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Process and Environmental Catalysis −
Professor Yoel Sasson
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Yoel Sasson is a Lester Aronberg Professor of Applied
Chemistry in the
Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Born in 1946, Sasson has completed all his academic education
in the Hebrew University. He was awarded both his M.Sc. (1970)
and Ph.D. degrees with distinction (Summa Cum Laude)
under the supervision of
Prof. J. Blum, working on transition metal catalysts.
After assuming two postdoctoral positions in Canada and the US,
he returned to the Hebrew University as a lecturer (1976) in
Applied Chemistry. He became associate professor in 1983,
professor (1988), and in 1991 was appointed to the Lester
Aronberg Chair in Applied Chemistry.
Prof. Sasson served on several academic duties,
including as director of the Casali Institute of Applied
Chemistry (1987-1993). He assumed various directing and consulting
positions in
the chemical industry, and spent 11 years as Vice President of R&D at
Makhteshim Chemical Works (1994-2005).
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His current research interest is Process and Environmental Catalysis.
The goal is to employ the vast expertise gained over the
years in multiphase and phase-transfer catalysis in the
crucial field of Green Chemistry. A wide variety of
topics is adressed, from removal of contaminants
in exhaust gases, to increasing the efficiency of jet fuels.
Along with improving existing technologies
in the spirit of Cleantech, the fuels of tomorrow are
brought to life in the Sasson laboratory: efficient
carriers for hydrogen, clean gases for
microturbine operation, and more.
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