Friends of BGU - Academic Chairs

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES
GUILFORD GLAZER FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
JACOB BLAUSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR DESERT RESEARCH
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE NEGEV (NIBN)

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Professorial Chairs
Prof.	Stanley R. Rotman	Chinita and Conrad Abrahams-Curiel Chair in Applied Signal Processing
Prof.	Yaniv Gelbstein	Samuel Ayrton Chair in Metallurgy
Prof.	Michael Mond	Sir Leon Bagrit Chair in Computer-Based Global Industry and Scientific Development
Prof.	Louisa Meshi	Stephen and Edith Berger Chair in Physical Metallurgy
Prof.	Oren Regev	Lady Cohen Chair in Chemical Engineering Processes
Prof.	Gal DeBotton	Israel Cohen Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Prof.	Dvir Shabtay	Sir John and Lady Cohen Chair in Business and Industrial Management
Prof.	Avi Levy	Lady Davis Chair in Mechanical Engineering
Prof.	Yuval Shahar	Josef Erteschik Chair in Information Systems Engineering
Prof.	Dan Sadot	Reuben and Frances Feinberg Chair in Electro-Optics
Prof.	Haim Kalman	Aaron Fish Chair in Mechanical Engineering - Fracture Mechanics
Prof.	Yoav Tsori	Frankel Family Chair in Energy and Chemical Engineering
Prof.	Rafael Tadmor	Hy Greenhill Chair in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Prof.	Lior Fink	Solomon and Abraham Krok Chair in Entrepreneurial Technology Management
Prof.	Haim Permuter	Luck-Hille Chair in Electrical Engineering
Prof.	Oren Sadot	Dr. Morton and Toby Mower Chair in Shock-Wave Studies
Prof.	Yael Edan	Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut Chair in Manufacturing Engineering
Prof.	Smadar Cohen	Claire and Harold Oshry Chair in Biotechnology
Prof.	Yuval Elovici	Davide and Irene Sala Chair in Nuclear Engineering
Prof.	Yuval Golan	Eric Samson Chair in Advanced Materials and Processing
Prof.	Tal Oron-Gilad	George Shrut Chair in Human Performance Management
Prof.	Joseph Rosen	Benjamin Swig Chair in Optoelectronics
Prof.	Gennady Ziskind	Anne Tanenbaum Chair in Engineering Thermodynamics
Prof.	Ariel Kushmaro	John A. Ungar Chair in Biotechnology
Prof.	Rachel Yerushalmi-Rozen	Stanley D. and Nikki Waxberg Chair in Advanced Materials
Prof.	Bracha Shapira	Carole Weinstein Chair in Information Systems Engineering
	Pending Incumbent	Abraham and Bessie Zacks Chair in Biomedical Engineering
Career Development Chairs
Dr.	Eliya Nachmani	D.E. Koshland Jr. Family Career Development Chair in Advanced Technologies in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr.	Galit Katarivas Levy	Elaine S. and Alvin W. Wene Career Development Chair in Biotechnology Engineering
Dr.	Netta Vidavsky	Joseph and May Winston Career Development Chair in Chemical Engineering

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Professorial Chairs
Prof.	Eli Hershkovitz	Milada Ayrton Chair in Pediatrics
Prof.	Michal Hershfinkel	Martin and Rena Blackman Chair in Brain Research
	Pending Incumbent	Isaac and Elizabeth Carlin Chair in Public Health and Epidemiology
Prof.	David Greenberg	Dr. Lillian Chutick and Dr. Rebecca Chutick Chair in Pediatric Medicine
	Pending Incumbent	Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann and Ruth Deichmann Chair in Surgery
Prof.	Eyal Sheiner	Deichmann-Lerner Chair in Gynecology
	Pending Incumbent	Dr. James and Ahuva Desnick Chair in Ophthalmology
Prof.	Hagit Cohen	Jack Dreyfus Chair in Psychiatry (Unit for Phenytoin Research)
	Prof. Eli Lev	Andre Feher Chair for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases
Prof.	Alon Monsenego	Lawrence W. and Marie Feldman Chair in Neurophysiology
Prof.	Assaf Rudich	Fraida Foundation Chair in Diabetes Research
Prof.	Reli Herschkovitz	Dr. Morrie M. Gelfand Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Prof.	Ron Dagan	Werner J. and Charlotte A. Gunzburger Chair for the Study of Infectious Diseases
	Pending Incumbent	Jules Harris Chair in Oncology
	Prof. Yan Press	Sidonie Hecht Chair in Geriatrics
	Pending Incumbent	Eugene Hecht Chair in Clinical Pharmacology
	Pending Incumbent	Benzion Sundel Hersch Chair in Community Health and Primary Care
Prof.	Yuly Bersudesky	Hoffer-Vickar Chair in Psychiatry (Unit for Orthomolecular Clinical Research)
	Pending Incumbent	Dr. Lyonel Israels Chair in Haematology
Prof.	Angel Porgador	Albert Katz Chair in Cell-Differentiation and Malignant Diseases
Prof.	Iris Shai	Dr. Herman Kessel Chair in Epidemiology
Prof.	Leonid Barski	Dr. Harold Korn Chair for Internal Medicine
Prof.	Ohad Birk	Kreitman Foundation Chair in Human Genetics
Prof.	Mahmoud Huleihel	Joseph H. Krupp Chair in Cancer Immunobiology
Prof.	Victor Novack	Gussie Krupp Chair in Internal Medicine
Prof.	Doron Zahger	Kunin-Lunenfeld Chair in Behavioral Medical Sciences
Prof.	Avishai Goldberg	Sidney Liswood Chair in Health Management
	Pending Incumbent	Lubner Family Chair in Child Health and Development
Prof.	Roni Peleg	Mayman Chair in Family Medicine
Prof.	Ruthy Shaco-Levy	Melvin Fusfeld Chair in Pathology
Prof.	Mahmoud Abu-Shakra	Philip S. Morse Family Chair in Clinical Studies in Rheumatology in memory of the Mushacki and Nachimowski Families
Prof.	Alon Friedman	Dr. Helena Rachmanska-Putzman (née Rancman) Chair in Neurology
Prof.	Yael Segev	Irving Isaac Sklar Chair in Endocrinology and Cancer
Prof.	Yosef Haviv	Clara and Alejandro Stranski Chair in Nephrology
Prof.	Alexander Zlotnik	Prof. Vladimir Zelman, MD, PhD Chair in Anesthesiology
Career Development Chairs
Dr.	Benyamin Rosental	Joan Baker Career Development Chair in Basic Medical Research
	Pending Incumbent	Gerson Epstein Career Development Chair in Hospice and Palliative Care
Dr.	Idan Cohen	Ilse Katz Career Development Chair in Health Sciences Research
	Pending Incumbent	Lapin-Garner Career Development Chair in Clinical Surgery
	Pending Incumbent	Dr. Gabi and Eng. Max Lichtenberg Career Development Chair in Surgery
Dr.	Yuval Konstantino	Franklin Nassery Career Development Chair in Cardiology
	Pending Incumbent	Alice and Seymour Powers Career Development Chair in Basic and Clinical Oncology
Dr.	Ygal Plakht	William and Jean S. Schwartz Career Development Chair in Community Health Professions
Dr.	Eilon Shany	Herman Silver Career Development Chair in Neonatology
Dr.	Gad David Vatine	Zehava and Chezy Vered Career Development Chair in Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Development Presidential Chairs
Dr.	Orli Grinstein-Cohen	Toby Mower Presidential Development Chair in Addiction Prevention and Treatment
Ms.	Miriyam Farkash	Toby Mower Presidential Development Chair in Addiction Prevention and Treatment

FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Professorial Chairs
Prof.	Ilana Rosen		S.Y. Agnon Chair in Contemporary Hebrew Literature, established by the German Associates
	Pending Incumbent		Yaakov and Poriah Avnon Chair in Holocaust Studies
Prof.	Harvey (Chaim) Hames		The David Berg and Family Chair in European History
Prof.	Boaz Huss		Aaron Bernstein Chair in Jewish History
Prof.	Avraham (Rami) Reiner		Blechner Chair in Jewish Tradition and Values
Prof.	Ofer Marder		Canada Chair in Near-Eastern Archeology
Prof.	Galia Avidan		The Rivka Carmi Chair for Advancement of Women’s Leadership in Academia in the Field of Neuropsychology
Prof.	Ephrat Huss		Chilewich Family Chair in Studies in Social Integration (in memory of Yonatan Netanyahu - Entebbe)
Prof.	Ismael Abu-Saad		Abraham Cutler Chair in Education
Prof.	Haviva Pedaya		Estelle S. Frankfurter Chair in Sephardic Studies
Prof.	Dani Filc		Michel Halpérin Chair in Global Law and Policy
Prof.	Orly Sarid		Samuel and Miriam L. Hamburger Chair in Integration of Immigrant Communities
			Lynn and Lloyd Hurst Family Chair in Urban Studies
Prof.	Aner Sela		Paul Ivanier Chair in Management Economics
Prof.		Tal Svoray	Harry Levy Chair in Geography
Prof.		Nachshon Meiran	David Lopatie Chair in Psychology
Prof.		Yulia Ustinova	Anna and Sam Lopin Chair in History
			Professorial Chair in Geopolitics
Prof.		Michal Krumer-Nevo	David and Dorothy Schwartzman Chair in Community Development
			Shane Family Chair in Education
Prof.		Dan Blumberg	Simon Family Chair in Remote Sensing
Prof.		Jonatan Meir	Harry & Anna Singer Chair in History and Culture of East European Jewry
Prof.		Oscar Volij	Marsha and Kenneth Tucker Chair in Economic Development
Prof.		Mark Gradstein	Sumner T. White Chair in Finance
			Solly Yellin Chair in Lithuanian and East European Jewry
Prof.		Golan Shahar	The Zlotowski Chair in Neuropsychology
Research Chairs
Prof.		Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby	Evelyn Metz Memorial Research Chair in Art
Career Development Chairs
Dr.		Nathan Marcus	Norbert Blechner and Friends Career Development Chair in East European Jewish Culture
		Pending Incumbent	Michael Feige Career Development Chair in Israeli Society
Dr.		Yonatan Mendel	Dr. Sam and Edna Lemkin Career Development Chair in Middle East Studies
Dr.		Gal Sofer	Rosen Family Career Development Chair in Judaic Studies
Dr.		Ariel Seri-Levi	Harry Walsh, Q.C. Career Development Chair in Jewish Law and Morality
			Robert St. John Chair in Objective Middle East Reporting

FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES
Professorial Chairs
Prof.	Shlomi Dolev	Rita Altura Trust Chair in Computer Sciences
Prof.	Michael Gedalin	Joan and Robert Arnow Chair in Astrophysics
Prof.	Yigal Meir	Graham Beck Chair in Quantum Science and Technology
Prof.	Gabriel Lemcoff	Helen and Sanford Diller Family Chair in Organic Chemistry
Prof.	Ram Brustein	Albert Einstein Chair in Theoretical Physics
Prof.	Ira A. Veinstock	Irene Evens Chair in Inorganic Chemistry
Prof.	Ido Efrat	Earl Katz Family Chair in Pure Mathematics
Prof.	Raz Jelinek	Carole and Barry Kaye Chair in Applied Science
Prof.	Lital Alfonta	Hyman Kreitman Chair in Bio-Energetics
Prof.	Yossef Hodara Hatzor	Dr. Sam and Edna Lemkin Chair in Rock Mechanics
Prof.	Ron Folman	Ruth Flinkman-Marandy and Ben Marandy Chair in Quantum Physics and Nanotechnology
Prof.	Victor Vinnikov	Milken Families Foundation Chair in Mathematics
Prof.	Ofer Ovadia	Israel and Bernard Nichunsky Chair in Plant-Microbe Interactions
Prof.	Amir Sagi	Lily and Sidney Oelbaum Chair in Applied Biochemistry
Prof.	Jiwchar Ganor	Samuel Sebba Chair in Geological Sciences
Prof.	Ronen Brafman	The Scharf-Ullman Chair in Computer Science
Prof.	Amichay Vardi	Milton and Frimette Snow Chair in Nanotechnology
Prof.	Dan Mishmar	Myles Thaler Chair in Genetics and Genomics Research
Prof.	Frederic Libersat	Abraham and Bessie Zacks Chair in Neurobiology
Prof.	Menachem Kojman	The Zlotowski Chair for Algebra
Career Development Chairs
Dr.	Jennifer Resnik	Belle and Murray Nathan Career Development Chair in Neurobiology
Dr.	Liron Cohen	Ralph Selig Career Development Chair in Information Theory
Dr.	Shai Pilosof	Murray and Judith Shusterman Career Development Chair in Microbiology

GUILFORD GLAZER FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Professorial Chairs
Prof.	Ofer Azar	Nat Holman Chair in Sport Research
Prof.	Oded Lowengart	Ernest Scheller, Jr. Chair in Innovative Management
		Dr. Heinz-Horst Deichmann Chair for Distinguished Visiting Professors in Business Ethics
Career Development Chairs
Dr.	Tom Gordon-Hecker	Gabriel and Angel Tamman Career Development Chair in Management

JACOB BLAUSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR DESERT RESEARCH
Professorial Chairs
Prof.	Boris Krasno	Bennie Slome Chair for Wildlife Management and Conservation
Prof.	Naftali Lazarovitch	Boyko Chair in Saline Water Irrigation
Prof.	Daniel A. Chamovitz	Miles and Lillian Cahn Chair in Food Security and Plant Science
Prof.	Aaron Fait	Maks and Rochelle Etingin Chair in Desert Research
Prof.	Inna Khozin-Goldberg	Gerda Frieberg Chair in Agricultural Water Management
Prof.	Ehud Meron	Phyllis and Kurt Kilstock Chair in Environmental Physics of Arid Zones
Prof.	Noam Weisbrod	Alain Poher Chair in Hydrogeology and Arid Zones Research
Prof.	Yosef Ashkenazy	Edward and Bertha Rose Chair in Desert Meteorology
Prof.	Gideon Grafi	Benjamin Schwartz Chair in Agricultural Biology

Career Development Chairs
Dr.	Max Kolton	Norman Bank Career Development Chair in Arid Land Sustainability
	Pending incumbent	D.E. Koshland Jr. Family Career Development Chair in Desert Studies
Dr.	Nina Kamennaya	The Elias and Frances Margolin Career Development Chair in Environmental and Desert Studies & Research
	Pending incumbent	Dr. Raquel H. Newman Career Development Chair in Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology
Dr.	Tarin Paz-Kagan	Sonnenfeldt-Goldman Career Development Chair for Desert Research
Dr.	Scott Hansen	Helen Ungar Career Development Chair in Desert Hydrogeology
	Pending Incumbent	Mendel Wasserman Career Development Chair in Desert Studies
Dr.	Avner Ronen	Roy J. Zuckerberg Career Development Chair in Water Research

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE NEGEV (NIBN)
Professorial Chairs
Prof.	Amir Aharoni	Edgar de Picciotto Chair in Applied and Innovative Development in Biotechnology