| 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 spanning material synthesis mechanisms, the development of new materials and concepts for clean fuel production (e.g., hydrogen, hydrogen peroxide, and carbon-based fuels), catalyst design, and functional devices. The materials of interest range from 2D metal-free materials, through metal–carbon hybrids, to various ceramics. He investigates sustainable solar-to-fuel conversion using photoelectrochemical cells, photocatalyst panels, 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, the 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), Tenne Family Prize (2021), The Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists (2022), Nano Research young investigators (NR45) award in nanocatalysis (2022), and the Climate Solution Prize for groundbreaking technologies (2024).  mennysh@bgu.ac.il
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| Dr. Michael Volokh - Lab Engineer/Scientist
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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Dr. Jonathan (Yoni) Tzadikov - Staff Scientist
Ph.D., Chemistry, BGU, 2023
M.Sc., Chemistry, 2018
B.Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2016. tzadikov@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. 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. Thamaraichelvan Marichelvam
Ph.D., Chemistry,
Central University of Karnataka, India, 2024
marichel@post.bgu.ac.il
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| Dr. Subhajit Kar
Ph.D., Chemistry, IISER Berhampur, India, 2024
kar@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
M.Sc., Chemistry, 2021
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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| Roni Cohen Vaza - Ph.D. (direct track) Student
B.Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2023
coheroni@post.bgu.ac.il
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| Yeela Persky Vile - Ph.D. Student
M.Sc., Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, 2023
B.Sc., Chemistry of Materials, Bar Ilan University, 2021
perskyvi@post.bgu.ac.il
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| Noam Navon - M.Sc. Student
B.Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2023
noamnavo@post.bgu.ac.il
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| | Bayan Abed - M.Sc. Student
B.Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2023
abedb@post.bgu.ac.il
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| | Keren Barchichat - M.Sc. Student
B.Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2023
barchker@post.bgu.ac.i
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| | Bar Ben Itzhak - M.Sc. Student
B.Sc., Chemistry, BGU, 2023
barbeni@post.bgu.ac.i
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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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Dr. Sanjit Mondal
| Postdoc 2022–2024
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Dr. Jonathan Tzadikov
| M.Sc. and Ph.D (2017–2023)
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Dr. 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 Ph.D. 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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