University Units - Academic Chairs

THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES
THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
THE FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES
GUILFORD GLAZER FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
BLAUSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR DESERT STUDIES

THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Professorial Chairs

Prof.

Stanley R. Rotman

Chinita and Conrad Abrahams-Curiel Chair in Applied Signal Processing

Prof.

Nachum Frage

Samuel Ayrton Chair in Metallurgy

Prof

Eran Sher

Sir Leon Bagrit Chair in Computer-Based Global Industry and Scientific Development

Prof.

David Fuks

Stephen and Edith Berger Chair in Physical Metallurgy

Prof.

Eli Korin

Lady Cohen Chair in Chemical Engineering Processes

Prof.

Moti Herskowitz

Israel Cohen Chair in Chemical Engineering

Prof.

Nachum Finger

Sir John and Lady Cohen Chair in Business and Industrial Management

Prof.

Tov Elperin

Lady Davis Chair in Mechanical Engineering

Prof.

Zeev Alfassi

Yosef Erteschick Chair in Nuclear Engineering

Prof.

Natan Kopeika

Reuben and Frances Feinberg Chair in Electro-Optics

Prof.

Mordechai Perl

Aaron Fish Chair in Mechanical Engineering - Fracture Mechanics

Prof.

Moshe Gottlieb

Frankel Family Chair in Energy and Chemical Engineering

Prof.

Reuven Segev

Hy Greenhill Chair in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

Prof.

Ehud Menipaz

Solomon and Abraham Krok Chair in Entrepreneurial Management

Prof.

Dov Wulich

Luck-Hille Chair in Electrical Engineering

Prof.

Gabi Ben-Dor

Dr. Morton and Toby Mower Chair in Shock-Wave Studies

Prof.

Yael Edan

Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut Chair in Manufacturing Engineering

Prof.

Smadar Cohen

Claire and Harold Oshry Chair in Biotechnology

Prof.

Alexander Galperin

Davide and Irene Sala Chair in Nuclear Engineering

Prof.

Dan Eliezer

Eric Samson Chair in Advanced Materials and Processing

Prof.

David Shinar

George Shrut Chair in Human Performance Management

Prof.

Mordechai Shacham

Benjamin Swig Chair in Chemical Processes

Prof.

Eugene Zaretsky

Anne Tanenbaum Chair in Engineering Thermodynamics

Prof.

Shoshana Arad

John A. Ungar Chair in Biotechnology

Prof.

Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen

Stanley D. and Nikki Waxberg Chair in Advanced Materials

Prof.

Joseph Kost

Abraham and Bessie Zacks Chair in Biomedical Engineering

Career Development Chairs

Dr.

Rafi Shikler

D.E. Koshland Jr. Family Career Development Chair in Advanced Technologies in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr.

Tal Oron-Gilad

Dr. Gabi and Eng. Max Lichtenberg Career Development Chair in Engineering Sciences

Dr.

Dr.

Lital Alfonta

Yoav Tsori

Elaine S. and Alvin W. Wene Career Development Chair in Biotechnology Engineering

Joseph and May Winston Foundation Career Development Chair in Chemical Engineering

THE FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
		Professorial Chairs
Prof.	Matityahu Lifshitz	Milada Ayrton Chair in Pediatrics
Prof.	Ed White	Martin and Rena Blackman Chair in Brain Research
Prof.	Ilana Y. Shoham-Vardi	Isaac and Elizabeth Carlin Chair in Public Health and Epidemiology
Prof.	Asher Tal	Dr. Lillian Chutick and Dr. Rebecca Chutick Chair in Pediatric Medicine
Prof.	Isaac Levy	Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann and Ruth Deichmann Chair in Surgery
Prof.	Moshe Mazor	Deichmann-Lerner Chair in Gynecology
Prof.	Tova Lifshitz	Dr. James and Ahuva Desnick Chair in Ophthalmology
Prof.	Galila Agam	Jack Dreyfus Chair in Psychiatry (Unit for Phenytoin Research)
Prof.	Reuben Ilia	Andre Feher Chair for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases
Prof.	Yoram Grossman	Lawrence W. and Marie Feldman Chair in Neurophysiology
Prof.	Nava Bashan	Fraida Foundation Chair in Diabetes Research
Prof.	Daniel Ben-Arush	Melvin Fusfeld Chair in Pathology
Prof.	Eitan Lunenfeld	Dr. Morrie M. Gelfand Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Prof.	Ron Dagan	Werner J. and Charlotte A. Gunzburger Chair for the Study of Infectious Diseases
Prof.	Samuel Ariad	Jules Harris Chair in Oncology
Prof.	A. Mark Clarfield	Sidonie Hecht Chair in Geriatrics
Prof.	Sofia Schreiber-Avissar	Eugene Hecht Chair in Clinical Pharmacology
Prof.	Aya Biderman	Benzion Sundel Hersch Chair in Community Health and Primary Care
Prof.	Haim Belmaker	Hoffer/Vickar Chair in Psychiatry (Unit for Orthomolecular Clinical Research)
Prof.	Josef Kapelushnik	Dr. Lyonel Israels Chair in Haematology
Prof.	Yacob Weinstein	Albert Katz Chair in Cell-Differentiation and Malignant Diseases
Prof.	Drora Fraser	Dr. Herman Kessel Chair in Epidemiology
Prof.	Dan Buskila	Dr. Harold Korn Chair for Internal Medicine
Prof.	Rivka Carmi	Kreitman Foundation Chair in Pediatric Genetics
Prof.	Noah Isakov	Joseph H. Krupp Chair in Cancer Immunobiology
Prof.	Francis Schlaeffer	Gussie Krupp Chair in Internal Medicine
Prof.	Sarah Carmel	Kunin-Lunenfeld Chair in Behavioral Medical Sciences
Prof.	Joseph Pliskin	Sidney Liswood Chair in Health Management
Prof.	Shaul Sofer	Lubner Family Chair in Child Health and Development
Prof.	Pesach Shvartzman	Mayman Chair in Family Medicine
	Pending Incumbent	Philip S. Morse Family Chair in Clinical Studies in Rheumatology in memory of the Mushacki and Nachimowski Families
Prof.	Itzhak Wirguin	Dr. Helena Rachmanska-Putzman (née Rancman) Chair in Neurology
Prof.	Ron N. Apte	Irving Isaac Sklar Chair in Endocrinology and Cancer
Prof. Prof.	Allan Degen Yoram Yagil	Bennie Slome Chair for Applied Research in Animal Breeding for Human Nutrition in Arid Lands Clara and Alejandro Stransky Chair in Nephrology
		George and Florence Wise Chair in Medical Education

		Career Development Chairs
Dr.	Ayelet David	Joan Baker Career Development Chair in Basic Medical Research
Dr.	Sasson Menahem	Gerson Epstein Career Development Chair in Hospice and Palliative Care
Dr.	Eli C. Lewis	Ilse Katz Career Development Chair in Health Sciences Research
Dr.	Eldad Silberstein	Lapin-Garner Career Development Chair in Clinical Surgery
Dr.	Boris Kirshtein	Dr. Gabi and Eng. Max Lichtenberg Career Development Chair in Surgery
Dr.	Jean-Marc Weinstein	Franklin Nassery Career Development Chair in Cardiology
Dr.	Claude Brodski	Alice and Seymour Powers Career Development Chair in Basic and Clinical Oncology
Dr.	Abed N. Azab	William and Jean S. Schwartz Career Development Chair in Community Health Professions
Dr.	Kyla Anna Marks-Bergman	Herman Silver Career Development Chair in Neonatology
Dr.	Alon Monsonego	Zehava and Chezy Vered Career Development Chair in Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases

THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
		Professorial Chairs
Prof. Emeritus	Amos Oz	S.Y. Agnon Chair in Contemporary Hebrew Literature, established by the German Associates
Prof.	Renée Poznanski	Yaakov and Poriah Avnon Chair in Holocaust Studies
Prof.	Robert Liberles	David Berg and Family Chair in Eastern European History
Prof.	Daniel Lasker	Blechner Chair in Jewish Tradition and Values
Prof.	Steven A. Rosen	Canada Chair in Near-Eastern Archeology
Prof.	Julie M. Cwikel	Chilewich Family Chair in Studies in Social Integration (in memory of Yonatan Netanyahu - Entebbe)
Prof.	Ismael Abu-Saad	Abraham Cutler Chair in Education
Prof.	Tamar Alexander	Estelle S. Frankfurter Chair in Sephardic Studies
Prof.	Moshe Justman	Samuel and Miriam L. Hamburger Chair in Integration of Immigrant Communities
Prof. Emeritus	Gerald Blidstein	Miriam Martha Hubert Chair in Jewish Law
Prof.	Oren Yiftachel	Lynn and Lloyd Hurst Family Chair in Local Government
Prof.	Avia Spivak	Paul Ivanier Chair in Management Economics
Prof.	Yehuda Gradus	Harry Levy Chair in Geography and Regional Planning
Prof.	Nachshon Meiran	David Lopatie Chair in Psychology
Prof.	Yitzhak Hen	Anne and Sam Lopin Chair in History
Prof.	Vered Slonim-Nevo	David and Dorothy Schwartzman Chair in Community Development
Prof.	Shifra Sagy	Shane Family Chair in Education
Prof.	Haim Be'er	Anna and Harry Singer Chair in Yiddish Studies
Prof.	Jimmy Weinblatt	Marsha and Kenneth Tucker Chair in Economic Development
Prof.	Edward Fram	Solly Yellin Chair in Lithuanian and East European Jewry
Prof.	Avishai Henik	Zlotowski Chair in Cognitive Neuropsychology
		Research Chairs
Prof.	Katrin Kogman-Appel	Evelyn Metz Memorial Research Chair in Art
		Career Development Chairs
	Pending Incumbent	Norbert Blechner and Friends Career Development Chair in East European Jewish Culture

Dr.	Avi Rubin	Dr. Sam and Edna Lemkin Career Development Chair in Middle East Studies
Dr.	Anat Weisman	Rosen Family Career Development Chair in Judaic Studies
Dr.	Oded Yisraeli	Harry Walsh, Q.C. Career Development Chair in Jewish Law and Morality
		Ruth and Yuli Ofer Chair for the Study of Egypt and the Mediterranean World
		Robert St. John Chair in Objective Middle East Reporting

THE FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES

Professorial Chairs

Prof.

Shlomi Dolev

Rita Altura Trust Chair in Computer Sciences

Prof.

David Eichler

Joan and Robert Arnow Chair in Astrophysics

Prof.

Grzegorz Jung

Graham Beck Chair in Experimental Physics

Prof.

Ehud Pines

Helen and Sanford Diller Family Chair in Chemical Physics

Prof.

Aharon Davidson

Albert Einstein Chair in Theoretical Physics

Pending Incumbent

Irene Evens Chair in Inorganic Chemistry

Prof.

Michael Bar-Eli

Nat Holman Chair in Sport Research

Prof.

Daniel Alpay

Earl Katz Family Chair in Algebraic Systems Theory

Pending Incumbent

Carole and Barry Kaye Chair in Applied Science

Prof.

Varda Shoshan Barmatz

Hyman Kreitman Chair in Bio-Energetics

Prof.

Yossef Hodara Hatzor

Dr. Sam and Edna Lemkin Chair in Rock Mechanics

Pending Incumbent

Milken Family Foundation Chair in Mathematics

Prof.

Amir Sagi

Lily and Sidney Oelbaum Chair in Applied Biochemistry

Prof.

Shimon Feinstein

Samuel Sebba Chair in Structural Geology

Prof.

Yehuda Band

Michal

Shapira

Milton and Frimette Snow Chair in Nanotechnology

Myles Thaler Chair in Plant Genetics

Prof.

Zvika Abramsky

Abraham and Bessie Zacks Chair in Desert Ecology

Prof.

Avraham Feintuch

David and Helen Zlotowski Chair in Operator Theory and Systems

Career Development Chairs

Dr.

Sigal Abramovitch

Dr. Gabi and Eng. Max Lichtenberg Career Development Chair in Natural Sciences

Dr.

Ronen Segev

Belle and Murray Nathan Career Development Chair in Neurobiology

Dr.

Ohad Ben-Shahar

Ralph Selig Career Development Chair in Information Theory

Dr.

Khalil Kashkush

Murray and Judith Shusterman Career Development Chair in Microbiology

GUILFORD GLAZER FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
		Professorial Chairs
Prof.	Amos Drory	Ernest Scheller, Jr. Chair in Innovative Management
		Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann Chair for Distinguished Visiting Professors in Business Ethics

BLAUSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR DESERT STUDIES
		Professorial Chairs

Prof.	Avigad Vonshak	Boyko Chair in Saline Water Irrigation
Prof.	Sammy Boussiba	Miles and Lillian Cahn Chair in Economic Botany in Arid Zones
Prof.	Zvi Hacohen	Maks and Rochelle Etingin Chair in Desert Research
Prof.	Isaak Rubinstein	Phyllis and Kurt Kilstock Chair in Environmental Physics of Arid Zones
Prof.	Dudy Bar-Zvi	Israel and Bernard Nichunsky Chair in Desert Agriculture
Prof.	Eilon Adar	Alain Poher Chair in Hydrogeology and Arid Zones Research
Prof. Prof.	Georgy Burde Pedro Berliner	Edward and Bertha Rose Chair in Desert Meteorology Benjamin Schwartz Chair in Agricultural Biology

		Research Chairs
Prof.	Yair Etzion	Norman Bank Research Chair in Desert Architecture
		Career Development Chairs
Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr.	Naftali Lazarovitch Osnat Gillor Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder Shimon Rachmilevitch	Gerda Frieberg Chair in Agricultural Water Management Gerda Frieberg Chair in Agricultural Water Management D.E. Koshland Jr. Family Career Development Chair in Desert Studies Sonnenfeldt-Goldman Career Development Chair for Desert Research
Dr. Dr.	Roni Kasher Neomi Judith Tel-Zur	Helen Ungar Career Development Chair in Desert Hydrogeology Mendel Wasserman Career Development Chair in Desert Studies