Uri Raviv - Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information

Address: The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel.

Phone number: +972-2-6586030.

Fax number: +972-2-5618033.

E-mail address: uri.raviv@mail.huji.ac.il.

Website: http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~raviv/.

Higher Education

1. 10/1991 to 10/1994: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Chemistry, at the honorary Amirim program B.Sc. Degree, Summa cum Laude, Amirim thesis Advisor: Prof. Ronnie Kosloff, The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University. Amirim project thesis: Animation Movies based on the Numerical Solution of the Time Dependent Schrödinger Equation.

2. 1/1995 to 6/1997: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Physical Chemistry M.Sc. Degree, Thesis advisor: Prof. Sanford Ruhman, The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University. Thesis: Femtosecond Photolysis of Phenyllithium.

3. 8/1997 to 11/2002: The Weizmann Institute of Science, Feinberg Graduate School, Rehovot, 76100, Israel Chemistry Ph.D. Degree Thesis advisor: Prof. Jacob Klein, The Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science. Ph.D. Thesis: Monomeric and Polymeric Fluids under Confinement.

4. 11/2002 to 9/2006: University of California at Santa Barbara Soft matter and biophysics Postdoc: 11/2002 – 10/2003 - European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) fellow and 10/2003 – 9/2006 Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) fellow. Postdoc advisor: Prof. Cyrus R. Safinya, Materials and Physics Departments and the Material Research Laboratory.

Appointments at the Hebrew University

1/10/2006–present: Senior Lecturer - The Institute of Chemistry.

Awards and Honors

1993 – Rector award - Hebrew University.

1993 – Intel - Dean Award - Hebrew University and Intel Ltd.

1993 – Israeli Parliament undergrad student honorary distinction.

1994 – Dean award - Hebrew University.

1995 – Rector award - Hebrew University.

2000, 2001 – Eshkol fellowship for Ph.D. students - The Israeli Ministry of Science.

2002 – The Elchanan E. Bondi Memorial Prize – The Feinberg Graduate School of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

2002/3 – European Molecular Biology Organization Long-Term Fellowship for post-doc.

2003–5 – The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) - Long-Term Fellowship for post-doc.

2003/4 – Materials Research Laboratory Executive Vice Chancellor fellowship.

2006  HFSPO - Career Development Award.

2007 – Golda Meir Lecturer Fellowship, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2007 – Alon Fellowship award for young faculty members.


 

Teaching Courses

2007 – Material and Polymer chemistry lab (3rd year, B.Sc. students).

2007–present: Soft matter: Intermolecular interaction and supramolecular assemblies ( M.Sc. or Ph.D. and open for 3rd year B.Sc. students).

2008–present: Physical Chemistry A (1st year, B.Sc. chemistry students).

2008–present: M.Sc. Chemistry Student Seminar course.

2011 - present: Advanced Physical Chemistry student lab.