פרופ' עדי סלומון

   Adi Salomon obtained her B.Sc. in Chemistry from Tel Aviv University and received her PhD from the department of Materials and Interfaces at Weizmann Institute of Science with David Cahen. There she got a scientific background on surface chemistry, semiconductors and electron transport through organic molecules. Then she went to ISIS, Strasbourg,   working with Thomas Ebbesen on Interaction between molecules and surface plasmons.  Her research was the first to demonstrate the dynamics of interaction between surface plasmons and molecules throughout the development of a new surface photochemistry. Later on, at the WIS, together with Yehiam Prior, Tamar Seideman, Robert Gordon and Maxim Shukharev, they have developed a new model to explain interactions between molecules which are immersed in the ‘plasmonic field’.   She is currently working with Yehiam Prior (WIS) and Joseph Zyss (ENS-Cachan) on coherent coupling between plasmonic modes of metallic nanocavities in order to achieve strong field amplification at the nanoscale.

Education:     

2002-2007       Ph.D., Dept. of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Inst. of Science.

                        Advisor: Prof. David Cahen

                       Thesis: “A different view of charge transport through Alkyl Chain monolayers”

1999-2001      M.Sc., Dept. of Materials and Interfaces, Weizmann Inst. of Science.

                       Advisor: Prof. David Cahen

                       Thesis:  “Towards understanding of semiconductors-molecule-metal Junctions “

1996-1999      B.Sc.  Chemistry. Tel–Aviv University.

Research positions:

2010 - 2013     A joint Post-doc at the chemical physics department, Weizmann Institute, and Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) de Cachan, Paris, France. Host: Prof. Yehiam Prior and Prof. Joseph Zyss.

Research topics: plasmonics, strong coupling, Near field spectroscopy, Second  Harmonic Generation (SHG)

2007-2009       Post-doc., Laboratorie des Nanostructures, ISIS, University Louis Pasteur (ULP). Host :Prof. Thomas W. Ebbesen

Research topics: plasmonics,  molecules-surface plasmons interaction, molecular dynamics, strong coupling systems.

Awards

• 2010                Clore fellowship for postdoctoral studies.
• 2008                Sara Lee Schupf postdoctoral Awards
• 2008                Chateaubriand fellowship
• 2007                Rothschild  fellowship                                      
• 2007                Recognition from the Israeli parliament
• 2007                John F. Kennedy prize.
• 2007                Schmitt prize for best PhD thesis.
• 2006                Feinberg Grad. School Dean's list of excellence.
• 2005                Israeli Vacuum Society, best student lecture award
• 2004                Feinberg Grad. School Dean's list of excellence.
• 2003                Clore Fellowship for PhD students.
• 1998                De-Shalit excellence scholarship.