Short CV
Iris
Visoly-Fisher
Senior lecturer (Assistant professor), Dept. of Chemistry, Ben Gurion
Univesity of the Negev.
Born 1968, Married, mother of two.
Education and research
2004-2007: Postdoctoral
research, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and Biodesign Inst, ASU. “Towards
optoelectronic measurements of photosynthesis-related biocomplexes and
single
biomolecules”. Advisor: Prof. S. M. Lindsay
2004: Postdoctoral
research, Dept. of
Materials & Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science.
“Measuring
semiconductor surface electronic properties under bias, using UHV-STM”.
Advisor: Dr. S. R. Cohen
1998-200 :Ph.D.,
Dept. of
Materials & Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science. Thesis:
“Understanding structure – photovoltaic
performance relations in
polycrystalline solar cells”. Advisor: Prof. D.
Cahen
1995-1998: M.Sc. in
Materials
Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Thesis: "Plasma
polymerized films containing sulfur and/or nitrogen"
Advisor: Prof. M. S. Silverstein
1990-1994: B.Sc. in Materials
Engineering (cum laude), B.A.
in Physics (cum laude), Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Grants, Awards and Fellowships
1. Nevet – Nanotechnology
seed (IKI, BGU and RBNI, Technion) with Prof. Y. Paz, Chem Eng., Technion,
(2011-2012).
2. BSF – US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, with Dr. D.
Gust,
Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University
(2009-2010)
3. Nevet – Nanotechnology
seed (IKI, BGU and RBNI, Technion) with Dr. G. L. Frey, Mater. Eng.,
Technion
(2008).
4. BGU Internal
Interdisciplinary Research Grant Award, with Dr. R. Shikler, Dept. of
Electronic and Computer Eng. (2008) and with Dr. N. Ashkenasy,
Dept. of Materials Eng. (2010).
5.
Wolfson
family charitable trust donation for infrastructure equipment for
research in
photovoltaics, with Dr. R. Shikler, Dept. Elect. Comp. Eng. (2009).
Rich foundation grant for promoting women in academia at BGU
(2009).
6. American
Association of University Women
International Postdoctoral Fellowship (2006-7).
7.
Rothschild
postdoctoral fellowship (2004-5).
8. Fulbright grant
for postdoctoral scholars
(2004-5).
9. Ormat
– International Solar Energy
Society, Israeli Section Prize for Outstanding Research in the Field of
Solar
Energy (2005).
10.
The Dimitris N.
Chorafas Foundation
(Switzerland) Award for outstanding applied research, (2003).
11.
The Elchanan E.
Bondi Memorial Prize -
Weizmann Institute of Science (2003).
12. MRS Graduate
Student Gold Award (spring
2003, San Francisco).
13. EMRS Graduate
Student Award (June 2000,
Strasbourg), Symposium N: Thin Film Chalcogenide Photovoltaic
Materials.