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ROTHSCHILD FELLOWS
COLLOQUIUM
Illustration: Sefer tsurot sidrei olam, Yah. Ms. Heb. 148, National Library of Israel
Table of Contents
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About Yad Hanadiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About Academic Excellence at Yad Hanadiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About the Rothschild Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Colloquium Participants 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Rothschild Fellows 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Roundtable Session Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Dear Fellows,
We are pleased to welcome you to the Second Rothschild Fellows Colloquium. The first Colloquium was held in 2013. The feedback we received reinforced our optimism about the potential benefits of fostering a community of young scholars that traverses disciplinary and institutional lines.
Yad Hanadiv’s activity in academia stems from a conviction that supporting and nurturing international-calibre research in Israel, in particular through investments in young scholars and fields of distinction, plays an important role in this country’s future. The Rothschild Fellows selection committees are invariably impressed by the number of eminently qualified candidates vying for the awards. The ability to sustain top quality research in Israel depends first and foremost on the commitment of scholars such as your-selves.
We encourage you to play an active role in sustaining this community and hope to continue to find ways of working together to advance the quality and reach of scientific inquiry in Israel’s universities.
Asher Ragen Programme Director Academic Excellence
Ariel Weiss Chief Executive Yad Hanadiv
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Dear Rothschild Fellows and Colleagues,
I am honored to welcome you to the 2nd Rothschild Fellows Colloquium at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS). In this colloquium, we are hosting previous and current Rothschild Fellows who represent all universities in Israel. Most importantly, the Rothschild Fellows here today represent academic diversity in terms of gender and age, as well as in the research and scholarship they pursue in mathematics, history, brain science, literature, art, ecology and everything in between. Looking back at the list of Rothschild Fellows from the past, I see many of the leaders, not only of Israeli academia, but also Israeli leadership in general. Therefore, I feel that receiving this fellowship is not only a privilege, but a tremendous responsibility. As Director of the IIAS, I also feel this sense of responsibility. I hope the IIAS will serve as a partner who can help you realize your vision.
With my very best wishes and warmest regards,
Michal Linial Director, Israel Institute for Advanced Studies
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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 Knesset (1966) and Supreme Court (1992) build-ings, the establishment of Educational Television (1966), the Centre for Educational Technology (1974), the Open University of Israel (2004), the Ramat Hanadiv Memorial Gardens and Nature Park and current efforts to renew the National Library of Israel, are among Yad Hanadiv’s best known projects. But it should be noted that Yad Hanadiv is reticent about advertis-ing its activities.
The Foundation’s core activity is organised in four programme areas: Academic Excellence, Education, Environment and Arab Community.
ABOUT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
The Academic Excellence Programme encompasses Yad Hanadiv’s long-standing efforts in support of academic life in Israel – including the Rothschild Prizes and Fellowships and the Michael Bruno Memorial Awards, funding for the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies and more recent efforts on behalf of the Humanities and of the Life Sciences in Israel. Our newest initiative is looking to advance excellence among Arab students in Science and Technology.
In 2012 Yad Hanadiv inaugurated a framework to support the ability of local Life Sciences researchers to pursue cutting-edge work, by helping to nar-row the gap in resources available to them as compared to Life Scientists
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abroad. Key activities include a partnership with the Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine (INCPM) located at the Weizmann Institute; partnering with the Israel Science Foundation to provide researchers from across Israel with research funding to take advantage of national research facilities; and support for the Edmond Safra Bioinformatics programme at Tel Aviv University.
Support of the Humanities has long been a cornerstone of Yad Hanadiv’s philanthropy. Maintaining a vibrant and diverse community of researchers working across multiple fields is of critical importance not only to Israeli academia but to Israeli society. As in other areas, promoting a national perspective of needs and inter-university collaborations is fundamental to our approach. Funding is provided through two key programmes: The Humanities Fund, established in 2008 (in partnership with the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education), and the more recently launched Rothschild Faculty Planning Initiative in the Humanities which fosters a strategic approach to faculty recruitment on the part of university leaders.
The recently launched Arab Excellence strategy (developed in partnership with Yad Hanadiv’s Arab Community programme) seeks to increase the number and percentage of Arab university graduates who obtain faculty positions in the Sciences or high-level industry positions in Science and Technology. First steps are the launching of a new Science Education pro-gramme for outstanding students from leading high schools in the North, operated by the Davidson Institute of Science Education at the Weizmann Institute; and partnering with the Council for Higher Education to support Maof Fellowships for Arab faculty.
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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 and Rothschild Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences. 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.
Almost 560 Fellowships have been awarded to date. The majority of Fellows have pursued their academic careers in Israel, with many becoming leading figures in their fields. Numerous Fellows can be found in positions of aca-demic leadership in Israel, including university presidents, vice presidents and rectors. (A complete list of past Fellows may be found on page 38.)
In 2012 we initiated a tradition of Rothschild Fellows Colloquia. The 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 aca-demics in Israel. The 2015 Colloquium includes Fellows from 2011–2013.
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Wednesday, 29 April
9:00-9:45 Coffee and Registration
9:45-10:00 Welcome
Professor Michal Linial Director, Israel Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS)
Professor Marc Feldman Chair, Natural, Exact and Life Science and Engineering Committee
Professor Peter Jelavich Chair, Humanities and Social Sciences Committee
10:00-10:30 ‘Speed-dating’ with Fellows and Committee Members
10:30-10:45 Introduction to the IIAS: Professor Michal Linial
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Panel with Professor Benny Geiger, Chair, Academic Board, Israel Science Foundation and Professor Hagit Messer-Yaron, Vice Chair, Council for Higher Education
Moderator: Professor Michal Linial
12:15-13:30 Plenary Session – Part One Presentations by Rothschild Fellows
PROGRAMME
Rothschild Fellows Colloquium 29–30 April 2015
The Israel Institute for Advanced StudiesGivat Ram Campus, Jerusalem
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Yaara Yeshurun (Neurobiology) The Narratives We Live by: Exploring Brain Regions Involved in Narrative Interpretation
Svetlana Natkovich (Hebrew Literature)The Portrait of Maskil as a Criminal: The Figure of the Criminal in the Literature of Russian-Jewish Authors, 1862–1884
Uri Roll (Biology)Linking Nature and Human Happiness across Scales
Talya Sadeh (Psychology)How We Forget May Depend on How We Remember
Katy Margulies-Goshen (Chemistry)Drug Nanoparticles for Inducing Therapeutic Angiogenesis
Reshef Meir (Computer Sciences)Uncertainty, Strategy, and Voting
13:45-15:00 Lunch: Belgium House (Beit Belgia) with 2000 to 2010 Rothschild Fellows
15:30-16:45 Plenary Session – Part Two Presentations by Rothschild Fellows
Omri Tal (Philosophy) A Framework for Deriving Multilocus Information Measures
Ayala Arad (Economics)Colonel Blotto’s Top Secret Files: A Platform for Studying Strategic Thinking
Benyamin Rosental (Immunology)Characterization of Botryllus Schlosseri Hematopoietic System
Danny Neftin (Mathematics)Group Theory in Arithmetic
Adi Sheinfeld (Electrical Engineering)Combining Optics and Ultrasound for Cellular Imaging
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Itamar Harel (Developmental Biology)Rapid Exploration of Aging and Disease-related Genes in a Naturally Short Lived Vertebrate
17:00-18:00 Roundtables: Building an Academic Career in Israel, with leading mid-career scholars
Life Sciences: Professor Yuval Dor, Dr Erez Levanon
Humanities: Professor Michal Biran, Professor Vered Noam
Social Sciences: Professor Leon Deouell, Professor Michael Karayanni
Exact Sciences: Professor Uri Banin, Professor Nir Friedman
Free time
19:30-21:30 Cocktails and Dinner, Modern, The Israel Museum Restaurant
Joined by past Rothschild Prize recipients and newly-selected 2015 Rothschild Fellows
Speaker: Professor Menahem Ben-Sasson President of The Hebrew University and 1983 Rothschild Fellow
Thursday, 30 April
8:30-9:00 Gathering and Coffee
9:00-10:00 Presentation: Professor Amnon Shashua Professor of Computer Science, The Hebrew University and Co-founder, CTO and Chairman of Mobileye and OrCam
Moderator: Professor Michal Linial
10:15-11:45 Visit to the National Library
12:00-13:00 Wrap-Up and Feedback at the IIAS
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C O L L O Q U I U M P A R T I C I P A N T S 2 0 1 5
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Colloquium Participants 2015
Danny Ben-Zvi 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: Harvard University
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science, 2011
Main areas of research: Physiology and metabolism: response to bariatric surgery; regulation of pancreatic endocrine mass
Ori Bar-Nur 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: Harvard University
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2012
Main areas of research: Reprogramming somatic cells to a pluripotent state
[email protected] [email protected]
Ayala Arad 2011/2012
Current Affiliation: Tel Aviv University
Institution abroad: University of California, Berkeley
PhD: Tel Aviv University, 2011
Main areas of research: Behavioural and experimental economics
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Colloquium Participants 2015
Gal Binyamini 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: University of Toronto
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science, 2012
Main areas of research: The geometry of differential equations and applications to dynamics and number theory
Oded Berger-Tal 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles & Institute for Conservation Research, San Diego Zoo Global
PhD: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2013
Main areas of research: Conservation behaviour – using behavioural ecology principles to improve conservation and management
David (Dudu) Burstein 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
PhD: Tel Aviv University, 2013
Main areas of research: Genomics of microbial communities in natural environments
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Colloquium Participants 2015
Ronit Bustin-Drory 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Princeton University
PhD: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 2013
Main areas of research: Information theory, estimation theory and their relationship, interference channels, physical layer security, fading channels
Guy Cohen 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: Columbia University
PhD: Tel Aviv University, 2013
Main areas of research: Theory of strongly correlated many-body quantum systems out of equilibrium
Emanuele Dalla Torre 2011/2012
Current Affiliation: Bar-Ilan University
Institution abroad: Harvard University
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science, 2011
Main areas of research: Non-equilibrium many-body physics: ultracold atoms, quantum optics, solid state
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Colloquium Participants 2015
Michael Ebstein 2011/2012
Current Affiliation: Martin Buber Fellow at The Hebrew University
Institution abroad: Freie Universität Berlin
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2012
Main areas of research: Medieval Islamic mysticism
Ofer Firstenberg 2011/2012
Current Affiliation: Weizmann Institute of Science
Institution abroad: Harvard University
PhD: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 2010
Main areas of research: Extreme quantum limit of nonlinear optics, where individual photons interact strongly with one another and behave like matter particles
Itamar Harel 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: The Brunet Lab, Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science, 2012
Main areas of research: A platform for rapid exploration of aging and diseases in a naturally short-lived vertebrate – the African turquoise killifish
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Ido Kaminer 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 2014
Main areas of research: The intersection of optics, electromagnetism, and quantum mechanics; engineering the quantum wave function of electrons and their interaction with nanophotonic structures to create novel radiation sources
Michal Isaacson 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AgeLab
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013
Main areas of research: The ways in which human behaviour both consume and create the environments in which we live
Salomon Israel 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Institution abroad: Duke University
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2012
Main areas of research: Psychology, behavioural genetics, behavioural economics
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Leon Jacobowitz-Efron 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Achva College
Institution abroad: Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti
PhD: Tel Aviv University, 2010
Main areas of research: Medieval and early modern history; intellectual history; Dante studies; medieval sexuality; the art of memory
Ori Katz 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: Institut Lanvgevin, ESPCI ParisTech, Paris, France and Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science, 2011
Main areas of research: Physics (optics and acoustics): imaging and wave control in complex media
Rabei Khamisy 2003/2014
Current Affiliation: Cardiff University (SHARE)
PhD: University of Haifa, 2012
Main areas of research: History and archaeology of the Crusader period: Acre and Tyre regions
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Colloquium Participants 2015
Shachar Klaiman 2011/2012
Current Affiliation: Theoretical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg
PhD: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 2010
Main areas of research: Molecular anions – binding mechanisms and reactions, many-body dynamics, and methods for estimating the lifetime of metastable species
shachar.klaiman@ pci.uni-heidelberg.de
Ofir Levy 2011/2012
Current Affiliation: Arizona State University
PhD: Tel Aviv University, 2010
Main areas of research: Biophysical models, biological responses to climate change
Uri Livneh 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science, 2012
Main areas of research: System neuroscience
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Katy Margulies-Goshen 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Stanford University
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013
Main areas of research: Analytical chemistry, nanotechnology, pharmaceutics
Ahmad Masarwa 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
PhD: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 2013
Main areas of research: Chemical synthesis of bioactive scaffolds by applying C-C and C-H bond activation / cleavage and cascade reaction processes
[email protected] [email protected]
Reshef Meir 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Harvard University
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013
Main areas of research: Computational game theory, mechanism design, artificial intelligence, behavioural game theory
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Danny Neftin 2011/12
Current Affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
PhD: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, 2011
Main areas of research: Algebra, number theory
Svetlana Natkovich 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture, Leipzig University
PhD: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2012
Main areas of research: Literature of the Jewish Enlightenment; Eastern European Jewish self-fashioning; cultural history of Zionism
Khitam Muhsen 2011/2012
Current Affiliation: School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Institution abroad: University of Maryland
PhD: Tel Aviv University, 2011
Main areas of research: Epidemiology of infectious diseases; helicobacter pylori infection and its impact on health and disease
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Ram Rivlin 2011/2012
Current Affiliation: Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Institution abroad: NYU
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2011
Main areas of research: Family law, law and philosophy, law and neuroscience
Liav Orgad 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: Radzyner Law School, IDC Herzliya; Marie Curie Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin
Institution abroad: NYU and Freie Universität Berlin
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2011
Main areas of research: Comparative constitutional law, comparative immigration law, citizenship theory, multiculturalism, law and religion
Uri Roll 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: University of Oxford
PhD: Tel Aviv University, 2012
Main areas of research: Conservation biology aiming to incorporate knowledge and expertise from biology, statistics, mathematics and social-sciences towards the better protection of the natural environment
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Colloquium Participants 2015
Talya Sadeh 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre / University of Toronto
PhD: Tel Aviv University, 2013
Main areas of research: The cognitive neuroscience of memory: principles of memory organisation and the causes of forgetting
Jonathan Rubin 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: The Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv University
Institution abroad: The Warburg Institute, London
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2012
Main areas of research: Cultural and intellectual history of the Latin East; the study of intercultural contacts and exchanges in the Latin East
Benyamin Rosental 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: Stem Cell Institute, School of Medicine, Stanford University
PhD: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 2013
Main areas of research: Study of the immune system of histocompatibility in a marine protochordate model for mammalian stem cell transplantation and pregnancy immunology
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Colloquium Participants 2015
Yoav Sagi 2011/2012
Current Affiliation: Physics Department, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Institution abroad: University of Colorado at Boulder
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science, 2011
Main areas of research: Experimental study of many-body physics in a strongly interacting ultracold Fermi gas
Adi Sheinfeld 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
PhD: Tel Aviv University, 2013
Main areas of research: Combining optics and ultrasound for cell imaging, with a focus on molecular and mechanical characterization of cancer cells
Efrat Sheffer 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Institution abroad: Princeton
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2012
Main areas of research: Ecology
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Ella Striem-Amit 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Harvard University
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2014
Main areas of research: Brain representation of abstract and non-embodied concepts (concepts not sensorily perceptible), as well as the effects of sensory-motor deprivation on brain organisation
Adi Stern 2011/2012
Current Affiliation: Tel Aviv University
Institution abroad: University of California, Berkeley and UC, San Francisco
PhD: Tel Aviv University, 2010
Main areas of research: Evolution and genomics of viruses
Orr Spiegel 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: University of California, Davis
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2014
Main areas of research: Movement ecology and animal behaviour
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Colloquium Participants 2015
Omri Tal 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig
PhD: Tel Aviv University, 2012
Main areas of research: Information theoretical approach to the concept of population structure and the genotype-phenotype relation
Judith Weiss 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Institution abroad: Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes
PhD: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 2014
Main areas of research: Medieval Kabbalah; Renaissance Christian Kabbalah; medieval and early-modern interreligious Jewish-Christian discourse
Omri Weisman 2013/2014
Current Affiliation: Yale University School of Medicine
PhD: Bar-Ilan University, 2013
Main areas of research: Chemoreception in autism: neural pathways to translation
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Colloquium Participants 2015
Reuven Yeshurun 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: University of Haifa
Institution abroad: Smithsonian Institution
PhD: University of Haifa, 2012
Main areas of research: Archaeology of the Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic periods in the Middle East; zooarchaeology and taphonomy
Yaara Yeshurun 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: Princeton University
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science, 2011
Main areas of research: Neural correlates of human memory and theory of mind
Moran Yassour 2012/2013
Current Affiliation: The Broad Institute; Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2012
Main areas of research: The human gut microbiome in health and disease – from the establishment of the microbial community in infants to its effect on inflammatory bowel disease patients
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R O T H S C H I L D F E L L O W S 2 0 1 5 – 2 0 1 6
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Rothschild Fellows 2015
Anat Arzi
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science
Main Field of Study: Neurobiology
Title of PhD: Olfactory Processing, Learning and Memory of Consciously Unperceived Odours
University Abroad: University of Cambridge
Ranen Aviner
PhD: Tel Aviv University
Main Field of Study: Cell biology
Title of PhD: Deciphering the Mitotic Translatome
University Abroad: Stanford University
Vadim Axelrod
PhD: Tel Aviv University
Main Field of Study: Cognitive neuroscience
Title of PhD: The Representation of Faces in the Occipital-temporal Cortex
University Abroad: To be decided
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Yehonadav Bekenstein
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Main Field of Study: NanoScience (physics/chemistry)
Title of PhD: Electrical Effects of Metallic Structuring and Doping in Cu2S Colloidal Quantum Dots
University Abroad: University of California, Berkeley
Shahar Barbash
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Main Field of Study: Molecular neuroscience
Title of PhD: RNA Metabolism and Regulation in Evolution and Disease States of the Human Brain
University Abroad: Rockefeller University, NY
Avishai Bar Asher
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Main Field of Study: Jewish thought and philosophy
Title of PhD: Concepts and Imageries of Paradise in 13th Century Jewish Esotericism
University Abroad: Princeton University
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Boris Desiatov
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Main Field of Study: Applied physics
Title of PhD: Silicon Platform for On-chip Light Confinement, Nanofocusing and Sensing Applications
University Abroad: To be decided
Amit Daniely
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Main Field of Study: Computer science
Title of PhD: On the Theoretical Foundation of Machine Learning
University Abroad: University of California, Berkeley and Google
Assaf Breska
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Main field of study: Psychology (cognitive neuroscience)
Title of PhD: Automatic and Controlled Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Stimulus-driven and Memory-based Temporal Predictions
University abroad: University of California, Berkeley
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Ofer Fridman
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Main Field of Study: System biology (biophysics)
Title of PhD: Optimization of Lag Time Underlies Antibiotic Tolerance in Evolved Bacterial Populations
University Abroad: to be decided
Julie Fadlon
PhD: Tel Aviv University
Main Field of Study: Psycholinguistics
Title of PhD: The Psycholinguistics of Verbal Diathesis: The Transitive-Unaccusative Alternation
University Abroad: Northwestern University
Raanan Eichler
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Main Field of Study: Bible
Title of PhD: The Ark and the Cherubim
University abroad: Harvard University
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Livnat Jerby-Arnon
PhD: Tel Aviv University
Main Field of Study: Computational systems biology, bioinformatics
Title of PhD: Identifying Cancer-specific Vulnerabilities Based on Genome-scale Genetic and Metabolic Networks
University Abroad: The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Or Hen
PhD: Tel Aviv University
Main Field of Study: Physics
Title of PhD: High-Momentum Nucleons in Nuclei
University Abroad: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Erez Freud
PhD: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Main Field of Study: Cognitive neuroscience
Title of PhD: The Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms that Mediate Object 3D Perception
University Abroad: Carnegie Mellon University; University of Western Ontario
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Naama Mayseless
PhD: University of Haifa
Main Field of Study: Social and cognitive neuroscience
Title of PhD: The Neural Basis of Creativity and Originality: The Integrated Balanced Dual Process Model of Creativity
University Abroad: To be decided
Michal Levo
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science
Main Field of Study: Computational biology
Title of PhD: Behind the Scene of Transcriptional Control – How is Regulation Implemented at the Level of DNA Binding?
University Abroad: to be decided
Anatoly Khina
PhD: Tel Aviv University
Main Field of Study: Electrical engineering
Title of PhD: New Matrix Decompositions for Gaussian Communication Networks
University Abroad: California Institute of Technology
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Yotam Soreq
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science
Main Field of Study: Particle physics
Title of PhD: Higgs and Flavor at the LHC Era: From Precision Tests to New Physics?
University Abroad: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sivan Refaely-Abramson
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science
Main Field of Study: Computational materials science
Title of PhD: A Generalization of the Optimally-tuned Range-separated Hybrid Scheme to the Solid-state
University Abroad: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; University of California, Berkeley
Merav Parter
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science
Main Field of Study: Computer science and applied mathematics
Title of PhD: The Topology of Wireless Communication and Applications
University Abroad: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Avishay Tal
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science
Main Field of Study: Computer science
Title of PhD: Analysis of Boolean Functions in Theoretical Computer Science
University Abroad: Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton
Amit Tuby
PhD: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Main Field of Study: Geography
Title of PhD: Short-term and Long-term Responses and Adaptation to Climate Extremes
University Abroad: To be decided
Yaara Zisman-Ilani
PhD: University of Haifa
Main Field of Study: Psychology; health communication; applied health research
Title of PhD: Developing, Implementing and Measuring the Impact of Shared Decision-Making intervention in Psychiatric Care
University Abroad: Dartmouth
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Roundtable Session Leaders
Life Sciences
Professor Yuval Dor is Professor in the Department of Developmental Biology and Cancer Research at the Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University. He received his PhD from The Hebrew University in 2002 and carried out postdoctoral work at Harvard University. He received the Michael Bruno Memorial Award in 2012.
Dr Erez Levanon is a Senior Lecturer in the Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences at Bar-Ilan University. He received his PhD from Tel Aviv University and did postdoctoral research at the Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School. He received a Rothschild Fellowship in 2006.
Humanities
Professor Michal Biran is the Max and Sophie Mydans Foundation Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies at the Institute of Asian and African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She received her PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from The Hebrew University. She received a Rothschild Fellowship in 1995 and a Michael Bruno Memorial Award in 2005
Professor Vered Noam is Professor of Jewish Studies at Tel Aviv University, where she is the head of the Programme of Jewish Philosophy, Talmud and Kabbalah in the Department of Hebrew Culture Studies. She received her PhD from The Hebrew University in 1997. She received the Michael Bruno Memorial Award in 2010.
Social Sciences
Professor Leon Deouell is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and heads the Human Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory at The Hebrew University. He received his MD in 1992 from the Sackler School of Medicine at the Tel Aviv University, and his PhD in 2001 at the Department of Psychology at The Hebrew University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. He received a Rothschild Fellowship in 2000.
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Professor Michael Karayanni holds the Silver Chair in Civil Procedure at the Law
Faculty of The Hebrew University and is the Director of the Sacher Institute for
Legislative Research and Comparative Law. He received an LLD from The Hebrew
University in 2000 and a Doctor of Judicial Science at the University from Pennsylvania
Law School in 2003. He received a Rothschild Fellowship in 2002 and a Michael Bruno
Memorial Award in 2007.
Exact Sciences
Professor Uri Banin is a Professor at the Institute of Chemistry of The Hebrew
University. He received his PhD in Physical Chemistry from The Hebrew University
in 1994. He received a Rothschild Fellowship in 1994 and carried out postdoctoral
work at the University of California, Berkeley. He received a Michael Bruno Memorial
Award in 2007.
Professor Nir Friedman is a Professor at the Institute of Life Sciences and the School
of Computer Sciences of The Hebrew University. He completed his PhD in Computer
Sciences at Stanford and did postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley
in the field of Computational Biology. He received a Michael Bruno Memorial Award
in 2010.
Session LecturerProfessor Amnon Shashua holds the Sachs Chair in Computer Science at The
Hebrew University. He headed the School of Engineering and Computer Science at
The Hebrew University from 2003 to 2005. He received his PhD in Computational
Neuroscience, working at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. His research interests are in Computer Vision and Machine
Learning. He is the founder of CogniTens Ltd, co-founder of MobilEye Vision
Technologies and co-founder of OrCam.
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
1979
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
1980
Aaron Ben-Zeev Philosophy
Ofer Binah Medicine
Alfred Bruckstein Computer Sciences
Itzhak Glass Neuroscience
Avishai Henik Psychology
Yael Ilan Industrial Engineering
Arye Juhasz Mathematics
Joseph Kostiner Middle Eastern History
Tsevi Mazeh Astronomy
Ilana Nathan Medicine
Yehuda Shiran Mechanical Engineering
Eitan Tadmor Mathematics
Eilon Vaadia Biomedical Engineering
1981
Joseph Almog Logic
Lili Anglister Biochemistry
Cila Blatt Biology
Zvi Elgat Engineering
Deborah Gera Classical Studies
Avi Hasner Medicine
Yael Ilan Industrial Engineering
Arnon Rolnick Psychology
Miri Rubin-Ungar History
Amnon Schwartz Agriculture
Itzhak Shperling Electrical Engineering
Lester Shulman Biology
Mina Teicher Mathematics
Moshe Tur Electrical Engineering
Marius Ungarish Computer Sciences
Leah Yogev Biology
1982
Meir Bar-Asher Language & Literature
Itamar Barnea Psychology
David Bensimon Physics
Yitzhak (Tsahi) Birk Electrical Engineering
Sammy Boussiba Biology
Moshe Deutsch Physics
Yoram Erder History
Joshua Idar Education
Boaz Lazar Oceanography
Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
L. Maisels-Navon Sociology & Anthropology
Abraham Nowersztern Language & Literature
Jacob Pe’er Medicine
Vladimir Privman Physics
Zvi Safra Economics
Shaul Stampfer History
Baruch Vainas Chemistry
1983
Amihood Amir Computer Sciences
Doron Aurbach Chemistry
Reuven Avi-Yonah History
Menachem Ben-Sasson History
Y. Cohen Philosophy
Yigal Elad Plant Sciences
Aharon (Ronnie) Friedman Immunology
Reuven Gepstein Medicine
Dan Haran Mathematics
Jeffrey Macy Political Science
Ronit Nativ Hydrology
Roman Pyrzak Agriculture
Baruch Rinkevich Zoology
Moshe Sidi Electrical Engineering
Amri Wandel Physics
Joseph Zeira Economics
1984
Yuti Charnajovsky Biology
David Chitayat Medicine
Zohar Eitan Musicology
Yariv Ephraim Electrical Engineering
Haim Gamliel Medicine
Yoram Kapulnik Agriculture
Aviad Kleinberg History
Michael Lecker History
Emil Levy Chemistry
Naphtali Rishe Computer Sciences
Luis Roniger Sociology
Adam Schneeweiss Medicine
Moshe Szyf Biochemistry
Ram Yahalom Physics
Raz Yirmiya Psychobiology
Constantin Zuckerman History
1985
Reuven Amitai History
E. Avraham Immunology
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
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
Ofer Lahav Physics Dan Levy Physics Israel Nur Agriculture Haim Omer Psychology David Satran Jewish Philosophy and Thought Yizhar Tal Law Anthony J. Weiss Electrical Engineering Arieh Wishkovsky Immunology
1986Aharon Agranat Physics Gadi Algazi History Yehuda Assaraf Microbiology Arnon Avron Computer Sciences Michal Gadot Agriculture Tali Haran Chemistry Moshe Idan Aeronautical Engineering Miriam Leurer Physics Joseph Mali History Shulamit Manulis Plant Sciences
Yoram Reich Civil Engineering Zvi Ruder Chemical Engineering Mordechai Shohat Medicine Michael Silber History
1987Shmuel Ben Zvi Economics Yonatan Elkind Agriculture Raisa Epstein Mathematics Alexander Feinstein Physics Yizhar Hirschfeld Archaeology Oscar Levin Desert Research Meir Lewkowicz Physics Ofer Lider Biology Yitzhak Nakash History Amos Nevo Mathematics Fania Oz History Yossef Raviv Biology Baruch Rosenstein Physics Dror Wahrman History
Haim Werner Biology Anat Zadok Biology
1988Dekel Amir-Shapira Botany Boaz Avron Biology Hector Budman Mechanical Engineering Joseph Buxbaum Biology Itzchak Edrei Physics Ariel Halperin Economics Marwan Hassan Physical Geography Amnon Horovitz Biochemistry Israel Knohl Bible Ehud Landau Chemistry Meir Orenstein Chemistry Jaron Rabinovici Medicine Eli Salzberger Law Gabriel Schreiber Medicine Adam Seligman Sociology David Yogev Biology
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
1989Chaya Brodie Neurobiology
Dale Frank Biochemistry
Eitan Galun Medicine
Zohar Goshen Law
Eli Jerby Physics
Anna Kissin Language & Literature
Daphne Koller Computer Sciences
Nadine Mandel Language & Literature
Ronen Peretz Mathematics
Rivka Riven-Kreitman Biochemistry
Levi Schachter Electrical Engineering
Aner Shalev Mathematics
Dov Shiffman Biology
Tamar Tennenbaum Pharmacology
Shimon Weiss Electrical Engineering
Elnathan Weissert History
1990Reuven Amitai-Preiss History
Roza Azhari Biomedical Engineering Ronen Basri Computer Sciences Raanan Bavli Chemistry Yeshayahu Eisenberg Physics David Engelberg Biochemistry Lia Ettinger-Peach Biology Graham Feingold Physics Rafael Perl-Treves Biology Itai Shafrir Mathematics Nir Shavit Computer Sciences Ur Shlonsky Language & Literature Haim Weissman Physics Eran Yashiv Economics Eyal Zamir Law Ada Zohar Psychology
1991Radel Ben-Av Physics David Golomb Physics Eitan Gross Physics
Shay Gueron Mathematics Abdullah Haj-Yehia Pharmacology Moshe Kol Chemistry Avia Rosenhouse-Dantsker Chemistry Zlil Sela Mathematics Gad Shaulsky Biology Efrat Shimshoni Physics Haim Taitelbaum PhysicsOfra Tirosh-Becker Language & Literature Alexander Vardy Electrical Engineering Dror Zeevi History Ilan Zisser Mathematics
1992Shlomo Berger Materials Engineering Ilan Bloom Electrical Engineering Meir Buzaglo Philosophy Nir Davidson Physics Avital Deutsch Psychology Eyal Doron Physics
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
Dan Halperin Computer Sciences
Amos Lapidoth Electrical Engineering
Menashe Levy Pharmacology
Anya Mali Comparative Religion
Victor Mor-Avi Physics
Michael Polyak Mathematics
Yuval Rabani Mathematics
Yoram Reiter Immunology
Snait Tamir Biochemistry
Daphna Vulcan Language & Literature
1993
Shimshon Bar-Ad Physics
Joshua Feinberg Physics
Ruth Feldman Psychology
Aviv Frommer Physics
Ron Karidi Mathematics
Lior Klein Physics
Ariel Orda Electrical Engineering
Uri Peskin Chemistry
Andrei Reznikov Mathematics
Nava Rubin Biology
Eytan Ruppin Computer Sciences
Guillermo Sapiro Electrical Engineering
Idit Shachar Biochemistry
Orit Shaul Plant Genetics
Nathan Wasserman History
Noam Ziv Biology
1994
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
Gil Yosipovitch Medicine
Reuven Zeitak Physics
1995
Oded Agam Physics
Naama Barkai Physics
Yair Bartal Computer Sciences
Michal Ben-Nun Chemistry
Michal Biran Inner Asian History
Ofer Blum Chemistry
Ran Canetti Mathematics
Larisa Gheber Biochemistry
Chen Lichtenstein Law
Erez Petrank Computer Sciences
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
Moshe Portnoy Chemistry
Ziv Reich Chemistry
Lilach Shalev-Mevorach Psychology
Nadav Shnerb Physics
Nir Tessler Electrical Engineering
Aryeh Zaban Chemistry
1996
Merav Ahissar Biology
Uri Alon Physics
Gill Barequet Computer Sciences
Shoshana Eitan Biology
Eyal Goren Mathematics
Yaron Hadari Biology
Hanni Inbar Electrical Engineering
Alex Kamenev Physics
Daphna Lewinsohn-Zamir Law
Mordechai Margalit Electrical Engineering
Gil Markovich Chemistry
Yuri Pines Asian Studies
Eran Rabani Chemistry
Kobi Rosenblum Biology
Bilha Segev Physics
Elnathan Weissert Assyriology
1997
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
Noga Kronfeld Zoology
Efrat Lev-Lehman Biochemistry
Daniel Lidar Physics
Yuval Oreg Physics
Ronit Ricci Indonesian Studies
Yehuda Sharf Physics
Miriam Shefer History
Orly Shenker Philosophy
Amnon Ta-Shma Computer Sciences
1998
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
Idit Keidar Computer Sciences
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
Dror Orgad Physics
Yehuda Shalom Mathematics
Nili Wazana Bible
Itzchak Weismann History
Ehud Weiss Archaeology
Eduardo Zaborowski Physical Chemistry
1999
Avital Bareket-Samish Biology
Ehud Behar Physics
Yardena Bohbot-Raviv Physical Chemistry
Haim Diamant Physics
Miriam Dishon-Berkovits Psychology
Noam Eliaz Chemical Engineering
Yuval Feldman Law
Oleg Gang Physics
Eyal Ginio Islamic Studies
Salit Kark Biology
Leeor Kronik Electrical Engineering
Ran Spiegler Economics
Benjamin (Benny) Sudakov Mathematics
Daniella Talmor-Heller Islamic Studies
Guy Tomer Biochemistry
Amichay Vardi Chemistry
Sima Yaron Food Technology
2000
Yitzhak Benbaji Philosophy
Yair Cohen Chemistry
Leon Deouell Psychology
Alexander Groisman Physics
Tamar Juven-Gershon Biology
Gilmor Iris Keshet Biochemistry
Gila Moalem Taylor Biology
Ziad Mussliman Mathematics
Andrea Rotstein Classical Studies
Elad Schneidman Neurobiology
Galili Shahar History
Golan Shahar Psychology
Avital Shurki Chemistry
Aharon Solomon Agriculture
Vitali Tugarinov Physics
2001
Amiram Ariel Chemistry
Gonen Ashkenasy Chemistry
Guy Haim Bar-Oz Zooarchaeology
Hagit Benbaji Philosophy
Alex Braiman Biophysics
Alon Chen Biology
Lior Gepstein Medicine
Elinor Haddad-Saiegh Linguistics
Eran Halperin Computer Sciences
Daniel Harries Physical Chemistry
Gilad Hirschberger Psychology
Tal Kenet Biology
Uriel Levy Electrical Engineering
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
Chaim Noy Psychology
Ronit Satchi-Fainaro Biology
Herve Seligmann Zoology
Daniel Johannes Stoekl Comparative Religion
Uzi Vishne Mathematics
2002
Aharon Blank Chemistry
Hagai Shmuel Eisenberg Physics
Alexander Fantalkin Archaeology
Yariv Kafri Physics
Michael Karayanni Law
Vladlen Koltun Computer Sciences
Yaakov (Koby) Levy Chemistry
Irit Maor Physics
Adia Mendelson-Maoz Literature & Philosophy
Ishay Rosen-Zvi Philosophy
Boris Rybtchinski Chemistry
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
Kinneret Keren Biophysics
Yonatan Loewenstein Neuroscience
Amos Morris-Reich Jewish Studies
Roee Ozeri Physics
Alon Rosen Computer Sciences
Oren Tal Archaeology
Vardit Tokatly Language & Literature
Lior Wolf Computer Sciences
Gitai Yahel Ecology
2004
Samer Banna Electrical Engineering
Smadar Ben-Tabou de Leon Physics
Julia Chuzhoy Computer Sciences
Oren Cohen Physics
Yacov (Koby) Crammer Computer Sciences
Micha Drukker Genetics
Nirit Dudovitch Physics
Ariel Gordon Electrical Engineering
Dorit Kerret Environmental Studies
Anna Kventsel Language & Literature
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
Ruth Mayo Psychology
Julia Rubanovich Language & Literature
Michael Segal Bible
Ester Segal Chemical Engineering
David Sprinzak Physics
Daniel Strasser Physics
Iris Visoly- Fisher Chemistry
Sharon Zuckerman Archaeology
2005
David Abookasis Electrical Engineering
Sheba Bergman Chemistry
Alberto Bilenca Electrical Engineering
Barak Dayan Physics
Micha Fridman Chemistry
Inna Gaisler-Salomon Psychology
Khalid Ghanayim Law
Amir Globerson Brain Science
Oded Hod Chemistry
Nadav Katz Physics
Alon Keinan Computer Sciences
Uzi Leibner Archaeology
Shahar Lifshitz Law
Roy Luria Psychology
Shai Ronen Chemistry
Orly Rubinsten Psychology
Anelia Somekh-Baruch Electrical Engineering
Amos Tanay Computer Sciences
2006
Eran Almagor Classical Studies
Guy Bartal Physics
Roi Cohen Kadosh Neuropsychology
Orr Dunkelman Computer Sciences
Ofer Fainaru Medicine
Ran Friedman Biochemistry
Badi Hasisi Sociology
Roi Alfred Holzman Marine Biology
Beena Kalisky Physics
Gad Kimmel Computer Sciences
Erez Levanon Medicine
Noam Levin Geography
Ariel Munitz Pharmacology
Ophir Münz-Manor Hebrew Literature
Yair Shokef (Srebo) Physics
Eran Tromer Computer Sciences
Assaf Yasur-Landau Archaeology
2007
Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder Education
Roey Jacob Amir Chemistry
Elizabeta Amir (Golan) Chemistry
Lilac Amirav Physical Chemistry
Benny Applebaum Computer Sciences
Avner (Avi) Fleischer Chemistry
Roi Gazit Immunology
Liat Goldfarb Psychology
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
Yohai Hakak Anthropology
Emma Maayan Fanar Art History
Dvora Namdar Archaeology
Orit Peleg Barkat Archaeology
Adi Salomon Chemistry
Ilia (Eli) Sloutskin Physics
Elly Teman Anthropology
Neta Wexler Sal-Man Biochemistry
Avinoam Zadok Engineering
2008
Oded Abt Asian Studies
Yael Artzy-Randrup Zoology
Jonathan Belmaker Ecology
Yuval Birnboim Astrophysics
Liraz Chai Chemistry
Alexander Fantalkin Archaeology
Eyal Feigenbaum Electrical Engineering
Inbal Goshen Psychobiology
Yehoshua Granat Hebrew Literature
Orr Karrassin Environmental Law
Tally Kritzman Law
Yaron Lipman Mathematics
Noam Mizrahi Bible
Izhar Neder Physics
Asya Rolls Neurobiology
Tal Schwartz Physics
Eran Stark Neurobiology
Yaniv Ziv Neurobiology
2009
Alexey Amunts Biochemistry
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
Inon Scharf Zoology
Gal Sheppes Psychology
Ron Shimelmitz Archaeology
Tzahi Weiss Jewish Philosophy and Thought
2010
Yael Abadi-Reiss Archaeology
Avraham Aizenbud Mathematics
Michael Assaf Physics
Galit Aviman Japanese Studies
Olena Bagno Political Science
Haim Belinson Neurobiology
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
Nissim Cohen Public Policy
Chen Davidovich Structural Biology
Shai Dothan Law
Orit Gazit International Relations
Pavel Ginzburg Electrical Engineering
Alexander Gumennik Physics
Alon Herschhorn Medicine
Ayelet Lesman Biomedical Engineering
Guy Polsky Medicine
Neta Regev-Rudzki Biochemistry
Nir Sapir Ecology
Tomer Shechner Psychology
2011
Amitai Abramovitch Psychology
Ayala Arad Economics
Amir Ariel (withdrew) Physics
Emanuele Dalla Torre Physics
Merav Dolev Physics
Michael Ebstein Islamic Studies
Ayelet Even-Ezra History
Ofer Firstenberg (withdrew) Physics
Alex Hayat (withdrew) Electrical Engineering
Amir Ingber Electrical Engineering
Boaz Keren-Zur (withdrew) Physics
Shachar Klaiman Chemistry
Ofir Levy Ecology
Nimrod Marom Archaeology
Or Meir Computer Sciences
Khitam Muhsen Epidemiology
Danny Neftin Mathematics
Mical Raz History
Ram Rivlin Law
Yoav Sagi Physics
Schraga Schwartz Biology
Adi Stern Biology
Hadas Velan Psycholinguistics
Roy Ziblat Biochemistry
2012
Ori Bar-Nur (withdrew) Genetics
Danny Ben-Zvi Systems Biology
Jonathan Berant Computer Sciences
Gal Binyamini Mathematics
Guy Cohen Chemical Physics
Yaniv Fox History
Danny Horesh Psychology
Michal Isaacson Geography
Salomon Israel Psychology
Ori Katz Physics
Ahmad Masarwa Chemistry
Liav Orgad Law
Uri Roll Biology
Benyamin Rosental Immunology
Jonathan Rubin History
Efrat Sheffer Ecology
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2014
Omri Tal Philosophy of Biology
Itay Tirosh Computational Biology
Moran Yassour Computational Biology
Reuven Yeshurun Archaeology
Yaara Yeshurun Neurobiology
Yakov (Koby) Yosef (withdrew) Islamic History
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
Rabie Khamisy Archaeology
Uri Livneh Neurobiology
Katy Margulis-Goshen Chemistry
Reshef Meir Computer Sciences
Bilha Moor Art History & Islamic Studies
Svetlana Natkovich Hebrew Literature
Anat Perry Psychology
Talya Sadeh Psychology
Adi Sheinfeld Electrical Engineering
Noam Shemesh (withdrew) Chemistry & MRI
Orr Spiegel Ecology
Ella Striem-Amit Neurobiology
Omri Weisman Psychology
Judith Weiss Jewish Thought
2014
Shahar Alon Neuroscience
Ido Barth Physics
Uri Ben-David Biology
Nir Bitansky Computer Sciences
Uri Davidovich Archaeology
Tali Dekel Electrical Engineering
Dmitry Faifman Mathematics
Michael Gilead Psychology
David Golan Statistics
Or Hasson Literature
Eyal Kalanthroff Neuropsychology
Sheera Lerman-Zohar Psychology
Ronit Levine-Schnur Law
Lyle Lustigman Linguistics
Firas Mawase Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience
Elad Noor (withdrew) Systems Biology
Yakir Paz Talmud and Classical Studies
Hannah Pollin-Galay Holocaust Studies
Doron Puder Mathematics
Noga Ron-Zewi Computer Sciences
Ori Rottenstreich Computer Networks
Hadas Soifer Physics
Michal Weitman (withdrew) Chemistry
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