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Prof. Yakir Aharonov
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Professor Aharonov has been holding a joint Professorship appointment since 1973: at Tel Aviv University in Israel (where he holds the Alex Maguy-Glass Chair in Theoretical Physics), and at the University of South Carolina in the United States (where he holds the Department Chair in Theoretical Physics).
Prof. Aharonov's specialty is theoretical condensed-matter physics, studying nonlocal and topological effects in quantum mechanics, relativistic quantum field theories and interpretations of quantum mechanics. He has published over 130 papers in refereed journals to date.
Among his other achievements and awards:
· Weizmann Prize and Rothschild Prize, 1984.
· Miller Research Professorship Award at Berkeley, 1988-89.
· The Israel Prize in Physics, 1989.
· Elliot Cresson Medal, 1991.
· Distinguished Scientist" Award, from the Governor of South Carolina, 1993.
· Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize,1995.
· Co-recipient of the 1998 Wolf Prize, for the discovery of the Aharonov-Bohm Effect, which has become an experimental tool in mesoscopic physics.
· Honorary Doctorates from Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, University of South Carolina, Bristol University (UK) and University of Buenos Aires.
· Member of the National Academy of Sciences in Israel (since 1990) and in the United States (since 1993).
· Fellow of the American Physical Society (since 1981).
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Professor Ben Jacob is Professor of Physics at Tel Aviv University, and the Maguy-Glass Professor of Physics of Complex Systems. He is a world-renowned physicist who has made outstanding contributions to the application of mathematics and physical principles to microbiology and neurobiology.
Prof. Ben Jacob's specialty is the study of the interaction of microorganisms that lead to complex multicellular behavior. Recently his group pioneered a new strategy of learning from cultured neural networks and generic modeling of epileptic brain activity, using a novel functional holography method for analyzing recorded brain activity. Professor Ben Jacob has so far published over 200 papers with about 5000 citations.
Among his other achievements and awards:
· Fellow of the World Institute of Physics.
· President of the Israeli Physics Society.
· Supervisor to 18 students (6 have academic positions, 3 are post-doctoral fellows), and 5 post-doctoral fellows (all have academic positions).
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Leslie Lobel M.D., Ph.D.
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Dr. Lobel is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Virology & Developmental Biology at Ben Gurion University. He earned his degrees at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 1988. His doctoral work was in Retrovirology under Stephen Goff at Columbia University, with post-doctoral work in developmental biology on C. elegans in the laboratory of H. Robert Horvitz at M.I.T.
Dr. Lobel set up a laboratory of immunovirology and cancer immunology at BGU in 2003, staffed by a Research Associate, 3 technicians, 5 Ph.D. students, 7 MSc. students, and 2 project students. His work focuses on isolating totally human monoclonal antibodies to a variety of viral diseases that currently lack effective treatment, such as Hepatitis C and avian influenza as well as RSV, ebola and Rift Valley Fever. In addition, the laboratory is studying the humoral immune response to cancer by isolating human monoclonal antibodies from cancer patients and healthy adults.
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