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Aug. 13, 2014
 

 

The Faculties of Health Sciences and Natural Sciences and the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR) welcomed new heads this month.

Prof. Jiwchar Ganor became dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the beginning of August. He joined the Faculty in 1994 after completing his PhD at the Hebrew University and a post doc at Yale University. He is a former head of the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences.

Prof. Amos Katz became the first alumnus of the Faculty of Health Sciences to become dean. He is a graduate of the first class of the medical school and became dean after directing the Cardiology Department at Barzilai Medical Center since 2006. He has been active in the Faculty since his graduation from medical school.

Prof. Boris Zaltzman became the new director of the BIDR on August 1, after serving as head of the Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research since 2012. He holds a PhD in applied mathematics, which he received from Novosibirsk State University in 1989. He has been a member of the BIDR since 1993.