Prof. David Mukamel

 

Prof.David Mukamel studies how properties of materials are altered in response to such environmental changes as temperature, magnetic fields, and pressure. His research targets a better understanding of phase transitions, spontaneous symmetry breaking, and other collective phenomena in equilibrated and dynamic systems. He also studies the statistical properties of biopolymers such as DNA and RNA molecules. He obtained his Ph.D. at the Weizmann Institute in 1974 and has served as Dean of the Weizmann Institute's Faculty of Physics since 1995. He was recently appointed Head of the Center for Experimental Physics established in 2001 in honor of former Institute president Haim Harari. A member of Israel's Council for Higher Education since 1992, his awards include the J. F. Kennedy Prize and the Keren Bat-Sheva de Rothschild Prize. Prof. Mukamel holds the Harold J. and Marion F. Green Professorial Chair.