Academic Chairs
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 |
| Pending incumbent | 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. Jacob Bortman | 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 |
| Prof. Joseph Kost | 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 |
| Prof. Moshe Elkabets | 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 |
| Dr. Sabri El-Saied | Lapin-Garner Career Development Chair in Clinical Surgery |
| Dr. Meir Retchkiman | 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 |
| Pending Incumbent | 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 |
| Pending Incumbent | Professorial Chair in Geopolitics |
| Prof. Michal Krumer-Nevo | David and Dorothy Schwartzman Chair in Community Development |
| Prof. Tehila Kogut | 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. Tomer Blumkin | Sumner T. White Chair in Finance |
| Prof. Oded Israeli | Solly Yellin Chair in European Jewish Thought and History |
| 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 |
| Dr. Maya Mark | 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 |
| Pending Incumbent | 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. Liron David | Belle and Murray Nathan Career Development Chair in Neurobiology |
| Dr. Liron Cohen | Ralph Selig Career Development Chair in Information Theory |
| Dr. Iris Grossman-Haham | 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 | |
| Dr. Max Kolton | 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. Eugene A. Katz | 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 |
| Dr. Tuvia Turkeltaub | 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 |
| Dr. Sofia Bouchebti | 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 |
