AWARDS AND HONORS
 

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
AND HONORS

The Aerosol Society DDL Emerging
Scientist Award
Assoc. Prof. Josué Sznitman
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering

Agora University of Oradea Honorary Doctor
Prof. Alfred Bruckstein
Faculty of Computer Science

American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS) Sartorius and Science Prize
for Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy
Asst. Prof. Yaron Fuchs
Faculty of Biology

American Biophysical Society (BPS)
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award
Assoc. Prof. Meytal Landau
Faculty of Biology

American Ceramic Society
Robert B. Sosman Award
Prof. Wayne Kaplan
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering

American Chemical Society (ACS Axial) Advances in Measurement Science Award
Assoc. Prof. Ester Segal
Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Distinguished Member
Prof. Emer. Uri Shamir
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Association for Israel Studies (AIS) Annual Shapiro Award for Best Book in Israel Studies
Assoc. Prof. Alona Nitzan-Shiftan
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning

Clarivate Analytics
Highly Cited Researcher
Prof. Michael Elad
Faculty of Computer Science

Prof. Emer. Basil Lewis
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine

Dist. Prof. Shlomo Shamai (Shitz)
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

EuroSys 2019 Jochen Liedke Young
Researcher Award
Assoc. Prof. Dan Tsafrir
Faculty of Computer Science

European Commission Innovation Award
Prof. Hossam Haick
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering

Foundation for Landscape Studies
The John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize
Assoc. Prof. Alona Nitzan-Shiftan
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning

The Franklin Institute
2019 Benjamin Franklin Medal
Dist. Visiting Prof. Eli Yablonovitch
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Horizon 2020:
EU Framework Programme for Research And Innovation European Research Council Grants (ERC)

ERC Starting Grant
Assoc. Prof. Ronen Talmon
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Asst. Prof. Yuval Filmus
Faculty of Computer Science

Asst. Prof. Yoav Shechtman
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering

ERC Consolidator
Prof. Shulamit Levenberg
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Kinneret Keren
Faculty of Physics

Assoc. Prof. Oren Cohen
Faculty of Physics

ERC Advanced Grant
Prof. Amit Meller
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering

Prof. Ashraf Brik
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry

ERC Synergy Grant
Prof. Yoav Schechner
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Fellow
Prof. Igal Sason
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

IEEE Signal Processing Society Best Paper Award
Dist. Prof. Shlomo Shamai (Shitz)
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

IEEE Signal Processing Society
Claude Shannon-Harry Nyquist Technical Achievement Award

Prof. Michael Elad
Faculty of Computer Science

International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI) Fellow
Prof. Igor Verner
Faculty of Education in Science and Technology

NATO Science Partnership Prize
SPS Prize in CBRN Defense
Assoc. Prof. Oded Lewinson
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine

Johnson & Johnson
Women in STEM2D Scholars Award
Asst. Prof. Naama Geva-Zatorsky
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine

Nokia
Bell Labs Prize

Dist. Prof. Shlomo Shamai (Shitz)
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Republic of France
Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Prof. Daniel Rittel
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Schmidt Science Fellows (2019)
Grisha Spektor
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Fellows
Prof. Michael Elad (2018)
Faculty of Computer Science

Prof. Ron Kimmel (2019)
Faculty of Computer Science

ISRAELI AWARDS AND HONORS

Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in Israel
Assoc. Prof. Moran Bercovici
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Council for Higher Education

Alon Fellowships
Asst. Prof. Ittay Eyal (2018)
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Asst. Prof. Ori Rottenstreich
Technion Computer Engineering Center

Asst. Prof. Aviv Tamar
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Asst. Prof. Yehonadav Bekenstein
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering

Maof Fellowship
Asst. Prof. Fadi Kizel (2018)
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Asst. Prof. Shady Farah
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering

Asst. Prof. Firas Mawase
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering

Israel Chemical Engineering Association

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Prize
Prof. Havazelet Bianco-Peled
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering

Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof. Emer. Avinoam Nir
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering

Israel Heart Society Honorary Fellow
Prof. Emer. Basil Lewis
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine

Israel Planners Association
2018 Notable Planner Award
Prof. Emer. Amnon Frenkel
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning

Israel Vacuum Society
IVS Research Award
Prof. Yair Ein-Eli
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering

Municipality of Haifa
Citizen of Merit Award
Dist. Prof. Yitzhak Apeloig
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry

Prof. Emer. Amos Etzioni
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine

Prof. Emer. Elias Toubi
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine

Society of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel (SEEEI) Honorary Fellow
Prof. Emer. Avraham Shitzer
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Israel Physical Society (IPS)

Honorary Fellow
Prof. Emer. Joshua Zak
Faculty of Physics

Jacob Bekenstein Prize in Theoretical Physics
Asst. Prof. Shlomo Razamat
Faculty of Physics

Israel Young Academy Elected Member
Assoc. Prof. Asya Rolls
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine

Assoc. Prof. Hagai Perets
Faculty of Physics

Prof. Ashraf Brik
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry

Wolf Foundation
2019 Krill Prize for Excellence
in Scientific Research
Asst. Prof. Shahar Kvatinsky
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Asst. Prof. Yaron Fuchs
Faculty of Biology

Yad Hanadiv (Rothschild Foundation)
Michael Bruno Memorial Award
Prof. Hossam Haick
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering

TECHNION AWARDS AND HONORS

Cooper Award for Excellence in Research
Prof. Oleg Gendelman
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Asst. Prof. Shoham Sabach
Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering
and Management

Alexander Goldberg Research Prize
Asst. Prof. Alex Hayat
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Uzi and Michal Halevy
Innovative Applied Engineering Award
and Research Grants
Asst. Prof. Beni Cukurel
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

Asst. Prof. Vadim Indelman
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Alejandro Sosnik
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering

Raymond and Miriam Klein Research Prize
Asst. Prof. Galia Maayan
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry

Hilda and Hershel Rich
Technion Innovation Awards
Assoc. Prof. Aharon Blank and Itai Katz
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry

Assoc. Prof. Yael Yaniv
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Hen Dotan, Prof. Gideon Grader, Avigail Landman, Assoc. Prof. Avner Rothschild, and Dr. Gennady Shter
Faculties of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Sefi Givli and Dr. Itamar Benichou
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Moran Bercovici, Tal Zeidman Kalman, Nadya Ostromohov, and Tally Rosenfeld
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Carmel Rotschild
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Norman Seiden Prize for Academic Excellence
Prof. Levi Schächter
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Diane Sherman Prize for Medical Innovations
for a Better World
Assoc. Prof. Alejandro Sosnik
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering

Daniel Shiran Memorial Prize
Assoc. Prof. Avi Schroeder
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering

Henry Taub Prize for Academic Excellence
Assoc. Prof. Tal Carmon
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Keren Censor-Hillel
Faculty of Computer Science

Prof. Yuval Ishai
Faculty of Computer Science

Prof. Eugen Rabkin
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering

Moshe Yanai Awards for Excellence in Education
Assoc. Prof. Daniel Orenstein
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning

Assoc. Prof. Adi Salzberg
Rappaport Faculty of Medicine

Assoc. Prof. Keren Censor-Hillel
Faculty of Computer Science

Assoc. Prof. Daniella Raveh
Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Avi Schroeder
Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering

Faculty Prize
Andrew and Erna Viterbi
Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Honorable Mentions
Assoc. Prof. Roee Amit
Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering

Assoc. Prof. Yael Yaniv
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering

Asst. Prof. Roi Reichart
Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering
and Management

Career Advancement Chairs

Nancy and Stephen Grand Career
Development Chair
Asst. Prof. Shimrit Shtern
Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering
and Management

Irwin and Bethea Green and Detroit Chapter Career Development Chair
Asst. Prof. Yehonadav Bekenstein
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering

Jack Klein Career Advancement Chair
in Cancer Research
Asst. Prof. Yosef Shamay
Faculty of Biomedical Engineering

Women’s Division Career Advancement Chair
Assoc. Prof. Sabrina Spatari
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Northern California Career Development Chair
Asst. Prof. Eilam Yalon
Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering

André Deloro Career Advancement Chair
in Engineering
Asst. Prof. Shay Stern
Faculty of Biology

Chaya Career Development Chair
Asst. Prof. Fady Kizel
Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Leaders in Science
and Technology

Horev Fellows
Asst. Prof. Nir Lazarovich
Faculty of Mathematics

Asst. Prof. Amit Zeisel
Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering

Taub Fellows
Asst. Prof. Ori Rottenstreich
Faculty of Computer Science

Asst. Prof. Inbal Talgam-Cohen
Faculty of Computer Science