Rothschild Fellows 2021 by Yad Hanadiv

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Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 About the Rothschild Fellowships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 About Yad Hanadiv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 About Academic Excellence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Committee Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Rothschild Fellows 2021/2022. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Dear Fellows, It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the family of close to 800 scholars, who have joined the ranks of the Rothschild Fellows over the past 42 years. Last year was exceptionally challenging for our Fellows. Things we had taken for granted – the ability to travel abroad, to work in close proximity with mentors and researchers, employability of spouses and partners and stable frameworks for children were suddenly out of reach. Not all the 2020 Fellows were able to reach their academic destinations. Those who remained in Israel have been invited to join you at the 2021 kick-off gathering. The Rothschild Fellowship programme is one of Yad Hanadiv’s flagship initiatives to advance academia in Israel. It reflects our conviction as to the importance that scientific inquiry, carried out at the highest international standards, holds for Israel’s future. The pandemic underscored the global nature of scientific research and its significance for people in Israel and around the world. Every new cohort of Rothschild Fellows affords us an opportunity to meet extraordinary young scholars, each with the potential to transform his or her field, and even the world around us. In the following pages, you can become acquainted with your colleagues. We encourage you to reach out to past and present Rothschild Fellows – whether those from your discipline, home university or familiar with your postdoctoral institution. The support you can offer one another is one of the programme’s many benefits. The ability to sustain top quality research in Israel must never be taken for granted. It depends on committed scholars such as yourselves building careers in Israel’s universities. Developing science to its full potential in this

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small country also requires a continuously engaged scientific community able to collaborate across disciplines and institutions. We are proud of the active and integral part that so many past Rothschild Fellows play in this vital enterprise. Experience of four decades of Rothschild Fellowships convinces us that your path is likely to be an exciting and important one. We look forward to following your academic journey and are grateful for the opportunity to be of assistance.

Ariel Weiss Chief Executive Yad Hanadiv

Dr Asher Ragen Programme Director Academic Excellence

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ABOUT THE ROTHSCHILD FELLOWSHIPS The Rothschild Fellowship programme was established to help young scholars of outstanding academic merit and potential advance in their respective fields. The first group of Fellows was selected for the 1979/80 academic year. Nine fellowships were awarded in that first round by a committee chaired by Sir Isaiah Berlin. In 1997 the programme was divided into two categories – Rothschild Fellowships in the Natural, Exact and Life Sciences and Engineering (NELS) and Rothschild Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HS). The current Chair of the Natural, Exact and Life Sciences and Engineering Committee is Professor Marcus Feldman (Stanford University); Professor Anthony Grafton (Princeton University) chairs the Committee for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Up to fourteen Rothschild Fellowships are awarded each year in Sciences and Engineering and up to nine in Humanities and Social Sciences. Some 800 Fellowships have been awarded to date. The majority of Fellows have pursued academic careers in Israel, with many going on to become leading figures in their fields. Fellows can be found in positions of academic leadership in Israel, including as university presidents, vice presidents and rectors. A complete list of past Fellows can be found on page 17. In 2012 Yad Hanadiv initiated a tradition of Rothschild Fellows Colloquia. A Colloquium takes place every three years, bringing together the most recent three cohorts of Rothschild Fellows, many of whom are still pursuing postdoctoral studies. It is an opportunity for Fellows to meet colleagues and present their work to senior academics in Israel. The next Colloquium is scheduled for 2022.

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ABOUT YAD HANADIV Yad Hanadiv is dedicated to creating resources for advancing Israel as a healthy, vibrant, democratic society, committed to Jewish values and equal opportunity for the benefit of all its inhabitants, carrying forward the philanthropic tradition of the Rothschild family. Yad Hanadiv traditionally maintains a modest public profile, refraining from publicizing its grants. Among better known projects are the construction of Israel’s Knesset (1966) and Supreme Court (1992) buildings, the establishment of Educational Television (1966), the Centre for Educational Technology (1974) and the Open University of Israel (1974). Current activity focuses on five core programme areas: Academic Excellence, Education, Environment, Arab Community and Early Childhood. The Foundation is also responsible for operating Ramat Hanadiv, a 4,000dunam nature park and memorial garden, and is collaborating with the National Library of Israel towards its renewal as a 21st century hub for on-site and online activity in a fitting and sustainable home.

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ABOUT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Supporting international-calibre research in Israel by investing in outstanding young scholars and promising fields Funding world-class research in Israel has been a mainstay of Yad Hanadiv’s philanthropy for decades. It has been directed towards enabling young scholars to spend time at top institutions abroad through the Rothschild postdoctoral Fellowships and to bringing leading foreign scholars to Israel through the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies. Yad Hanadiv is supporting Precision Medicine research primarily through the Israel Partnership for Precision Medicine (precisionmedicine.org.il) operated by the Israel Science Foundation. This programme aims to advance Precision Medicine research in Israel through research grants that build on the sharing of clinical data, large-scale collection and analysis of genomic and other molecular data, and by bringing together researchers from clinical and university settings. The Arab Excellence strategy, operated jointly with Yad Hanadiv’s Arab Community team, seeks to increase opportunities for Arab students to excel in higher education and in academic and valued private sector employment. The emphasis is on improving levels of achievement in Science and Technology disciplines. Yad Hanadiv also supports research and teaching in the Humanities and has promoted a strategic approach to faculty recruitment by university leadership. The Foundation is currently seeking to broaden opportunities to expose university students to the intellectual wealth of the Humanities. The Rothschild Prizes have been awarded to recognize exceptional scholarship since 1959.

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COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2021/2022 Rothschild Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences Chair: Prof. Anthony Grafton (History, Princeton University) Prof. Marlene Behrmann (Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University) Prof. Niva Elkin-Koren (Law and Technology, University of Haifa) Prof. Ruth Fine (Iberian and Latin American Studies, Hebrew University) Prof. Danny Fox (Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Prof. Edward (Ted) Fram (Jewish History, Ben-Gurion University) Prof. David Schloen (Archaeology, University of Chicago) Rothschild Fellowships in the Natural, Exact and Life Sciences, and Engineering Chair: Prof. Marcus Feldman (Ecology, Stanford University) Prof. Barbara Grosz (Computer Science, Harvard University) Prof. Ilan Marek (Chemistry, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology) Prof. Yigal Meir (Physics, Ben Gurion University) Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro (Physiology, Tel Aviv University) Prof. Aner Shalev (Mathematics, Hebrew University) Prof. Howard Stone (Engineering, Princeton University)

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Lior Abramson

Aviad Agam

PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

PhD: Tel Aviv University

Main Field of Study: Psychology Doctoral Dissertation: Feeling and Caring for Others: Individual Differences in Empathic Responses from Infancy to Early Adolescence University Abroad: Columbia University labramson87@gmail.com

Main Field of Study: Prehistory Doctoral Dissertation: Flint Procurement and Exploitation Strategies in the Late Lower Paleolithic Levant: The Case of Acheulo-Yabrudian Qesem Cave University Abroad: University of ErlangenNuremberg aviadagam2@gmail.com

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Uri Alon

Kassim Alsraiha

Moshe (Koko) Armon

PhD: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

PhD: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Main Field of Study: Computer Science

Main Field of Study: Middle East Studies

Main Field of Study: Hydrology

Doctoral Dissertation: Machine Learning for Programming Language Processing

Doctoral Dissertation: Religion and Citizenship in the Gulf States: The Thinking of Contemporary Reformist Intellectuals

Doctoral Dissertation: How Do Eastern Mediterranean Heavy Precipitation Events Vary with Changes in Climate?

University Abroad: To be decided

University Abroad: ETH Zurich

alsraiha@gmail.com

koko.armon@gmail.com

University Abroad: Carnegie Mellon University urialon1@gmail.com

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Karen Lee Bar-Sinai

Orly Bareket

David Chay Benisty

PhD: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

PhD: Tel Aviv University

PhD: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Main Field of Study: Architecture Doctoral Dissertation: Territorial-based Robotic Fabrication University Abroad: Technical University of Munich kbarsinai@post.harvard.edu

Main Field of Study: Social Psychology Doctoral Dissertation: The Effects of Men’s Power Motivations on their Tendency to Sexually Objectify Women University Abroad: Princeton University orly.brkt@gmail.com

Main Field of Study: Physics (Astronomy) Doctoral Dissertation: Unified Dark Energy and Dark Matter from Dynamical Spacetime Cosmology University Abroad: University of Cambridge davidexp@walla.com

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Adi Biram

Chen Eitan

Tamir Eliav

PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science

Main Field of Study: Immunology

Main Field of Study: Neurobiology

Main Field of Study: Neuroscience

Doctoral Dissertation: Antibody-mediated Immune Responses in the Small Intestine

Doctoral Dissertation: Discovery of microRNA Gene Mutations in ALS Patient Genomes

Doctoral Dissertation: Neural Representation of Large-scale Environments in the Bat Hippocampus

University Abroad: University of California, San Francisco

University Abroad: To be decided

chen.cep@gmail.com

tamir.eliav@gmail.com

adi.biram@gmail.com

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Isaac (Itzik) Fradkin

Hila Gonen

Yedidah Koren

PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

PhD: Bar-Ilan University

PhD: Tel Aviv University

Main Field of Study: Computer Science, Natural Language Processing

Main Field of Study: Talmud

Main Field of Study: Psychology Doctoral Dissertation: Deficits in Processing of Prediction Errors in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Effects on Action, Thoughts, Learning and Agency University Abroad: University College London itzik.fradkin@gmail.com

Doctoral Dissertation: Multilinguality and Bias in Language Modeling University Abroad: To be decided hilagnn@gmail.com

Doctoral Dissertation: Banned from the Congregation: Lineage and Illegitimacy in Rabbinic Literature University Abroad: New York University yedidahkoren@gmail.com

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Igor Khanonkin

Tom Levy

Alina Pushkarev

PhD: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

PhD: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

PhD: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Main Field of Study: Semiconductor Quantum Optics

Main Field of Study: Physiology and Endocrinology

Main Field of Study: Marine Microbiology

Doctoral Dissertation: Coherent Light – Matter Interaction in Optical Amplifiers Based on InAs/InP Quantum Dots Operating at Room Temperature

Doctoral Dissertation: The IAG-Switch and Sex Differentiation in Decapod Crustaceans: From Novel Biotechnology to Peculiar Cases of Reproduction

University Abroad: University of Ottawa ikhanonkin@tutanota.com

University Abroad: Stanford University tomlevy492@gmail.com

Doctoral Dissertation: The Search for New Ways to Harvest Light Using Functional Metagenomics University Abroad: Humboldt University of Berlin alinadrusilla@gmail.com

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Aharon Ravia

Aviv Reiter

Tamar Rott Shaham

PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science

PhD: Tel Aviv University

PhD: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Main Field of Study: Neuroscience Doctoral Dissertation: Uncovering Olfactory Perception Boundaries University Abroad: To be decided aharon.ravia@gmail.com

Main Field of Study: Philosophy Doctoral Dissertation: The End and Historicity of the Fine Arts: From the Idealistic Theory of the Renaissance to the Formation of a SystematicHistorical Conception in Hegel’s Philosophy of Art University Abroad: Humboldt University of Berlin avivreit@gmail.com

Main Field of Study: Electrical Engineering Doctoral Dissertation: Semantics Aware Image Processing University Abroad: to be decided tamarott@gmail.com

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Noam Saadon Grossman

Ron Shnapp

Assaf Shocher

PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

PhD: Tel Aviv University

PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science

Main Field of Study: Neuroscience Doctoral Dissertation: The Somatosensory Homunculi: Large Scale Topographic Characterization in Health and Disease University Abroad: Harvard University sgnoam@gmail.com

Main Field of Study: Engineering – Fluid Mechanics Doctoral Dissertation: Experimental Investigation of Relative Dispersion in Rough Boundary Layer Turbulence University Abroad: ETH Zurich ronshnapp@gmail.com

Main Field of Study: Mathematics and Computer Science Doctoral Dissertation: Deep Internal Learning University Abroad: University of California, Berkeley assafshocher@gmail.com

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Almog Simchon

Shira Tanny

Michael Wolfowicz

PhD: Ben-Gurion University

PhD: Tel Aviv University

Main Field of Study: Psychology

Main Field of Study: Mathematics

PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Doctoral Dissertation: The Relation between the Linguistic Environment, Agency, and Depression

Doctoral Dissertation: Symplectic Invariants of Packings and Covers: Soft and Hard Approaches

University Abroad: University of Bristol

University Abroad: Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

almog.si@gmail.com

tanny.shira@gmail.com

Main Field of Study: Criminology Doctoral Dissertation: Disaggregating the InternetRadicalization Relationship: The Role of Personalization Algorithms (the Filter Bubble), Network Structure Characteristics (the Echo Chamber), and Social Learning-Related Dynamics University Abroad: University College London michael.wolfowicz@gmail.com

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020 1979

Avishai Henik Psychology

Yael Ilan Industrial Engineering

Arnon Rolnick Psychology

Arye Juhasz Mathematics

Miri Rubin-Ungar History

Joseph Kostiner Middle Eastern History

Amnon Schwartz Agriculture

Tsevi Mazeh Astronomy

Itzhak Shperling Electrical Engineering

Ilana Nathan Medicine

Lester Shulman Biology

Yehuda Shiran Mechanical Engineering

Mina Teicher Mathematics

Eitan Tadmor Mathematics

Moshe Tur Electrical Engineering

Eilon Vaadia Biomedical Engineering

Marius Ungarish Computer Sciences

1981

Leah Yogev Biology

Joseph Almog Logic

1982

1980

Lili Anglister Biochemistry

Meir Bar-Asher Language & Literature

Aaron Ben-Zeev Philosophy

Cila Blatt Biology

Itamar Barnea Psychology

Ofer Binah Medicine

Zvi Elgat Engineering

David Bensimon Physics

Alfred Bruckstein Computer Sciences

Deborah Gera Classical Studies

Yitzhak (Tsahi) Birk Electrical Engineering

Itzhak Glass Neuroscience

Avi Hasner Medicine

Sammy Boussiba Biology

Chaim Benjamini Environmental Sciences Richard Flantz Language & Literature Ehud Heyman Electrical Engineering Yonatan (Yoni) Malachi Electrical Engineering Amihai (Ami) Mazar Archaeology Ely Merzbach Mathematics Arye Nehorai Electrical Engineering Mordechai Perl Mechanical Engineering Aviezer Ravitzky Jewish Philosophy Ariel Rubinstein Economics

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Moshe Deutsch Physics

Y. Cohen Philosophy

Yariv Ephraim Electrical Engineering

Yoram Erder History

Yigal Elad Plant Sciences

Haim Gamliel Medicine

Joshua Idar Education

Aharon (Ronnie) Friedman Immunology

Yoram Kapulnik Agriculture

Boaz Lazar Oceanography

Reuven Gepstein Medicine

Aviad Kleinberg History

L. Maisels-Navon Sociology & Anthropology

Dan Haran Mathematics

Michael Lecker History

Abraham Nowersztern Language & Literature

Jeffrey Macy Political Science

Emil Levy Chemistry

Jacob Pe’er Medicine

Ronit Nativ Hydrology

Naphtali Rishe Computer Sciences

Vladimir Privman Physics

Roman Pyrzak Agriculture

Luis Roniger Sociology

Zvi Safra Economics

Baruch Rinkevich Zoology

Adam Schneeweiss Medicine

Shaul Stampfer History

Moshe Sidi Electrical Engineering

Moshe Szyf Biochemistry

Baruch Vainas Chemistry

Amri Wandel Physics

Ram Yahalom Physics

1983

Joseph Zeira Economics

Raz Yirmiya Psychobiology

Amihood Amir Computer Sciences

1984

Constantin Zuckerman History

Doron Aurbach Chemistry

Yuti Charnajovsky Biology

1985

Reuven Avi-Yonah History

David Chitayat Medicine

Reuven Amitai History

Menachem Ben-Sasson History

Zohar Eitan Musicology

E. Avraham Immunology

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

1986

1987

Aharon Agranat Physics

Jonathan Axelrod* Biology

Gadi Algazi History

Shmuel Ben Zvi Economics

Yehuda Assaraf Microbiology

Yonatan Elkind Agriculture

Arnon Avron Computer Sciences

Raisa Epstein Mathematics

Michal Gadot Agriculture

Alexander Feinstein Physics

Tali Haran Chemistry

Yizhar Hirschfeld Archaeology

Moshe Idan Aeronautical Engineering

Oscar Levin Desert Research

Miriam Leurer Physics

Meir Lewkowicz Physics

Daniel Roberto Lewin* Chemical Engineering

Joseph Mali History

Ofer Lider Biology

Israel Nur Agriculture

Shulamit Manulis Plant Sciences

Yitzhak Nakash History

Haim Omer Psychology

Yoram Reich Civil Engineering

Amos Nevo Mathematics

David Satran Jewish Philosophy and Thought

Zvi Ruder Chemical Engineering

Fania Oz History

Yizhar Tal Law

Mordechai Shohat Medicine

Yossef Raviv Biology

Anthony J. Weiss Electrical Engineering

Michael Silber History

Baruch Rosenstein Physics

Yair Be’ery Electrical Engineering Jehoshua Bruck Electrical Engineering Miriam Constantini-Souroujon Biochemistry Michal Ephratt Language & Literature Dan Eshel Chemistry Marc Hirshman Jewish Philosophy and Thought Joseph Holoshitz Medicine Ofer Lahav Physics Dan Levy Physics

Arieh Wishkovsky Immunology 20

Mordechai Stein* Geology

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Dror Wahrman History

Jaron Rabinovici Medicine

Nadine Mandel Language & Literature

Haim Werner Biology

Eli Salzberger Law

Michal Neeman* Biochemistry

Anat Zadok Biology

Dafna Scharf* Chemistry

Ronen Peretz Mathematics

1988

Gabriel Schreiber Medicine

Rivka Riven-Kreitman Biochemistry

Dekel Amir-Shapira Botany

Adam Seligman Sociology

Levi Schachter Electrical Engineering

Boaz Avron Biology

David Yogev Biology

Aner Shalev Mathematics

Hector Budman Mechanical Engineering

1989

Dov Shiffman Biology

Joseph Buxbaum Biology

Nissim Benvenisty* Biochemistry

Tamar Tennenbaum Pharmacology

Itzchak Edrei Physics

Chaya Brodie Neurobiology

Naor Wainer* Physics

Ariel Halperin Economics

Tamar Dayan* Zoology

Shimon Weiss Electrical Engineering

Marwan Hassan Physical Geography

Dale Frank Biochemistry

Elnathan Weissert History

Amnon Horovitz Biochemistry

Eitan Galun Medicine

1990

Avishay Katz* Materials Engineering

Zohar Goshen Law

Reuven Amitai-Preiss History

Israel Knohl Bible

Eli Jerby Physics

Roza Azhari Biomedical Engineering

Ehud Landau Chemistry

Anna Kissin Language & Literature

Ronen Basri Computer Sciences

Meir Orenstein Chemistry

Daphne Koller Computer Sciences

Raanan Bavli Chemistry

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

1992

Yeshayahu Eisenberg Physics

David Golomb Physics

Zvulun Elazar* Biochemistry

Eitan Gross Physics

David Engelberg Biochemistry

Shay Gueron Mathematics

Lia Ettinger-Peach Biology

Abdullah Haj-Yehia Pharmacology

Graham Feingold Physics

Nahum Kiryati* Electrical Engineering

Rafael Perl-Treves Biology

Moshe Kol Chemistry

Itai Shafrir Mathematics

Avia Rosenhouse-Dantsker Chemistry

Nir Shavit Computer Sciences

Zlil Sela Mathematics

Ur Shlonsky Language & Literature

Gad Shaulsky Biology

Haim Weissman Physics

Efrat Shimshoni Physics

Eran Yashiv Economics

Haim Taitelbaum Physics

Menashe Levy Pharmacology

Eyal Zamir Law

Ofra Tirosh-Becker Language & Literature

Anya Mali Comparative Religion

Ada Zohar Psychology

Alexander Vardy Electrical Engineering

Eyal Maoz* Physics

1991

Dror Zeevi History

Victor Mor-Avi Physics

Radel Ben-Av Physics

Ilan Zisser Mathematics

Michael Polyak Mathematics

Igal Brener* Physics 22

Shlomo Berger Materials Engineering Ilan Bloom Electrical Engineering Meir Buzaglo Philosophy Nir Davidson Physics Avital Deutsch Psychology Eyal Doron Physics Doron Ginsburg* Biology Dan Halperin Computer Sciences Amos Lapidoth Electrical Engineering

Yuval Rabani Mathematics

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Yoram Reiter Immunology

Eytan Ruppin Computer Sciences

Assaf Likhovski Law

Snait Tamir Biochemistry

Guillermo Sapiro Electrical Engineering

Ofer Mokady Zoology

Daphna Vulcan Language & Literature

Idit Shachar Biochemistry

Tal Rabin* Computer Sciences

1993

Orit Shaul Plant Genetics

Erez Raz* Biology

Shimshon Bar-Ad Physics

Nathan Wasserman History

Benny Reznik Physics

Rivka Dikstein* Biochemistry

Noam Ziv Biology

Dan Sadot Electrical Engineering

Joshua Feinberg Physics

1994

Zvi Wiener Mathematics

Ruth Feldman Psychology

Uri Banin Chemistry

Alexander Yakobson History

Aviv Frommer Physics

Hanoch Ben-Yami Philosophy

Gil Yosipovitch Medicine

Ron Karidi Mathematics

Orna Cohen-Fix* Biochemistry

Reuven Zeitak Physics

Lior Klein Physics

Hanan Eshel* Archaeology

1995

Sima Lev* Biochemistry

Judith Frommer Electrical Engineering

Oded Agam Physics

Ariel Orda Electrical Engineering

Dorit Hanein Biology

Naama Barkai Physics

Uri Peskin Chemistry

Oded Heilbronner History

Yair Bartal Computer Sciences

Andrei Reznikov Mathematics

Wayne D. Kaplan Materials Engineering

Michal Ben-Nun Chemistry

Nava Rubin Biology

Menahem Kister Talmud

Michal Biran Inner Asian History

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

1997

Ofer Blum Chemistry

Sarit Cohen-Magori* Immunology

Ran Canetti Mathematics

Shoshana Eitan Biology

Larisa Gheber Biochemistry

Eyal Goren Mathematics

Chen Lichtenstein Law

Yaron Hadari Biology

Ofer Mandelboim* Biology

Hanni Inbar Electrical Engineering

Erez Petrank Computer Sciences

Alex Kamenev Physics

Moshe Portnoy Chemistry

Daphna Lewinsohn-Zamir Law

Ziv Reich Chemistry

Mordechai Margalit Electrical Engineering

Lilach Shalev-Mevorach Psychology

Gil Markovich Chemistry

Nadav Shnerb Physics

Yuri Pines Asian Studies

Nir Tessler Electrical Engineering

Eran Rabani Chemistry

Noga Kronfeld Zoology

Aryeh Zaban Chemistry

Kobi Rosenblum Biology

Efrat Lev-Lehman Biochemistry

1996

Bilha Segev Physics

Daniel Lidar Physics

Merav Ahissar Biology

Elnathan Weissert Assyriology

Eran Or* Biology

Uri Alon Physics

Avishai Wool* Mathematics

Yuval Oreg Physics

Gill Barequet Computer Sciences 24

Arnon Amir* Computer Sciences Rami Atar Electrical Engineering Roy Bar-Ziv Physics Joseph Berkovitz Philosophy Avraham Faust Archaeology Shlomo Gelaki Mathematics Isaac Hollander Islamic Studies Eugene Kanzieper Physics Michael Keidar Physics

Ronit Ricci Indonesian Studies

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Itay Rousso* Chemistry

Alon Efrat Computer Sciences

Yardena Bohbot-Raviv Physical Chemistry

Yehuda Sharf Physics

Dan Fuchs Physics

Haim Diamant Physics

Miriam Shefer History

Ruth Gaunt Psychology

Miriam Dishon-Berkovits Psychology

Orly Shenker Philosophy

Yuval Harari History

Noam Eliaz Chemical Engineering

Orian Shirihai* Medicine/Biology

Idit Keidar Computer Sciences

Yuval Feldman Law

Mark Shtaif* Electrical Engineering

Dror Orgad Physics

Oleg Gang Physics

Amnon Ta-Shma Computer Sciences

Yehuda Shalom Mathematics

Eyal Ginio Islamic Studies

Tsafrir Zor* Biochemistry

Dina Stein* Language and Literature

Daniel Gitler* Biology

1998

Shlomo Wagner* Neuroscience

Salit Kark Biology

Tomer Avidor-Reiss Biochemistry

Nili Wazana Bible

Leeor Kronik Electrical Engineering

Andrea Berger Psychology

Itzchak Weismann History

Omer Reingold* Mathematics

Yoram Betser Electrical Engineering

Ehud Weiss Archaeology

Ran Spiegler Economics

Eyal Buks Physics

Eduardo Zaborowski Physical Chemistry

Benjamin (Benny) Sudakov Mathematics

Steve Caplan Immunology

1999

Daniella Talmor-Heller Islamic Studies

Doron Cohen Physics

Avital Bareket-Samish Biology

Guy Tomer Biochemistry

Rafael De-Picciotto Physics

Ehud Behar Physics

Amichay Vardi Chemistry

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Sima Yaron Food Technology

Aharon Solomon Agriculture

Tal Kenet Biology

2000

Tsvi Tlusty* Physics

Uriel Levy Electrical Engineering

Yitzhak Benbaji Philosophy

Vitali Tugarinov Physics

Ohad Medalia* Chemistry

Yair Cohen Chemistry

2001

Chaim Noy Psychology

Leon Deouell Psychology

Amiram Ariel Chemistry

Ronit Satchi-Fainaro Biology

Alexander Groisman Physics

Gonen Ashkenasy Chemistry

Herve Seligmann Zoology

Tamar Juven-Gershon Biology

Guy Bar-Oz Zooarchaeology

Alexander Soibel* Physics

Gilmor Iris Keshet Biochemistry

Hagit Benbaji Philosophy

Daniel Johannes Stoekl Comparative Religion

Gila Moalem Taylor Biology

Alex Braiman Biophysics

Uzi Vishne Mathematics

Ziad Mussliman Mathematics

Alon Chen Biology

2002

Eyal Regev* Land of Israel Studies

Kfir Eliaz* Economics

Aharon Blank Chemistry

Andrea Rotstein Classical Studies

Lior Gepstein Medicine

Hagai Shmuel Eisenberg Physics

Elad Schneidman Neurobiology

Elinor Haddad-Saiegh Linguistics

Alexander Fantalkin Archaeology

Galili Shahar History

Eran Halperin Computer Sciences

Eyal Fridman* Agriculture

Golan Shahar Psychology

Daniel Harries Physical Chemistry

Yariv Kafri Physics

Avital Shurki Chemistry

Gilad Hirschberger Psychology

Michael Karayanni Law

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Vladlen Koltun Computer Sciences Yaakov (Koby) Levy Chemistry Irit Maor Physics Adia Mendelson-Maoz Literature & Philosophy Ishay Rosen-Zvi Philosophy Boris Rybtchinski Chemistry Maya Schuldiner* Biology Guy Shakhar Biology Roded Sharan Computer Sciences Dahlia Sharon Neurobiology Rafi Shikler Electrical Engineering Tsachy Weissman Electrical Engineering Tzachi Zamir Philosophy Boaz Zissu Archaeology

2003 Omer Angel Mathematics Shirli Bar-David Zoology Tal Carmon Physics Cyrille Joseph Cohen Biotechnology Adi Erlich Archaeology Mark Gandelman Chemistry Karni Ginzburg Social Work Shahal Ilani Physics Yosef Jabareen Geography

Vardit Tokatly Language & Literature Lior Wolf Computer Sciences Gitai Yahel Ecology 2004 Shiri Artstein* Mathematics Samer Banna Electrical Engineering Smadar Ben-Tabou de Leon Physics Julia Chuzhoy Computer Sciences Oren Cohen Physics Yacov (Koby) Crammer Computer Sciences

Kinneret Keren Biophysics

Micha Drukker Genetics

Yonatan Loewenstein Neuroscience

Nirit Dudovitch Physics

Amos Morris-Reich Jewish Studies

Ariel Gordon Electrical Engineering

Roee Ozeri Physics

Uri Hasson* Neurobiology

Alon Rosen Computer Sciences

Dorit Kerret Environmental Studies

Oren Tal Archaeology

Anna Kventsel Language & Literature

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

2006

Ruth Mayo Psychology

Micha Fridman Chemistry

Julia Rubanovich Language & Literature

Inna Gaisler-Salomon Psychology

Michael Segal Bible

Khalid Ghanayim Law

Ester Segal Chemical Engineering

Amir Globerson Brain Science

David Sprinzak Physics

Tamar Herzig* History

Daniel Strasser Physics

Oded Hod Chemistry

Iris Visoly-Fisher Chemistry

Nadav Katz Physics

Sharon Zuckerman Archaeology

Alon Keinan Computer Sciences

2005

Uzi Leibner Archaeology

David Abookasis Electrical Engineering

Shahar Lifshitz Law

Yaakov Benenson* Computer Science

Roy Luria Psychology

Sheba Bergman Chemistry

Shai Ronen Chemistry

Beena Kalisky Physics

Alberto Bilenca Electrical Engineering

Orly Rubinsten Psychology

Gad Kimmel Computer Sciences

David Biron* Physics

Anelia Somekh-Baruch Electrical Engineering

Erez Levanon Medicine

Barak Dayan Physics

Amos Tanay Computer Sciences

Noam Levin Geography

Yuval Ebenstein* Physical Chemistry 28

Eran Almagor Classical Studies Guy Bartal Physics Roi Cohen Kadosh Neuropsychology Orr Dunkelman Computer Sciences Ofer Fainaru Medicine Sarel Fleishman* Biochemistry Ran Friedman Biochemistry Gali Golan* Chemistry Badi Hasisi Sociology Roi Alfred Holzman Marine Biology

David Margulies* Chemistry

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Ariel Munitz Pharmacology

Dubi Kelmer* Mathematics

Yuval Birnboim Astrophysics

Ophir Münz-Manor Hebrew Literature

Eyal Lubetzky* Mathematics

Niv Buchbinder* Computer Science

Asaf Shapira* Computer Science

Emma Maayan Fanar Art History

Liraz Chai Chemistry

Yair Shokef (Srebo) Physics

Dvora Namdar Archaeology

Alexander Fantalkin Archaeology

Eran Tromer Computer Sciences

Yael Niv* Neural Computation

Eyal Feigenbaum Electrical Engineering

Assaf Yasur-Landau Archaeology

Orit Peleg Barkat Archaeology

Inbal Goshen Psychobiology

2007

Adi Salomon Chemistry

Yehoshua Granat Hebrew Literature

Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder Education

Ilia (Eli) Sloutskin Physics

Iftach Haitner* Computer Science

Roey Jacob Amir Chemistry

Elly Teman Anthropology

Orr Karrassin Environmental Law

Elizabeta Amir (Golan) Chemistry

Tomer Volansky* Physics

Tally Kritzman Law

Lilac Amirav Physical Chemistry

Neta Wexler Sal-Man Biochemistry

Yaron Lipman Mathematics

Benny Applebaum Computer Sciences

Avinoam Zadok Engineering

Noam Mizrahi Bible

Avner (Avi) Fleischer Chemistry

2008

Izhar Neder Physics

Roi Gazit Immunology

Oded Abt Asian Studies

Asya Rolls Neurobiology

Liat Goldfarb Psychology

Yael Artzy-Randrup Zoology

Tal Schwartz Physics

Yohai Hakak Anthropology

Jonathan Belmaker Ecology

Tomer Shlomi* Computer Science

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Eran Stark Neurobiology

Guy Ron Physics

Nissim Cohen Public Policy

Yaniv Ziv Neurobiology

Shmuel M. Rubinstein Physics

Chen Davidovich Structural Biology

2009

Inon Scharf Zoology

Shai Dothan Law

Alexey Amunts Biochemistry

Gal Sheppes Psychology

Efi Efrati* Physics

Omri Barak Neurobiology

Ron Shimelmitz Archaeology

Orit Gazit International Relations

Amir Fink Archaeology

Tzahi Weiss Jewish Philosophy and Thought

Ophira Gamliel Indian Philosophy Dmitry Gourevitch Mathematics Shlomit Greenberg Cognitive Science Vered Halamish Psychology Nadav Kashtan Molecular Biology

2010 Yael Abadi-Reiss Archaeology Avraham Aizenbud Mathematics Michael Assaf Physics

Pavel Ginzburg Electrical Engineering Alexander Gumennik Physics Alon Herschhorn Medicine Boaz Katz* Physics Yoav Lahini* Physics Ayelet Lesman Biomedical Engineering

Netanel Hanan Lindner Physics

Galit Aviman Japanese Studies

Elad Paran* Mathematics

Naphtali S. Meshel Bible

Olena Bagno Political Science

Guy Polsky Medicine

Yana Nec Mathematics

Haim Belinson Neurobiology

Neta Regev-Rudzki Biochemistry

Hagai Perets* Physics

Keren Censor* Computer Science

Nir Sapir Ecology

Ariel Procaccia Computer Sciences

Ariel Cohen* Systems Biology

Tomer Shechner Psychology

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

2011

Khitam Muhsen Epidemiology

Danny Horesh Psychology

Dani Neftin Mathematics

Michal Isaacson Geography

Mical Raz History

Salomon Israel Psychology

Ram Rivlin Law

Ori Katz Physics

Yoav Sagi Physics

Ahmad Masarwa Chemistry

Schraga Schwartz Biology

Liav Orgad Law

Adi Stern Biology

Uri Roll Biology

Hadas Velan Psycholinguistics

Benyamin Rosental Immunology

Roy Ziblat Biochemistry

Jonathan Rubin History

2012

Efrat Sheffer Ecology

Amir Ingber Electrical Engineering

Ori Bar-Nur* Genetics

Omri Tal Philosophy of Biology

Boaz Keren-Zur* Physics

Danny Ben-Zvi Systems Biology

Itay Tirosh Computational Biology

Shachar Klaiman Chemistry

Jonathan Berant Computer Sciences

Moran Yassour Computational Biology

Ofir Levy Ecology

Gal Binyamini Mathematics

Reuven Yeshurun Archaeology

Nimrod Marom Archaeology

Guy Cohen Chemical Physics

Yaara Yeshurun Neurobiology

Or Meir Computer Sciences

Yaniv Fox History

Yakov (Koby) Yosef* Islamic History

Amitai Abramovitch Psychology Ayala Arad Economics Amir Ariel* Physics Emanuele Dalla Torre Physics Merav Dolev Physics Michael Ebstein Islamic Studies Ayelet Even-Ezra History Ofer Firstenberg* Physics Alex Hayat* Electrical Engineering

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

2013 Oded Berger-Tal Behavioural Ecology David (Dudu) Burstein Life Sciences Ronit Bustin-Drory Information Theory Shoham Choshen-Hillel Psychology Itamar Harel Developmental Biology Yonit Hochberg Particle Physics Leon Jacobowitz-Efron History Ido Kaminer Physics

Talya Sadeh Psychology

David Golan Statistics

Adi Sheinfeld Electrical Engineering

Or Hasson Literature

Noam Shemesh* Chemistry & MRI

Eyal Kalanthroff Neuropsychology

Orr Spiegel Ecology

Sheera Lerman-Zohar Psychology

Ella Striem-Amit Neurobiology

Ronit Levine-Schnur Law

Omri Weisman Psychology

Lyle Lustigman Linguistics

Judith Weiss Jewish Thought

Firas Mawase Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience

2014

Elad Noor* Systems Biology

Shahar Alon Neuroscience Ido Barth Physics

Yakir Paz Talmud and Classical Studies

Uri Livneh Neurobiology

Uri Ben-David Biology

Hannah Pollin-Galay Holocaust Studies

Katy Margulis Chemistry

Nir Bitansky Computer Sciences

Doron Puder Mathematics

Reshef Meir Computer Sciences

Uri Davidovich Archaeology

Noga Ron-Zewi Computer Sciences

Bilha Moor Art History & Islamic Studies

Tali Dekel Electrical Engineering

Ori Rottenstreich Computer Networks

Svetlana Natkovich Hebrew Literature

Dmitry Faifman Mathematics

Hadas Soifer Physics

Anat Perry Psychology

Michael Gilead Psychology

Michal Weitman* Chemistry

Rabie Khamisy Archaeology

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

2015 Anat Arzi Neurobiology Ranen Aviner Cell Biology Vadim Axelrod Cognitive Neuroscience Avishai Bar Asher Jewish Philosophy and Thought Shahar Barbash Neuroscience

Anatoly Khina Electrical Engineering

Yuval Baum Condensed Matter Physics

Michal Levo Computational Biology

Rivka Bekenstein Physics

Itay Marienberg-Milikowsky Hebrew Literature

Chaim Even Zohar Mathematics

Naama Mayseless Social and Cognitive Neuroscience

Arseny Finkelstein Neuroscience

Merav Parter Computer Sciences

Daniel Genkin Computer Sciences Pavel Goldstein Social Neuroscience

Yehonadav Bekenstein NanoScience

Sivan Refaely-Abramson Computational Materials Science

Assaf Breska Psychology

Jonathan Ruhman* Physics

Amit Daniely* Computer Sciences

Yotam Soreq Particle Physics

Boris Desiatov Applied Physics

Avishay Tal* Computer Sciences

Raanan Eichler Bible

Ran Tessler* Mathematics

Julie Fadlon Psycholinguistics

Amit Tubi Geography

Erez Freud Cognitive Neuroscience

Yaara Zisman-Ilani Psychology

Ofer Fridman* Systems Biology

2016

Or Hen* Physics

Rotem Ben-Hamo Computational Biology

Orit Raz Mathematics & Computer Sciences

Livnat Jerby-Arnon Computational Biology

Reut Avinun Behavioural Sciences

Niv Reggev Cognitive Neuroscience

Ouri Karni Physics of semiconductor optical devices Laila Karra Immunology Shahar Kovalsky* Computer Science Daniel Lav Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies Amit Lazarov Clinical Psychology Roi Livni* Neural Computation Lee Perry Gal Archaeology

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Yuval Shagam Chemical Physics

Maya Geva Sagiv Brain Science

Shira Weingarten-Gabbay Systems Biology

Nitzan Shahar Clinical Psychology

David Gokhman Genetics

2018

Shay Solomon Computer Sciences

Rea Golan Philosophy

Eyal Abraham Social Neuroscience

Liron Stern Applied Physics

Ziv Goldfeld Information Theory

Moshe Elyashiv Bar-Lev Linguistics

Assaf Tamari Jewish History

Inbar Graiver History

Zohar Berman Neuroscience

Leeat Yankielowicz-Keren Life Sciences

Dvir Gur Biology

Amitai N. Zernik* Mathematics

Asaf Hamo Condensed Matter Physics

Motti Zohar Geography

Keren Khrizman Linguistics

2017 Yair Antman Electrical Engineering Shay Ben Haim Behavioural Genetics Dina Berdichevsky Hebrew Literature Nadav Cohen* Computer Sciences Sharon Fleischer Engineering Hadas Frostig Physics Reuma Gadassi Polack Clinical Psychology 34

Adi Libson Law Shachar Maidenbaum Neurobiology Eran Maniv Condensed Matter Physics Roni Porat Psychobiology Roy Porat Psycholinguistics Shay Rotics Ecology Oren Slone* Particle Physics Noam Solomon Mathematics & Computer Sciences

Neta Bodner Art History Daniel Dar Microbiology Niv De Malach Plant Sciences Dorri Halbertal* Physics Adi Hanuka Electrical Engineering Barak Hirshberg* Chemistry Meir J. Grajower Applied Physics Igor Kreimerman Archaeology Deborah Marciano Cognitive Neuroscience Elena Meirzadeh Chemistry Dor Minzer Computer Sciences

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Yuval Peled Mathematics & Computer Sciences Ido Sagi* Genetics Guy Salomon Mathematics Itai Schlesinger Physics Noam Siegelman Cognitive Science Alexander Spiegelman* Computer Sciences Ilya Svetlizky Physics Einav Tayeb-Fligelman Biology Alex Valdman History Tanya Zion-Waldoks Sociology 2019 Fatina Abreek-Zubiedat Architecture and Town Planning

Dan Davidi Systems Biology

Tom Noah Social Psychology

Talya Eden Computer Science (Algorithms)

William Saban Psychology

Samer Gnaim Chemistry

Ido Sagi Genetics

Yannai Gonczarowski* Mathematical Game Theory

Vardit Shotten-Hallel Building Archaeology

Dvir Harris Biochemistry, Biophysics

Naftali Smith Physics

Tamar Hofnung Political Science

Gregory (Grisha) Spektor* Plasmonics and Nanophotonics

Muhammad Jbara Chemistry Tammy Katsabian Law Nimrod Keynan Neuroscience Mriam Kishinevsky Agroecology Gal Kronenberg Mathematics Shifra Lansky Chemistry Dana Rubi Levy Neurobiology

Ram Michael Adar Physics

Orit Malka* Law

Halely Balaban Cognitive Neuroscience

Emmanuel Mastey Hebrew Language

Oren Becker Mathematics

Vladimir Narovlansky Theoretical Physics

2020 Roi Asor* Chemistry Shiran Bar Genetics Omer Ben-Porat Data Science Evgeniy Boyko Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics Michal Eisenberg-Bord Cell Biology Tzilla Eshel* Archaeology Daniel Fuks Archaeobotany Amir Gilad Immunology and Computational Biology

Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020

Itay Glazer Mathematics Moshe Glickman Computational Psychology Ore Gottlieb High Energy Astrophysics Ori Green* Organic Chemistry Guy Hetzroni Philosophy of Science Or Katz Physics

Aviram Uri* Experimental Condensed Matter Physics Ayelet Julie Uzan Physics Ariella Weinberg-Shukron Human Genetics Maya Yablonski Cognitive Neuroscience Or Zamir Theoretical Computer Science

Shira Landau Biomedical Engineering Orit Malka Law Hanan Mazeh Jewish History Yael Millgram Clinical Psychology Yitzhak (Itzik) Norman Neurobiology Yair Segev Chemical Physics Roni Shafir Social and Affective Neuroscience Roei Tell Theoretical Computer Science Danna Titelboim* Geology and Environmental Sciences 36

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