8 Bar-Ilan University encourages excellence in research and teaching and transformative academic contributions to Israeli society. As such, it ismy distinct pleasure to recognize the following remarkable accomplishments of our talented, dedicated faculty and students from nearly every department and discipline. These prizes and awards, granted by some of Israel and the world’s most prestigious academic societies and foundations, are a testament to the University’s successful fulfillment of its vision to “impact tomorrow, today.” Prof. Amnon Albeck Rector PROF. (EMERITUS) DORON AURBACH of the Department of Chemistry, for winning the Most Cited Researcher Award for 2021 in the field of chemistry. DR. SHIRA ILUZ of the Faculty of Education for being selected as a fellow in the Mandel Program for Academic Leadership in Teacher Education. DRS. NIVI GOMEL, SUZY GRUSS, AND DOV COHEN of the Salti Institute for Ladino Studies for being selected as correspondent members of the Real Academia Espanola in Madrid. PROF. (EMERITUS) SHLOMO HAVLIN of the Department of Physics, for winning the Most Cited Researcher Award for 2021 in the field of physics for the third year in a row. PROF. YEHUDA LINDELL of the Department of Computer Science for the acquisition of his company Unbound Tech by the American crypto company Coinbase Global, Inc. PROF. AMIR LESHEM of the Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering for being selected as a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). DR. GADMILLER of the Mina and EverardGoodman Faculty of Life Sciences for winning theMost Cited Researcher Award for 2021 in the field of life sciences. DR. SIGAL EDEN of the Faculty of Education for her appointment as president of the International Association of Cognitive Educational Psychology (IACEP). PROF. JONATHANFOX of the DepartmentofPolitical Studies for winning the 2021 Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar Award and the Special Excellence Award for his book Thou Shalt Have NoOther Gods BeforeMe:Why Governments Discriminate against Religious Minorities (Cambridge, 2020). PROF. OMRY KOREN of the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine for winning the Most Cited Researcher Award for 2021 in the field of medicine. PROF. BEENA KALISKY of the Department of Physics for winning the Na’amat Centennial Prize and being selected as a member of the executive committee of the Israel Young Academy. PROF. LILACH ROSENBERG-FRIEDMAN of the Martin (Szusz) Land of Israel Studies andArchaeologyDepartment for being selected as a board member of the Association for Jewish Studies (AJS). DR. HAGIT RIFINSKI of the Faculty of Education for being selected as a fellow in the Mandel Program for Academic Leadership in Teacher Education. PROF. HIZKY SHOHAM of the Interdisciplinary Programfor Hermeneutics andCultural Studies for winning the Goldberg Foundation Prize for Outstanding Manuscripts. PROF. AMIT SHRIRA of the Interdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences for being appointed to the executive board of the International Center for Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma and as an editor of the journal Stress and Health. PROF. GIL EPSTEIN, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and professor in the Department of Economics, for being selected as a member of Academia Europaea. PROF. NIRIT BAUMINGER-ZVIELY of the Faculty of Education for being selected as a fellow of the International Society for Autism Research. PROF. MIRA BARDA-SAAD of the Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences for being selected as president of the Federation of Israel Societies of Experimental Biology (FISEB). PROF. MASADBARHOUM of the Azrieli Faculty ofMedicine for winning the 2021 Paul Harris Fellow Award. DR. SHAY AKIVA GOLAN of the Department of Computer Science for winning a Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholarship. ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Prof. Amnon Albeck Prizes & Awards
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