| Prof. Menny Shalom
Group Leader
Menny Shalom completed a B.Sc. in chemistry summa cum laude at Bar Ilan University in 2007. He conducted his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Arie Zaban at Bar Ilan University. Afterward, he did postdoctoral research in Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPI), Germany, with Prof. Markus Antonietti. In 2013 he was appointed as a Group Leader at MPI. Menny joined the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Chemistry in October 2016. Menny's research is focused on several fundamental scientific topics, ranging from new synthetic methodologies for 2D metal-free materials, sustainable solar to fuel conversion, and the development of new materials and concepts for clean fuel production (e.g., hydrogen and carbon-based fuels) by using photoelectrochemical cells and electrocatalysis. His undergraduate honors include Bar Ilan University’s Dean and Rector Awards for outstanding students and the Wolf Foundation Award. His awards include the Wolf Foundation Award for M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, the Israel Chemical Society (ICS) prize for outstanding Ph.D. student, Israel sustainable energy society prize for the best Ph.D. thesis, Minerva fellowship for postdoctoral research, Israel vacuum society (IVS) early career excellence award (2018), Toronto prize for excellence in research for young faculty members (2018), ICS excellent young scientist prize (2020), Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists (2022), and nano research young investigators (NR45) award in nanocatalysis (2022).  mennysh@bgu.ac.il
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| Dr. Michael Volokh - Staff scientist + lab engineer
Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Studies in Nanotechnology, BGU, 2017
M.Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2012
B.Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2011
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, BGU, 2011
volokh@bgu.ac.il
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Postdocs
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| Dr. Alagar Raja Kottaichamy
Ph.D., Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Science and Research, Pune, India.
alagarra@post.bgu.ac.il
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| Dr. Sanjit Mondal
Ph.D., Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India.
sanjit@post.bgu.ac.il
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| Dr. Venugopala Rao Battula
Ph.D., Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, India.
battula@post.bgu.ac.il
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| Dr. Jonathan Tzadikov
Ph.D., Chemistry, BGU, 2023
M.Sc., Chemistry, 2018
B.Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2016.
tzadikov@post.bgu.ac.il
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Graduate Students |
| Liel Abisdris - Ph.D. Student
M.Sc., Chemistry, 2021
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, BGU, 2018
lielabis@post.bgu.ac.il
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| Ayelet Tashakory - Ph.D. Student
B.Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2019
ayeletta@post.bgu.ac.il
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| Gabriel Mark - Ph.D. Student
M. Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2022
M. Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2020
markgab@post.bgu.ac.il
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| Tirza Rein - Ph.D. Student
M. Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2023
B.Sc., Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, 2020
reintir@post.bgu.ac.il
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| Devesh Garg - Ph.D. Student
M.Sc., Applied Chemistry, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2021
devesh@post.bgu.ac.il
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Visiting Students/Scientists
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Rotem Geva - Visiting Researcher (Prev. Sabbatical leave from NRCN; currently Ph.D. Student)
M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, BGU, 2012
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, BGU, 2003
gevarot@post.bgu.ac.il
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Former Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
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Adi Azoulay
| M.Sc. and Ph.D (2017–2023)
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Dr. Junyi Lee
| Ph.D. (2019–2023)
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Dr. Manoharan Ramasamy
| Postdoc 2023
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Martina Salati
| Visiting exchange student (2021)
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Dr. Neeta Karjule
| Postdoc 2019–2022
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Dr. Jiawei Xia
| Postdoc 2019–2021
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Dr. Biswajit Mondal
| Postdoc 2020–2021
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Dr. Ying Wang
| Postdoc 2020
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Dr. Jiani Qin
| Postdoc 2018–2020
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Dr. Jesús Barrio
| Ph.D. (2017–2020)
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Radu Bors
| Visiting exchange student (2019 via HISCORE)
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Patrick Schnell
| Visiting exchange student (2019 via HISCORE)
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Dr. Guiming Peng
| Postdoc 2017–2018
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Jaiwei Xia
| Visiting Ph.D. student 2018
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Dr. Jingwen Sun
| Postdoc 2017–2018
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Gabriel Meilikhov
| Undergraduate research project 2018
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Lee Tobias
| Undergraduate research project 2018
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Wenyao Zhang
| Visiting Ph.D. student 2017
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