PhD student Nadav Meir of the Department of Mathematics is the inaugural recipient of the Hillel Gauchman Excellence Scholarship. He accepted the scholarship and received a certificate at a ceremony last week with the family of the late Prof. Hillel Gauchman z”l of Chicago.
Born in the former Soviet Union, Prof. Gauchman made aliyah in the early 1970s and became a treasured member of BGU’s young Department of Mathematics. Years later with his wife, Julia, and children Orit, Ruth and Eitan, Prof. Gauchman emigrated to the U.S. and joined the faculty of the University of Illinois.
In Prof. Gauchman’s memory, Julia is sponsoring the Hillel Gauchman Prize for Excellence in Mathematics Exploration at BGU.
Meir’s research interests lie in the area of Model Theory. He completed his BSc and MSc at BGU as well and has won a number of prizes for excellence. His PhD and Msc theses advisor is Dr. Assaf Hasson.
"After hearing about Prof. Hillel Gauchman's life and work, it is a great honor for me to be the inaugural recipient of the scholarship dedicated in his memory. I am very grateful to the family and acknowledge the contribution it is to me, as a student who relies on scholarships to make a living during his studies," says Meir.
