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Education and Academic Appointments
Education
- 1974, PhD. in Organic Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Title of Thesis: "Symmetrization of Arylmercury Compounds in the Presence of Chelating Agents".
Supervisors: Prof. M. Levi, Weizmann Institute and Dr. Y. Halpern, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- 1971, M. Sc. in Organic Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Title of Thesis: "Alkylation Reaction with Organometallics: The Reaction of
Diphenylacetylene with Paladium Compounds.
Supervisor: Prof. M. Michman (degree awarded with distinction).
- 1969, B.Sc. in Chemistry (biochemistry-minor), The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem.
Academic Appointments
- 2013, Member of the HU committee for academic programs
- 2012, Member of the Search Committee for Nobel Prize of Chemistry for the 2013
- 2012, Director of the Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 2012 , Member of the Hebrew University Management Committee (Board of Directors)
- 2011 - Member of the Editorial Board of Food & Function of the Royal Academy of Chemistry, Cambridge, England
- 1991- Present, Full Professor in Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel 2006,
- 2011, Member of the Executive Committee of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 2010- Present, The Ratner Family Chair of Chemistry
- 2010(June–Sepember), Visiting professor- Sabbatical leave at AgroParisTech, Massy, Paris, France
- 2010 (October), Visiting Professor, University of Florence, Florence and University of Urbino, Orbino, Italy.
- 2010 (November), Visiting professor ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2010-2011 (Dec-January), Visiting professor, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada.
- 2006- Senior Officer and Visiting Professor -Sabbatical leave at the Faculty of Engineering, Columbia University, NY, NY, USA
- 2006, Senior Visiting Scientist- Sabbatical leave at the Department of Engineering, University of Stony Brook, (SUNY), Stony Brook, Long Island, NY, USA
- Feb 2004- June 2004- Visiting Professor- Sabbatical Leave at Archer Daniel Midland (ADM), Research Center, Decatur, IL, USA
- Oct 2003- Feb. 2004- Visiting Professor and Sabbatical Leave at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology University of Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
- 2003-Present, Senior Consultant and Visiting Scientist- Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Research Center, Decatur, IL, USA
- 2001, Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, Long Island, NY, USA
- 1996-2001, Director of the Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 1998-1999, Senior Visiting Scientist, Sabbatical Leave at Nestle Central Research Labs, Nestec, Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1997-present, Member of the Board of Directors of the Hollon Academic Institute of Technology, Hollon, Israel
- 1998-2000, Member of the Advisory Board of Directors of the New York
Polytechnic University, NY, NY, USA
- 1990-1993, Head of the Graduate School of Applied Science and Technology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem
- 1984-1992, Associate Professor in Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 1985-1986, Sabbatical leave, Visiting Senior Scientist, Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories, Rochester, NY, USA
- 1984 (summer), Visiting Scientist, The Japanese Society for the Promotion of Scientists, University of Hiroshima, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
- 1983, 1986 (summers), Visiting Scientist, University of Pretoria and the South Africa "Wheat Board", Pretoria, South Africa
- 1980-1983, Senior Lecturer in Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 1977-1980, Lecturer in Applied Chemistry, Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 1977, Instructor, Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- 1975-1976, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Prof. S. Siegel's group, Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. Research Area: "Effect of pressure on the Catalytic Hydrogenations of Aromatic compounds by Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysts".
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