Bergmann Memorial Awards
1977
Dr. A. M. Lampert
National Institutes of
Health,
On: Regulation of Differentiation in Neuronal Cell Lines
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Dr. Z. Grossman
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Application of Nonlinear Equations with Time Delays to Biomedical Systems
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1978
Dr. R. Swenumson
On: Properties of Lonic, Covalent, and Van Der Waals Bonded Thin Film Mixtures
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1979
Dr. P. Frank
On: Mechanistic Studies on HG (II) Substituted Laccase
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1980
Dr. A. Lubotzky
Bar
On: Representation Theory of Discrete Groups
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Dr. E. Pollak
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Classical Mechanics of Reactive Scattering
__________________
Dr. D. Fekete
Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology,
On: Fabrication of Integrated Optical Circuits by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor
__________________
Dr. V. Shoshan
On: The Mechanism of Ca2+ Release from Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
___________________
1981
Prof. Ilana Gozes
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide: From Gene to Peptide
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Dr. R. Pelcovits
On: Theoretical Studies of Multicritical Phenomena
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1982
Dr. Ben-Zion Shilo
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Cellular Oncogene Homologs in Yeast
________________
Dr. Aviv Amirav
On: Controlled Molecular Fragmentation from Supersonic Molecular Beams
________________
Dr. David V. Budescu
On: Non-Numerical Judgments of Subjective Probabilities
_________________
Dr. Shmuel Fishman
Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology,
On: Chaos, Quantum Dynamics, Localization, Incommensurabilityand Quenched
Randomness”
__________________
Dr. Stephen S. Vogt
On: High Speed Observations of Be Stars Associated with X-Ray Sources
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1984
Dr. Yehudit Bergman
On: Expression of Recombinant V [Mouse] -C [Human] Monoclonal Antibodies in
Lymphocytes”
____________________
Prof. Haim I. Sompolinsky
Bar
Dr. Daniel S. Fisher
AT&T Bell
Laboratories,
On: Static and Dynamic Properties of Random Magnets
_____________________
Prof. Marianne Wiser
On: The Development of the Concepts of Heat and Temperature
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1985
Dr. Chaim Kahana
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Molecular Genetics of Mammalian Ornithine Decarboxylase
______________________
Dr. Nathan Seiberg
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Superstrings
______________________
Dr. Noam Gavriely
Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology,
On: Role of Airway Flow-Limitation in Generation of Respiratory Wheezes
______________________
Prof. K. Birgitta Whaley
On: Theoretical Studies of Surface Diffusion
_______________________
1986
Dr. Stephen Ellner
On: Optimal Dispersal in a Desert Widow Spider
_______________________
Prof. Noga Alon
On: Effective Combinatorial Results with Algorithmic Applications
______________________
Prof. Yuval Gefen
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Quantum Tunneling and Interference Effects in Submicron Systems
_______________________
Prof. Assaf Sukenik
On: Regulation of Lipid Production in Marine Unicellular Algae
________________________
1987
Dr. Yacov Kantor
Prof. Mehran Kardar
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology,
On: Statistical Mechanics of Tethered and Related Surfaces”
_________________________
Dr. Rachel Nechustai
On: Biogenesis Assembly and Structure of Photosystem I
________________________
Dr. Avi Wigderson
On: Inherent Complexity of Computational Problems
_________________________
Dr. Rachman Chaim
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
On: Interface Characterization and Stability in Silicon Carbide/Glass Ceramic System
_______________________
Prof. Aharon Kapitulnik
On: Anisotropy,
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1988
Prof. Michael S. Bradley
On: Studies of Interfacial Metal Liquid-like Films
_________________________
Prof. Jacob Cohen
Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology,
Prof. Bruce J. Bayley
On: A Theoretical and Experimental Program on Transition toTurbulent Wall-Jet
Flow
_________________________
Prof. Sanford Ruhman
On: Femtosecond Time Resolved Excimer Formation in the Liquid Phase
__________________________
Prof. Yoram Moses
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Prof. Yoav Shoham
On: Knowledge Representation for Intelligent Agents
________________________
Dr. Craig Montell
On: Analysis of Inositol Lipid Signalling in Drosophila Mutants
________________________
1989
Dr. Edmund Bertschinger
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology,
On: Large Scale Motions and Dark Matter in the Universe
_________________________
Prof. Michal Linial
On: Structural and Functional Analysis of Major Synaptic Vesicle Protein from
Torpedo”
__________________________
Prof. Eli Tziperman
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: A
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1990
Prof. Shoshana Ravid
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Control Mechanism of Chemotaxis and Development in Dichyostelium
__________________________
Prof. Uri Sivan
Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology,
On: Transport Properties of Coulomb Coupled, Spatially Separated Electron and
Hole G Gases”
__________________________
Prof. Ofer Zeitouni
Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology,
Prof. Amir Dembo
On: Refinements and Applications of Large Deviations Techniques
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1991
Prof. Michael J. Blake
On: Analysis of The Response to Heat Stress in Senescence
___________________________
Prof. Pierre A. Goloubinoff
On: Structure-Function Analysis of the Chaperonin Molecule:
A Mutagenesis Approach
___________________________
Prof. Amnon Horovitz
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Interaction of Peptide Antigen from Human Immunodeficiency Virus with
Antibody
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1992
Prof. Noam Nisan
Prof. Russell Impagliazzo
On: Communication Complexity and Circuit Lower Bounds
________________________
Prof. Joseph Naor
Technion, Israel Institute of Technology,
Prof. Rajeev Motwani
On: Approximation Algorithms and their Complexity
________________________
Prof. Allan Rubin
On: Stress Field During Rifting and Diking: Theory & Yizre'el Graben
________________________
1993
Prof.
On: Spatial Sensitivity of Auditory Field AES Neurons
________________________
Prof. Ilan Tsarfati
On: Met and HGF/SF in Mammary Development and Carcinogenesis
________________________
Prof. David L. Clark
On: The Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism in Plexippus Paykulli
________________________
Dr. George Georgiou
On: Biotechnological Applications of Genetically Engineered Bacterial Cell Surface
Proteins”
________________________
1994
Prof. Nurit Yirmiya
On: A Longitudinal Study of Siblings of Children with Autism
_________________________
Prof. Ronen Basri
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Prof. David W. Jacobs
NEC Research Laboratory,
On: Object Recognition, Pose Estimation and Indexing Using Region Correspondence
_________________________
Dr. Jim Dai
Georgia Institute of
Technology,
On: Object Recognition, Pose Estimation and Indexing Using Region Correspondence
_________________________
1995
Dr. Daniel Neuhauser
On: Study of Electromagnetic Wave-Dynamics in Optical-Devices for the Application of
Laser-Technology
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Prof. Ran Raz
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Dr. Toniann Pitassi
On: Circuit Complexity and Proof Theory
__________________________
Prof. Ady Stern
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Interaction and Disorder in the Quantum Hall Effect and Quantum Dynamics of
Josephson Junction Arrays
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1996
Dr. Yael Karshon
Prof. Susan Tolman
On: Group Actions on Symplectic Manifolds
__________________________
Dr. Shivaji L. Sondhi
On: Duality, Nonlinear Dissipation and Novel Insulators in the Quantum Hall Regime
_________________________
Prof. Uri Banin
On: Collective Effects in III-V Semiconductor Nanocrystal Arrays
_______________________
Dr. Michael M. Haley
On: Strained-ring Annelated Cyclophanes: Precursors to Novel Stair-Step Polymers
_______________________
1997
Prof. Anne McCoy
On: Electronic Effects in Reactions of van der Waals Molecules
_______________________
Prof. Rann Smorodinsky
Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology,
Dr. Alvaro Sandroni
Northwestern University,
On: Rational and Semi-Rational Learning - Theory and Applications
________________________
Dr. Gadi Fibich
On: Perturbed and Weak Solutions of the Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation
________________________
Prof. Tova Milo
On: Schema Specification and Query Evaluation in Loosely Structured Data
_________________________
1998
Prof. Oded Agam
Prof. Igor Aleiner
On: Interaction Effects in Chaotic Systems
_______________________
Prof. Eli Waxman
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Interaction of Gamma-Ray Bursts with their Surrounding Medium
________________________
Dr. Sima Lev
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: The Role of the Human Homologoues of rdgB in Retinal Degeneration
_________________________
1999
Dr. Eran Rabani
On: Self Assembly of Semiconductor Nanocrystals
__________________________
Dr. Michael Krivelevich
On: Problems in Random Graphs and their Algorithmic Aspects
___________________________
Dr. Ofer Aharony
Weizmann Institute of Sciences,
Prof. Eva Silverstein
Prof. Shamit Kachru
On: Relations Between Quantum Field Theories and String Theories
_________________________
2000
Dr. Yifat Prut
On: Firing Properties and Functional Interactions of Primate Spinal Interneurons
__________________________
Dr. Ernesto Joselevich
Weizmann Institute of Sciences,
On: Stereochemistry of Carbon Nanotubes: Microscopic and Spectroscopic Studies
__________________________
Dr. Barak Weiss
Prof. Dmitry Kleinbock
On: Dynamics of Parameter Spaces
___________________________
2001
Dr. Deborah Fass
Weizmann Institute of Science,
On: Structures and Mechanisms of Enzymes that Generate Disulfide Bonds
____________________________
Dr. Yaffa Yeshurun
On: The Adaptability of Attentional Mechanisms
_________________________
2002
Dr. Barak Kol
On: Quantum Field Theory, Exactly Conformal Deformations and Quiver Field
Theories”
__________________________
Dr. Alexander Groisman
On: Turbulent Mixing and Enhancement of Efficiency of Chemical Reactions
_________________________
Prof. Ganapathiraman Ramanath
Renselaer Polytechnic Institute,
On: Self-Assembled Diffusion and Adhesion Enhancers for Cu Metallization in
Microelectronics Devices
__________________________
2003
Dr. Melissa J. Ferguson
On: Ideological and Automatic: Studies on the Cognitive Mechanics of Ideologies
___________________________
Dr. Michal Hershfinkel
On: Physiological Role of the Zinc Sensing Receptor in the Brain
___________________________
2004
Dr. Irit
Dinur
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Dr. Oded Regev
Dr. Elchanan
Mossel
On: Inapproximability,
Unique Games, and Analysis of Boolean Functions
___________________________
2005
Dr. Aharon Blank
Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology,
On: Biophysical and Medical Applications of ESR
Microscopy
____________________________
Dr. Christopher C. Henrich
Georgia State University,
Atlanta, GA, USA
On: Development Under
Duress: A Transactional-Ecological Model of Adolescent Risk and Resilience
____________________________
2006
Dr. Hossam
Haick
Technion, Israel Institute of
Technology,
On: Electron Transport Through
Conductor/Molecular Film/Semiconductor Systems
___________________________
Dr. Assaf
Naor
On: Geometric techniques for the analysis and
design of algorithms on metric data
___________________________