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Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 About the Rothschild Fellowship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 About Yad Hanadiv.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Rothschild Fellows 2014. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Committee Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Dear Fellows and Colleagues, Since its establishment, Yad Hanadiv has had the privilege of supporting many worthwhile initiatives. Our involvement in academic research stems from a conviction as to the inherent value of scientific inquiry (to the highest international standards) and its contribution to Israel. The ability to sustain top quality research cannot be taken for granted. It depends on committed scholars such as yourselves, pursuing research and careers in Israel’s universities. Realizing scientific potential in a small country also requires a continuously engaged and collaborative scientific community. We are proud that so many past Rothschild Fellows are active and integral members and leaders of Israel’s scientific community. It is therefore with great pleasure that we welcome you to the Rothschild Fellows ‘family’ and to this kick-off event – an opportunity to meet Rothschild Fellows selected this year, as well as some past Fellows who have recently returned to Israel. We hope this will be the first of many opportunities for us to follow your academic journey. Thirty-five years of Rothschild Fellowships convince us that your path is likely to be an exciting and important one.
Ariel Weiss Chief Executive Yad Hanadiv
Dr. Asher Ragen Programme Director Academic Excellence
ABOUT THE ROTHSCHILD FELLOWSHIP The Rothschild Fellowship programme was established to help young scholars of outstanding academic merit and potential to 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. 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). Up to twelve Rothschild Fellowships are awarded each year in Sciences and Engineering and up to nine in Humanities and Social Sciences. The first Selection Committee was chaired by Sir Isaiah Berlin. Subsequent Committee Chairs have included Aryeh Dvoretzky (former head of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities), Hillel Furstenberg, David Kazhdan and David Shulman. The current Chairman of the Natural, Exact and Life Sciences and Engineering Committee is Professor Marcus Feldman (Stanford University); Professor Peter Jelavich (Johns Hopkins University) chairs the Committee for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Over 550 Fellowships have been awarded to date. The majority of fellows have pursued academic careers in Israel, with many becoming leading figures in their fields. Numerous fellows can be found in positions of academic leadership in Israel, including university presidents, vice presidents and rectors. (A complete list of past fellows can be found on page 15.) In 2012 we initiated a tradition of Rothschild Fellows Colloquiums. A colloquium takes place every three years and brings together the most recent three cohorts of Rothschild Fellows, many of whom are still in the midst of their postdoctoral studies. It is an opportunity for fellows to meet colleagues and present their work to committee members and senior academics in Israel. The next colloquium is planned for 2015 and will include Fellows from 2011–2013.
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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. The Foundation acts in Israel on behalf of Rothschild family trusts that carry forward a 130-year tradition of philanthropy in Israel. Construction of Israel’s Supreme Court Building, the establishment of the Centre for Educational Technology (CET), the Open University of Israel (OUI) and current efforts to renew the National Library of Israel are among Yad Hanadiv’s best known projects. The Foundation’s activity is structured according to programme areas: Academic Excellence, Education, Environment, Arab Community, National Library and the Ramat Hanadiv Nature Park and Memorial Gardens. Within the Academic Excellence Programme, Yad Hanadiv has traditionally supported frameworks which nurture and recognize exceptional scholars. These have included establishment of the Institute for Advanced Studies together with The Hebrew University (1975), the Rothschild Prizes (1959), the Michael Bruno Memorial Awards (1999) and the Rothschild Fellowships (1979). More recent initiatives have focused on strengthening the Humanities and research in the Life Sciences in Israel: The Rothschild Faculty Planning Initiative fosters a strategic approach to faculty recruitment on the part of university leaders, aiming to strengthen Humanities research and enhance its long-term prospects. The Initiative recently awarded its first grants to The Hebrew University in the area of Moral and Political Philosophy, and to Tel Aviv University’s Department of East Asian Studies. The Humanities Fund continues a partnership with the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education (VATAT) in support of innovative undergraduate and graduate education in the Humanities. Our support for research in the Life Sciences focuses on promoting the continued availability of national scientific infrastructures operating at the highest levels. To this end Yad Hanadiv recently provided support for the establishment of the Israel National Centre for Personalized Medicine at the Weizmann Institute.
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A b o u t Ya d H a n a d i v ( c o n t . ) In the Environment Programme, Yad Hanadiv was responsible for creation of the Environment and Health Fund (2007) and pursues a strategy to improve the marine ecosystem of Israel’s Exclusive Economic Zone. In the realm of Education, in addition to its role in establishing and supporting CET and the Open University, Yad Hanadiv partnered with the Ministry of Education in 2007 to establish Avney Rosha – the Institute for School Leadership. In the Arab Community Programme, Yad Hanadiv joined with the Government and JDC-TEVET in a major initiative to establish 21 employment centres in Arab communities. To support the long-term sustainability of this initiative, Yad Hanadiv together with the JDC founded Alfanar, an Arab-led organisation specializing in workforce development to oversee the operations of the centres and, over time, to address deeper causes of Arab underemployment in Israel. A new initiative to assist outstanding young Arabs to pursue careers in Science and Technology (in academia and the private sector) is also being explored.
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ROTHSCHILD FELLOWS 2014–2015
Shahar Alon
Ido Barth
Uri Ben-David
PhD: Tel Aviv University
PhD: Hebrew University
PhD: Hebrew University
Main Field of Study: Neuroscience
Main Field of Study: Physics
Main Field of Study: Stem Cell Biology
Title of PhD: The Use of Next-Generation Sequencing as it Applies to Small RNA in the Brain
Title of PhD: Autoresonance in Dynamical Systems of Many Degrees of Freedom
Title of PhD: Genomic Instability and Tumorigenicity of Pluripotent Stem Cells
University Abroad: MIT
University Abroad: Princeton University
shaharalon.mail@gmail.com
ido.barth@gmail.com
University Abroad: The Broad institute of Harvard and MIT uri.bendavid@gmail.com
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Rothschild Fellows 2014
Nir Bitansky
Uri Davidovich
Tali Dekel
PhD: Tel Aviv University
PhD: Hebrew University
PhD: Tel Aviv University
Main Field of Study: Computer Science
Main Field of Study: Archaeology
Main Field of Study: Computer Vision
Title of PhD: Getting inside the Adversary’s Head: New Directions in Non-Black-Box Knowledge Extraction
Title of PhD: The Judean Desert during the Chalcolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages (Sixth-First Millennia BC): Desert and Sown Relations in light of Settlement Patterns in a Defined Desert Environment
Title of PhD: From Camera-Array to CrowdCam
University Abroad: MIT nbitansky@gmail.com
University Abroad: University of Cambridge uri.davidovich@mail.huji.ac.il
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University Abroad: MIT talibasha@gmail.com
Rothschild Fellows 2014
Dmitry Faifman
Michael Gilead
David Golan
PhD: Tel Aviv University
PhD: Tel Aviv University
PhD: Tel Aviv University
Main Field of Study: Mathematics – Convex Geometry
Main Field of Study: Psychology
Main Field of Study: Statistics
Title of PhD: The Effects of Psychological Distance on Embodiment of Cognition: Behavioural and fMRI studies
Title of PhD: Statistical Challenges in Uncovering the Genetic Architecture of Human Disease
Title of PhD: Topics in Convex Geometry and Integral Transforms University Abroad: IHÉS Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France dfaifman@gmail.com
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University Abroad: Columbia University michael.gilead@gmail.com
University Abroad: Stanford University golandavid@gmail.com
Rothschild Fellows 2014
Or Hasson
Eyal Kalanthroff
Sheera Lerman-Zohar
PhD: Hebrew University
PhD: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
PhD: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Main Field of Study: Cognitive and Clinical Neuropsychology
Main Field of Study: Psychology
Main Field of Study: Spanish Literature Title of PhD: Narratives of Madness: Scientific and Literary Representations of Madness in Golden Age Spain (16th and 17th Centuries)
Title of PhD: Task Conflict Control Mechanism – Characteristics and Implications
University Abroad: Harvard University
University Abroad: Columbia University
or.hasson@gmail.com
eyalkant@gmail.com
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Title of PhD: Vulnerability to Pain Related Distress: The Key Role of Selfcriticism University Abroad: Johns Hopkins University l.sheera@gmail.com
Rothschild Fellows 2014
Ronit Levine-Schnur
Lyle Lustigman
Firas Mawase
PhD: Hebrew University
PhD: Tel Aviv University
Main Field of Study: Law
Main Field of Study: Linguistics
PhD: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Title of PhD: Agreements Between Municipalities and Private Entrepreneurs as a Means for Cities’ Development
Title of PhD: Lexical Classes and Grammatical Systems in Hebrew Child Language
University Abroad: University of Toronto ronit.levine@mail.huji.ac.il
University Abroad: Stanford University lustigman6@yahoo.com
Main Field of Study: Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience Title of PhD: Predictive Capabilities of the Motor System in Individuals with Cerebral Palsy University Abroad: Johns Hopkins University mawasef@gmail.com
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Rothschild Fellows 2014
Yakir Paz
Hannah Pollin-Galay
Doron Puder
PhD: Hebrew University
PhD: Tel Aviv University
PhD: Hebrew University
Main Field of Study: Talmud and Classical Studies
Main Field of Study: Holocaust Studies
Main Field of Study: Mathematics
Title of PhD: The Rabbinic Biblical Commentaries in Light of the Alexandrian Homeric Exegesis
Title of PhD: Ecologies of Testimony: Lithuanian Jews Narrate the Holocaust
Title of PhD: Word Maps and their Algebraic and Combinatorial Aspects
University Abroad: Yale University
University Abroad: McGill University; Columbia University
University Abroad: Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton
yakirpaz@gmail.com
hannah.pollin@gmail.com
doronpuder@gmail.com
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Rothschild Fellows 2014
Noga Ron-Zewi
Hadas Soifer
Michal Weitman
PhD: Technion
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science
PhD: Bar-Ilan University
Main Field of Study: Computer Science Title of PhD: Additive Combinatorics Methods in Computational Complexity University Abroad: Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton nogazewi@gmail.com
Main Field of Study: Physics Title of PhD: Probing Electronic Wave Functions via High Harmonic Generation University Abroad: To be decided hadas.soifer@gmail.com
Main Field of Study: Organic-Medicinal Chemistry Title of PhD: a) Development of Hybrids of Isothiocyanate-Antibiotics as Novel Antimicrobial Agents; and b) Rational Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Agents against the AIDS Causing Virus, HIV-1 University Abroad: To be decided weitmanm@gmail.com
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Committee Members 2014–2015 Rothschild Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences Chair: Professor Peter Jelavich (History, Johns Hopkins University) Professor Susan Alcock (Archaeology, Brown University) Professor Celia Fassberg (Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Professor Morris Moscovitch (Psychology, University of Toronto) Professor Eric Nelson (Government, Harvard University) Professor Moshe Rosman (Jewish History, Bar-Ilan University) Professor Ariel Rubinstein (Economics, Tel Aviv University)
Rothschild Fellowships in the Natural, Exact and Life Sciences, and Engineering Chair: Professor Marcus Feldman (Ecology, Stanford University) Professor Amnon Aharony (Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Professor Sylvain Cappell (Mathematics, New York University) Professor Barbara Grosz (Computer Sciences, Harvard University) Professor Adi Kimchi (Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science) Professor Howard Stone (Engineering, Princeton University) Professor Arie Zaban (Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University)
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013 1979
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
Lili Anglister Biochemistry
Meir Bar-Asher Language & Literature
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 Avishai Henik Psychology
Avi Hasner Medicine
Sammy Boussiba Biology
Yael Ilan Industrial Engineering
Moshe Deutsch Physics
Chaim Benjamin 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 1980 Aaron Ben-Zeev Philosophy
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013
Yoram Erder History
Reuven Gepstein Medicine
Emil Levy Chemistry
Joshua Idar Education
Dan Haran Mathematics
Naphtali Rishe Computer Sciences
Boaz Lazar Oceanography
Jeffrey Macy Political Science
Luis Roniger Sociology
L. Maisels-Navon Sociology & Anthropology
Ronit Nativ Hydrology
Adam Schneeweiss Medicine
Abraham Nowersztern Language & Literature
Roman Pyrzak Agriculture
Moshe Szyf Biochemistry
Jacob Pe’er Medicine
Baruch Rinkevich Zoology
Ram Yahalom Physics
Vladimir Privman Physics
Moshe Sidi Electrical Engineering
Raz Yirmiya Psychobiology
Zvi Safra Economics
Amri Wandel Physics
Constantin Zuckerman History
Shaul Stampfer History
Joseph Zeira Economics
1985
Baruch Vainas Chemistry
1984
Reuven Amitai History
1983
Yuti Charnajovsky Biology
E. Avraham Immunology
Amihood Amir Computer Sciences
David Chitayat Medicine
Yair Be’ery Electrical Engineering
Doron Aurbach Chemistry
Zohar Eitan Musicology
Jehoshua Bruck Electrical Engineering
Reuven Avi-Yonah History
Yariv Ephraim Electrical Engineering
Miriam Constantini-Souroujon Biochemistry
Menachem Ben-Sasson History
Haim Gamliel Medicine
Michal Ephratt Language & Literature
Y. Cohen Philosophy
Yoram Kapulnik Agriculture
Dan Eshel Chemistry
Yigal Elad Plant Sciences
Aviad Kleinberg History
Marc Hirshman Jewish Philosophy and Thought
Aharon (Ronnie) Friedman Immunology
Michael Lecker History
Joseph Holoshitz Medicine
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013
Ofer Lahav Physics
Shulamit Manulis Plant Sciences
Baruch Rosenstein Physics
Dan Levy Physics
Yoram Reich Civil Engineering
Dror Wahrman History
Israel Nur Agriculture
Zvi Ruder Chemical Engineering
Haim Werner Biology
Haim Omer Psychology
Mordechai Shohat Medicine
Anat Zadok Biology
David Satran Jewish Philosophy and Thought
Michael Silber History
1988
Yizhar Tal Law
1987
Dekel Amir-Shapira Botany
Anthony J. Weiss Electrical Engineering
Shmuel Ben Zvi Economics
Boaz Avron Biology
Arieh Wishkovsky Immunology
Yonatan Elkind Agriculture
Hector Budman Mechanical Engineering
1986
Raisa Epstein Mathematics
Joseph Buxbaum Biology
Aharon Agranat Physics
Alexander Feinstein Physics
Itzchak Edrei Physics
Gadi Algazi History
Yizhar Hirschfeld Archaeology
Ariel Halperin Economics
Yehuda Assaraf Microbiology
Oscar Levin Desert Research
Marwan Hassan Physical Geography
Arnon Avron Computer Sciences
Meir Lewkowicz Physics
Amnon Horovitz Biochemistry
Michal Gadot Agriculture
Ofer Lider Biology
Israel Knohl Bible
Tali Haran Chemistry
Yitzhak Nakash History
Ehud Landau Chemistry
Moshe Idan Aeronautical Engineering
Amos Nevo Mathematics
Meir Orenstein Chemistry
Miriam Leurer Physics
Fania Oz History
Jaron Rabinovici Medicine
Joseph Mali History
Yossef Raviv Biology
Eli Salzberger Law
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013
Gabriel Schreiber Medicine
Tamar Tennenbaum Pharmacology
Eran Yashiv Economics
Adam Seligman Sociology
Shimon Weiss Electrical Engineering
Eyal Zamir Law
David Yogev Biology
Elnathan Weissert History
Ada Zohar Psychology
1989
1990
1991
Chaya Brodie Neurobiology
Reuven Amitai-Preiss History
Radel Ben-Av Physics
Dale Frank Biochemistry
Roza Azhari Biomedical Engineering
David Golomb Physics
Eitan Galun Medicine
Ronen Basri Computer Sciences
Eitan Gross Physics
Zohar Goshen Law
Raanan Bavli Chemistry
Shay Gueron Mathematics
Eli Jerby Physics
Yeshayahu Eisenberg Physics
Abdullah Haj-Yehia Pharmacology
Anna Kissin Language & Literature
David Engelberg Biochemistry
Moshe Kol Chemistry
Daphne Koller Computer Sciences
Lia Ettinger-Peach Biology
Avia Rosenhouse-Dantsker Chemistry
Nadine Mandel Language & Literature
Graham Feingold Physics
Zlil Sela Mathematics
Ronen Peretz Mathematics
Rafael Perl-Treves Biology
Gad Shaulsky Biology
Rivka Riven-Kreitman Biochemistry
Itai Shafrir Mathematics
Efrat Shimshoni Physics
Levi Schachter Electrical Engineering
Nir Shavit Computer Sciences
Haim Taitelbaum Physics
Aner Shalev Mathematics
Ur Shlonsky Language & Literature
Ofra Tirosh-Becker Language & Literature
Dov Shiffman Biology
Haim Weissman Physics
Alexander Vardy Electrical Engineering
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013
Dror Zeevi History
Snait Tamir Biochemistry
Nathan Wasserman History
Ilan Zisser Mathematics
Daphna Vulcan Language & Literature
Noam Ziv Biology
1992
1993
1994
Shlomo Berger Materials Engineering
Shimshon Bar-Ad Physics
Ilan Bloom Electrical Engineering
Joshua Feinberg Physics
Meir Buzaglo Philosophy
Ruth Feldman Psychology
Nir Davidson Physics
Aviv Frommer Physics
Avital Deutsch Psychology
Ron Karidi Mathematics
Eyal Doron Physics
Lior Klein Physics
Dan Halperin Computer Sciences
Ariel Orda Electrical Engineering
Amos Lapidoth Electrical Engineering
Uri Peskin Chemistry
Menashe Levy Pharmacology
Andrei Reznikov Mathematics
Anya Mali Comparative Religion
Nava Rubin Biology
Victor Mor-Avi Physics
Eytan Ruppin Computer Sciences
Michael Polyak Mathematics
Guillermo Sapiro Electrical Engineering
Yuval Rabani Mathematics
Idit Shachar Biochemistry
Gil Yosipovitch Medicine
Yoram Reiter Immunology
Orit Shaul Plant Genetics
Reuven Zeitak Physics
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Uri Banin Chemistry Hanoch Ben-Yami Philosophy Judith Frommer Electrical Engineering Dorit Hanein Biology Oded Heilbronner History Wayne D. Kaplan Materials Engineering Menahem Kister Talmud Assaf Likhovski Law Ofer Mokady Zoology Benny Reznik Physics Dan Sadot Electrical Engineering Zvi Wiener Mathematics Alexander Yakobson History
Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013
1995
1996
1997
Oded Agam Physics
Merav Ahissar Biology
Rami Atar Electrical Engineering
Naama Barkai Physics
Uri Alon Physics
Roy Bar-Ziv Physics
Yair Bartal Computer Sciences
Gill Barequet Computer Sciences
Michal Ben-Nun Chemistry
Shoshana Eitan Biology
Michal Biran Inner Asian History
Eyal Goren Mathematics
Ofer Blum Chemistry
Yaron Hadari Biology
Ran Canetti Mathematics
Hanni Inbar Electrical Engineering
Larisa Gheber Biochemistry
Alex Kamenev Physics
Chen Lichtenstein Law
Daphna Lewinsohn-Zamir Law
Erez Petrank Computer Sciences
Mordechai Margalit Electrical Engineering
Moshe Portnoy Chemistry
Gil Markovich Chemistry
Ziv Reich Chemistry
Yuri Pines Asian Studies
Lilach Shalev-Mevorach Psychology
Eran Rabani Chemistry
Nadav Shnerb Physics
Kobi Rosenblum Biology
Nir Tessler Electrical Engineering
Bilha Segev Physics
Orly Shenker Philosophy
Aryeh Zaban Chemistry
Elnathan Weissert Assyriology
Amnon Ta-Shma Computer Sciences
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Joseph Berkovitz Philosophy Avraham Faust Archaeology Shlomo Gelaki Mathematics Isaac Hollander Islamic Studies Eugene Kanzieper Physics Michael Keidar Physics Noga Kronfeld Zoology Efrat Lev-Lehman Biochemistry Daniel Lidar Physics Yuval Oreg Physics Ronit Ricci Indonesian Studies Yehuda Sharf Physics Miriam Shefer History
Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013
1998
Ehud Weiss Archaeology
Guy Tomer Biochemistry
Eduardo Zaborowski Physical Chemistry
Amichay Vardi Chemistry
1999
Sima Yaron Food Technology
Avital Bareket-Samish Biology
2000
Ehud Behar Physics
Yitzhak Benbaji Philosophy
Yardena Bohbot-Raviv Physical Chemistry
Yair Cohen Chemistry
Haim Daimant Physics
Leon Deouell Psychology
Miriam Dishon-Berkovits Psychology
Alexander Groisman Physics
Noam Eliaz Chemical Engineering
Tamar Juven-Gershon Biology
Yuval Feldman Law
Gilmor Iris Keshet Biochemistry
Oleg Gang Physics
Gila Moalem Taylor Biology
Eyal Ginio Islamic Studies
Ziad Mussliman Mathematics
Idit Keidar Computer Sciences
Salit Kark Biology
Andrea Rotstein Classical Studies
Dror Orgad Physics
Leeor Kronik Electrical Engineering
Elad Schneidman Neurobiology
Yehuda Shalom Mathematics
Ran Spiegler Economics
Galili Shahar History
Nili Wazana Bible
Benjamin (Benny) Sudakov Mathematics
Golan Shahar Psychology
Itzchak Weismann History
Daniella Talmor-Heller Islamic Studies
Avital Shurki Chemistry
Tomer Avidor-Reiss Biochemistry Andrea Berger Psychology Yoram Betser Electrical Engineering Eyal Buks Physics Steve Caplan Immunology Doron Cohen Physics Rafael De-Picciotto Physics Alon Efrat Computer Sciences Dan Fuchs Physics Ruth Gaunt Psychology Yuval Harari History
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013
Aharon Solomon Agriculture
Ronit Satchi-Fainaro Biology
Roded Sharan Computer Sciences
Vitali Tugarinov Physics
Herve Seligmann Zoology
Dahlia Sharon Neurobiology
2001
Daniel Johannes Stoekl Comparative Religion
Rafi Shikler Electrical Engineering
Amiram Ariel Chemistry
Uzi Vishne Mathematics
Tsachy Weissman Electrical Engineering
Gonen Ashkenasy Chemistry
2002
Tzachi Zamir Philosophy
Guy Haim Bar-Oz Zooarchaeology
Aharon Blank Chemistry
Boaz Zissu Archaeology
Hagit Benbaji Philosophy
Hagai Shmuel Eisenberg Physics
2003
Alex Braiman Biophysics
Alexander Fantalkin Archaeology
Omer Angel Mathematics
Alon Chen Biology
Yariv Kafri Physics
Shirli Bar-David Zoology
Lior Gepstein Medicine
Michael Karayanni Law
Tal Carmon Physics
Elinor Haddad-Saiegh Linguistics
Vladlen Koltun Computer Sciences
Cyrille Joseph Cohen Biotechnology
Eran Halperin Computer Sciences
Yaakov (Koby) Levy Chemistry
Adi Erlich Archaeology
Daniel Harries Physical Chemistry
Irit Maor Physics
Mark Gandelman Chemistry
Gilad Hirschberger Psychology
Adia Mendelson-Maoz Literature & Philosophy
Karni Ginzburg Social Work
Tal Kenet Biology
Ishay Rosen-Zvi Philosophy
Shahal Ilani Physics
Uriel Levy Electrical Engineering
Boris Rybtchinski Chemistry
Yosef Jabareen Geography
Chaim Noy Psychology
Guy Shakhar Biology
Kinneret Keren Biophysics
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013
Yonatan Loewenstein Neuroscience
Dorit Kerret Environmental Studies
Khalid Ghanayim Law
Amos Morris-Reich Jewish Studies
Anna Kventsel Language & Literature
Amir Globerson Brain Science
Roee Ozeri Physics
Ruth Mayo Psychology
Oded Hod Chemistry
Alon Rosen Computer Sciences
Julia Rubanovich Language & Literature
Nadav Katz Physics
Oren Tal Archaeology
Michael Segal Bible
Alon Keinan Computer Sciences
Vardit Tokatly Language & Literature
Ester Segal Chemical Engineering
Uzi Leibner Archaeology
Lior Wolf Computer Sciences
David Sprinzak Physics
Shahar Lifshitz Law
Gitai Yahel Ecology
Daniel Strasser Physics
Roy Luria Psychology
2004
Iris Visoly-Fisher Chemistry
Shai Ronen Chemistry
Samer Banna Electrical Engineering
Sharon Zuckerman Archaeology
Orly Rubinsten Psychology
Smadar Ben-Tabou de Leon Physics
2005
Anelia Somekh-Baruch Electrical Engineering
Julia Chuzhoy Computer Sciences
David Abookasis Electrical Engineering
Amos Tanay Computer Sciences
Oren Cohen Physics
Sheba Bergman Chemistry
2006
Yacov (Koby) Crammer Computer Sciences
Alberto Bilenca Electrical Engineering
Eran Almagor Classical Studies
Micha Drukker Genetics
Barak Dayan Physics
Guy Bartal Physics
Nirit Dudovitch Physics
Micha Fridman Chemistry
Roi Cohen Kadosh Neuropsychology
Ariel Gordon Electrical Engineering
Inna Gaisler-Salomon Psychology
Orr Dunkelman Computer Sciences
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013
Ofer Fainaru Medicine
Benny Applebaum Computer Sciences
Yuval Birnboim Astrophysics
Ran Friedman Biochemistry
Avner (Avi) Fleischer Chemistry
Liraz Chai Chemistry
Badi Hasisi Sociology
Roi Gazit Immunology
Alexander Fantalkin Archaeology
Liat Goldfarb Psychology
Eyal Feigenbaum Electrical Engineering
Yohai Hakak Anthropology
Inbal Goshen Psychobiology
Emma Maayan Fanar Art History
Yehoshua Granat Hebrew Literature
Dvora Namdar Archaeology
Orr Karrassin Environmental Law
Orit Peleg Barkat Archaeology
Tally Kritzman Law
Adi Salomon Chemistry
Yaron Lipman Mathematics
Ilia (Eli) Sloutskin Physics
Noam Mizrahi Bible
Elly Teman Anthropology
Izhar Neder Physics
Neta Wexler Sal-Man Biochemistry
Asya Rolls Neurobiology
Avinoam Zadok Engineering
Tal Schwartz Physics
2008
Eran Stark Neurobiology
Roey Jacob Amir Chemistry
Oded Abt Asian Studies
Yaniv Ziv Neurobiology
Elizabeta Amir (Golan) Chemistry
Yael Artzy-Randrup Zoology
2009
Lilac Amirav Physical Chemistry
Jonathan Belmaker Ecology
Alexey Amunts Biochemistry
Roi Alfred Holzman Marine Biology Beena Kalisky Physics Gad Kimmel Computer Sciences Erez Levanon Medicine Noam Levin Geography Ariel Munitz Pharmacology Ophir MĂźnz-Manor Hebrew Literature Yair Shokef (Srebo) Physics Eran Tromer Computer Sciences Assaf Yasur-Landau Archaeology 2007 Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder Education
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013
Omri Barak Neurobiology Amir Fink Archaeology Ophira Gamliel Indian Philosophy Dmitry Gourevitch Mathematics Shlomit Greenberg Cognitive Science Vered Halamish Psychology Nadav Kashtan Molecular Biology Netanel Hanan Lindner Physics Naphtali S. Meshel Bible Yana Nec Mathematics Ariel Procaccia Computer Sciences Guy Ron Physics Shmuel M. Rubinstein Physics
2010 Yael Abadi-Reiss Archaeology Avraham Aizenbud Mathematics Michael Assaf Physics Galit Aviman Japanese Studies Olena Bagno Political Science Haim Belinson Neurobiology Nissim Cohen Public Policy Chen Davidovich Structural Biology Shai Dothan Law Orit Gazit International Relations Pavel Ginzburg Electrical Engineering Alexander Gumennik Physics
Tomer Shechner Psychology 2011 Amitai Abramovitch Psychology Ayala Arad Economics Emanuele Dalla Torre Physics Merav Dolev Physics Michael Ebstein Islamic Studies Ayelet Even-Ezra History Amir Ingber Electrical Engineering Shachar Klaiman Chemistry Ofir Levy Ecology Nimrod Marom Archaeology
Alon Herschhorn Medicine
Or Meir Computer Sciences
Ayelet Lesman Biomedical Engineering
Khitam Muhsen Epidemiology
Gal Sheppes Psychology
Guy Polsky Medicine
Dani Neftin Mathematics
Ron Shimelmitz Archaeology
Neta Regev-Rudzki Biochemistry
Mical Raz History
Tzahi Weiss Jewish Philosophy and Thought
Nir Sapir Ecology
Ram Rivlin Law
Inon Scharf Zoology
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2013
Yoav Sagi Physics
Uri Roll Biology
Ido Kaminer Physics
Schraga Schwartz Biology
Benyamin Rosental Immunology
Rabie Khamisy Archaeology
Adi Stern Biology
Jonathan Rubin History
Uri Livneh Neurobiology
Hadas Velan Psycholinguistics
Efrat Sheffer Ecology
Katy Margulis-Goshen Chemistry
Roy Ziblat Biochemistry
Omri Tal Philosophy of Biology
Reshef Meir Computer Sciences
2012
Itay Tirosh Computational Biology
Bilha Moor Art History & Islamic Studies
Danny Ben-Zvi Systems Biology
Moran Yassour Computational Biology
Svetlana Natkovich Hebrew Literature
Jonathan Berant Computer Sciences
Yaara Yeshurun Neurobiology
Anat Perry Psychology
Gal Binyamini Mathematics
Reuven Yeshurun Archaeology
Talya Sadeh Psychology
Guy Cohen, Chemical Physics
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Adi Sheinfeld Electrical Engineering
Yaniv Fox History
Oded Berger-Tal Behavioural Ecology
Noam Shemesh (withdrew) Chemistry & MRI
Danny Horesh Psychology
David (Dudu) Burstein Life Sciences
Orr Spiegel Ecology
Michal Isaacson Geography
Ronit Bustin-Drory Information Theory
Ella Striem-Amit Neurobiology
Salomon Israel Psychology
Shoham Choshen-Hillel Psychology
Omri Weisman Psychology
Ori Katz Physics
Itamar Harel Developmental Biology
Judith Weiss Jewish Thought
Ahmad Masarwa Chemistry
Yonit Hochberg Particle Physics
Liav Orgad Law
Leon Jacobowitz-Efron History
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