Faculty of Computer Science
Assoc. Prof. Mark Talesnick
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering
LEADERS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY and CAREER ADVANCEMENT CHAIRS
Chanin Fellow
Assoc. Prof. Karel Martens
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning
Horev Fellows
Asst. Prof. Yachin Ivry
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
Asst. Prof. Tomer Michaeli
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
David and Inez Myers Career Advancement Chair in Life Sciences
Asst. Prof. Yonatan (Yoni) Savir
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
Shalon Fellow
Asst. Prof. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus
Faculty of Education in Science and Technology
Jacques Lewiner Career Advancement Chair
Asst. Prof. Shlomo Razamat
Faculty of Physics
Taub Fellows
Asst. Prof. Roy Schwartz
Faculty of Computer Science
Asst. Prof. Yuval Filmus
Faculty of Computer Science
Viterbi Fellows in the Center for Computer Engineering at the Technion
Assoc. Prof. Alex Bronstein
Faculty of Computer Science
Asst. Prof. Shahar Kvatinsky
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Young Investigators Chair for Economics and Finance Research
Dr Reshef Meir
Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management
NEW CHAIR INCUMBENTS
Stephen E. Berger Chair in Engineering
Prof. Benveniste (Benny) Natan
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Max (Maksymillian) Dresner and Dr Hanna Cymet-Dresner and their son Dr Pawel
Dresner Chair in Work Study and Methods Engineering
Prof. Shmuel Onn
Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management
Louis Edelstein Chair in Medicine and Medical Research
Prof. Ehud Klein
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
David Erlik Chair in Surgery
Prof. Yaron Har-Shai
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
F.M.W. Academic Chair
Prof. Hossam Haick
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering
Joseph Israel Freund Chair
Prof. Eli Biham
Faculty of Computer Science
Sydney Goldstein Chair in Aeronautical Engineering
Prof. Jacob (Yaacov) Cohen
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Nahum Guzik Distinguished Academic Chair
Distinguished Prof.
Yitzhak Apeloig
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry
Norman and Trudy Louis Chair in Engineering
Prof. Eugen Rabkin
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
Mendes France Chair in Management and Economics
Prof. Ron Holzman
Faculty of Mathematics
Betty Ann and Raymond J. Rosen Chair in Life Science
Prof. Dan Zilberstein
Faculty of Biology
The Schlesinger Chair in Manufacturing Systems
Prof. Erez Hasman
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Robert J. Shillman Distinguished Research Chair
Distinguished Prof.
Mordechai Segev
Faculty of Physics
Shirley Tark Chair in Aircraft
Prof. Itzchak Frankel
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Shmuel and Hanna Tolkowsky Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Oleg Gendelman
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Yeshayahu Winograd Chair in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Prof. Eyal Zussman
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
The Abel Wolman Chair in Civil Engineering
Prof. Oded Rabinovitch
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering