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Congratulations to Prof. Doron Aurbach for winning the ECS John B. Goodenough Prize
The Electrochemical Society (ECS) can be considered as the most important organization of scientists, industries, academic institutions, national laboratories and governmental agencies in the world, dealing with electrochemical science, including most important aspects of energy harvesting, storage & conversion. Its headquarters are located in the US.
The most prestigious prize that the ECS delivers to selected top scientists in the fields of electrochemistry and energy science, is called the John B. Goodenough Award, commemorating the famous Nobel Laureate (chemistry, 2019), Professor John Goodenough from the university of Austin Texas.
The criteria include leadership in energy research, proven achievements related to energy storage and conversion, significant life's work contributions to the world energy research community, and excellence in research.
This Award was announced 4 years ago, and it is delivered every second year.
Prof. Doron Aurbach from the chemistry department in Bar Ilan University is the Second scientist who was chosen to get it.
Prof. Aurbach will receive the prestigious prize in a special ceremony, after delivering an invited plenary lecture in the coming semiannual meeting of the Electrochemical Society, May 2025, in Montreal Canada.
Date: 11/11/2024
Greetings to Dr. Abed Saadi from the Chemistry Department for receiving the Maof Program Scholarship
Dr. Abed Saady Saady has a strong multidisciplinary track record of publication (18 published papers, 4 in preparation and 1 patent), including synthetic chemistry, chemical biology, supramolecular chemistry, and cell biology, demonstrating my scientific flexibility and ability to learn and contribute to new areas.
He has gained expertise in synthetic organic chemistry, mechanically interlocked molecules, supramolecular chemistry, nucleic acid chemistry, chemical biology, sensor design, fluorescent dyes, analytical techniques and scientific software.
Date: 29/07/2024
A doctorate awarding ceremony 2024
On Tuesday July 9th 2024 a doctorate awarding ceremony took place at Bar Ilan University.
Congratulations to the PhD degree recipients from all university departments and the chemistry department in particular.
Date: 10/07/2024
Greetings to Ayelet Rothstein, Sivan Bacher, Eyal Malka and Svetlana Lieberman, all doctoral students in the chemistry department, who won the Adama scholarship
The Adama company, whose worldwide activities support agriculture and human food production processes, develops, manufactures and markets plant protection products,
awards scholarships for academic excellence and exceptional research dealing with the synthesis and use of organic compounds, formulation of polymers and hybrid materials and analytical studies of small molecules, polymers and hybrid materials .
The scholarships were awarded in a festive ceremony at the Adama factory, where the winners presented their research and were given a fascinating tour of the factory’s laboratories.
Date: 01/06/2024
Dynamics of open quantum systems workshop 9/5/2021-11/5/2021 Dr. Amikam Levy
Quantum science and technology are in the limelight. Efforts range from quantum computing and simulations to sensing. All quantum platforms are susceptible to interaction with the environment. Addressing this interaction using the discipline of open quantum systems is therefore a central paradigm. Scientific activity quantum science is proliferating all over the world. The global pandemic has halted much of the international collaboration. To bootstrap our efforts in Israel we organized this meeting on a very short notice. We are happy to have representatives from many research groups and institutions. We chose the subject of open quantum systems as a focal point to merge experimental and theoretical groups. Our aim is to get reacquainted on a personal level with emphasis on informal discussions.
Date: 30/05/2021
Dr. Tamar Traube - Excelling Lecturer for 2021
The Department of Chemistry congratulates Dr. Tamar Traube, a senior lecturer and researcher in the department, upon being chosen and recognized as the excelling lecturer in the department for the 2021 academic year. This title is given to lecturers who were chosen by their students and received high recommendation by their deans and head of department, for their outstanding quality of teaching and professionalism.
Congratulations Dr. Traube, it is well deserved!
Date: 09/02/2021
A new rector in Bar Ilan University: Prof. Amnon Albeck from the Department of Chemistry
Prof. Amnon Albeck, a successful researcher in the Department of Chemistry and the vice-rector of Bar Ilan University, has been chosen to switch Prof. Miriam Faust as the rector of the university.
Date: 28/07/2020
Prof. Doron Aurbach group has H. Index of 120 (Google scholar), the third in Israel
Prof. Doron Aurbach leads the electrochemistry group at BIU (one of the biggest research groups in Israel > 40 people) and INREP - Israel National Research center for Electrochemical Propulsion (25 research groups from 7 Israeli academic institutions). He also serves as a senior editor in the journal of the Electrochemical Society. His group develops electrochemical power sources for several applications including electro-mobility, large energy storage and unmanned aviation. The performance of the group seems to be the most prolific in Israel during recent years in terms of publications and citations per year. The group published more than 650 papers that were cited more than 58900 times with H. Index of 120 (Google scholar), the third in Israel on this scale.
Date: 22/09/2019
Remembering Former Vice President for Research: Prof. Harold Basch
Bar-Ilan University deeply mourns the passing of Prof. Harold Basch, a former Vice President for Research and longtime member of the Department of Chemistry. Since his passing Prof. Basch’s colleagues within and outside the University have written extensively about him and remembered him with great fondness.
Date: 01/06/2019
Prof. Jordan Chill Excelling lecturer for 2018
The Department of Chemistry congratulates Prof. Jordan Chill, a senior lecturer and a world-renowned researcher in the field of NMR, upon being chosen and recognized as the excelling lecturer in the department for the 2018 academic year. This title is given to lecturers who were chosen by their students and received high recommendation by their deans and head of department, for their outstanding quality of teaching and professionalism.
Congratulations Prof. Chill, it is well deserved!
Date: 31/05/2018
A new university president for Bar Ilan University: Prof. Arie Zaban from the Department of Chemistry
Bar Ilan University's board of trustees approved the appointment of Prof. Arie Zaban as the university's next president. Prof. Zaban will begin his tenure as president in this coming October and will switch the outgoing president, Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, who withdrew himself from an additional tenure.
Date: 16/05/2017
