https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/node/2904
December 1, 2000
Yaakov Naan joined the Institute in 1996. His past occupations include planning high- and -low-voltage electricity networks for the Israel Electric Corporation Ltd., as well as establishing and managing data and information processing units. He was also instru...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-yosef-yarden-vice-president-academic-affairs
December 1, 2000
Prof. Yosef Yarden studies the family of hormones known as growth factors. His research focuses on their role in the development of cancer and the mechanisms underlying their biochemical activity. He received a Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute in 1985, and ha...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-zvi-artstein-vice-president-technology-transfer
December 1, 2000
Prof. Zvi Artstein is an expert in differential equations, control, and optimization. Though rooted in theoretical mathematics, these areas are applicable to diverse physical, industrial, and economic systems. He joined the Weizmann Institute in 1975 and was a...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/dr-hanan-alon-vice-president-international-affairs-and-public
December 1, 2000
Dr. Hanan Alon, who joined the Weizmann Institute in 1997, served in the Israel Defense Forces for 25 years in a variety of command and staff positions. He was a personal assistant to two of the IDF's Chiefs of the General Staff. After the Yom Kippur War he be...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-samuel-safran-dean-feinberg-graduate-school
December 1, 2000
Prof. Samuel Safran, a physicist who studies the structure and organization of soft matter and biomaterials - a field that is also of interest to chemists and biologists - joined the Weizmann Institute in 1990 as a professor in the Materials and Interfaces Dep...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-david-harel-dean-mathematics-and-computer-science-faculty
December 1, 2000
Prof. David Harel works on several areas of computer science, including logic and computability theory, visual languages, and the synthesis and communication of smell. He joined the Weizmann Institute in 1980 and became Head of the Computer Science and Applied...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-david-mukamel-dean-physics-faculty
December 1, 2000
Prof. David Mukamel studies the way in which the 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...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-lia-addadi-dean-chemistry-faculty
December 1, 2000
Appointed this year as Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry and first Head of the Ilse Katz Institute for Material Sciences and Magnetic Resonance Research, Prof. Lia Addadi completed her Ph.D. in Structural Chemistry at the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1979....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-david-mirelman-dean-biochemistry-faculty
December 1, 2000
A 1968 graduate of the Weizmann Institute's Feinberg Graduate School, Prof. David Mirelman joined the faculty of the Biophysics Department in 1970. In 1987 he was appointed Chairman of the Board of YEDA Research and Development Ltd., the Weizmann Institute's t...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/prof-moshe-oren-dean-biology-faculty
December 1, 2000
Prof. Moshe Oren began his scientific career at the Institute as a Ph.D. student in 1973. He is world renowned for his research into the p53 protein, whose malfunction is an important factor in the formation of over 50% of all cancer tumors. Prof. Oren cl...