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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
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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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ROTHSCHILD FELLOWS 2021
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
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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
Rothschild Fellows 2021
Adi Biram
Chen Eitan
Tamir Eliav
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science
PhD: Weizmann Institute of Science
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
University Abroad: To be decided
chen.cep@gmail.com
tamir.eliav@gmail.com
adi.biram@gmail.com
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Rothschild Fellows 2021
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
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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
Rothschild Fellows 2021
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
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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
Rothschild Fellows 2021
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
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Main Field of Study: Electrical Engineering Doctoral Dissertation: Semantics Aware Image Processing University Abroad: to be decided tamarott@gmail.com
Rothschild Fellows 2021
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
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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
Rothschild Fellows 2021
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
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Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020
Rothschild Fellows 1979–2020 1979
Avishai Henik Psychology
Yael Ilan Industrial Engineering
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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2007
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Noam Mizrahi Bible
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2008
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2009
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Shai Dothan Law
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2010 Yael Abadi-Reiss Archaeology Avraham Aizenbud Mathematics Michael Assaf Physics
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2011
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Liav Orgad Law
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Roy Ziblat Biochemistry
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2012
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Orr Spiegel Ecology
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Ella Striem-Amit Neurobiology
Ronit Levine-Schnur Law
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Judith Weiss Jewish Thought
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2014
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2015 Anat Arzi Neurobiology Ranen Aviner Cell Biology Vadim Axelrod Cognitive Neuroscience Avishai Bar Asher Jewish Philosophy and Thought Shahar Barbash Neuroscience
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2016
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2018
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Inbar Graiver History
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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
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