Eight outstanding doctoral students in the natural and computer sciences in Israel will receive the Adams scholarships at the National Academy of Sciences in the total amount of one million dollars

The Adams scholarships at the National Academy of Sciences are considered the most prestigious scholarships in Israel, Marcel Adams will come to Israel to distribute the scholarships and celebrate his 94th birthday

Eight outstanding doctoral students in the natural and computer sciences in Israel will receive the Adams scholarships at the National Academy of Sciences in the total amount of one million dollars/

Einat Zidel Posner, a doctoral student who combines medical studies with research into the function of the immune system and has a black belt in karate, Yanai Goncharovsky, a doctoral student in the field of mathematics and computer science and a passionate opera singer, Yonatan Moshiov, a doctoral student who has been involved in computer programming since the age of 7 and has won four gold medals in international competitions, and 5 more On Tuesday, July 8, outstanding doctoral students will receive the prestigious Adams Scholarships at a ceremony held at the National Academy in Jerusalem with the participation of Prof. Dan Shechtman, Nobel laureate and member of the Academy.

Eight outstanding PhD students in natural sciences and computer sciences from research universities in Israel will this year receive the most prestigious scholarship in Israel - the Adams Scholarship on behalf of the Israel National Academy of Sciences. Each of the doctoral students will receive a scholarship of more than 30,000 shekels ($8) for the four years of doctoral studies in addition to a tuition waiver. The eight doctoral students will arrive on Tuesday, July 2014, 17 for the scholarship distribution ceremony as part of the annual Adams Seminar that will be held at the Jerusalem Academy of Sciences. As part of the ceremony, at 00:2011 there will be a guest lecture by Prof. Dan Shechtman, member of the Israeli Academy of Sciences and winner of the XNUMX Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

The president of the National Academy of Sciences, Prof. Ruth Arnon, said that the rigorous screening process of the universities and the scholarship fund's professional committee ensure that the scholarship winners are the cutting edge of Israel's future researchers in the fields of natural sciences, mathematics, computer sciences, life sciences and engineering. Graduates of the scholarship program go on to post-doctoral internships at the most prestigious universities in the world. We are satisfied, the president added, that many of the excellent Adams scholars are returning to Israel and filling senior positions in the academic staff at universities and high-tech companies.

The founder of the scholarship fund, Marcel Adams from Montreal, Canada founded the scholarship fund at the National Academy of Sciences in 2005 and so far 95 promising young Israeli researchers have received the prestigious scholarship at the academy. Mr. Adams is an enthusiastic Zionist who came to Israel especially to distribute the scholarships and meet with Israeli scholars and scientists and to celebrate his 94th birthday. Adams was born in Romania in 1920 and spent World War II in a labor camp established by the Nazis. As a destitute Holocaust survivor who also fought in the War of Independence, he arrived in Canada in 1951. In 1958 he founded his real estate company, whose business grew over the years. Despite his age, he is active in business, and arrives at the company's offices every day at 8 am. Along with Mr. Adams, his extended family will participate, who came to celebrate the Bat Mitzvah of his youngest granddaughter Dina, daughter of Linda Adams and Prof. Gil Troy, who live with their family in Jerusalem.

Among the recipients of this year's scholarships will be Einat Zidel Posner, 29, a doctorate student with a dual MD/PHD degree who combines medical studies with research on the function of the immune system and how viruses evade the immune system. Einat was born and raised in Jerusalem and was interested in science and medicine from a young age as part of a science-seeking youth. For example, a sister who was born blind and her mother founded the association of parents for blind children. After her military service, she joined the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at one point took a break from her medical studies in favor of fascinating research on the immune system. At the same time as a black belt in karate, she will soon participate in the Israeli delegation to an international karate competition. She lives in Jerusalem with her husband and two chinchillas.

Another recipient of this year's scholarships is doctoral student Yanai Goncharovsky, 33, a doctoral student at the School of Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Yanai was born and raised in Jerusalem. Already as a teenager he was fascinated by science, physics and programming and in 1997 he came fifth in the national physics olympiad. As part of his military service, he served as a logarithm researcher and project manager in the Intelligence Corps. He later graduated with honors with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science in the Amirim program for outstanding scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As part of his doctoral studies, Yanai focuses on the study of game theory and has already published several studies on the subject. Last year, Yanai was awarded the title of Outstanding Computer Lecturer. At the same time, Yanai works as an opera singer who completed classical singing studies at the Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem and he performs with choirs and ensembles in many operas throughout the country.

Another scholarship recipient is doctoral student Yonatan Moshiov, 28, a computer science student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem focusing his current research on graph theory. Yonatan, the son of Dr. Rami Moshiov, an orthopedic surgeon from Hadassah, and Hila Moshiov, a computer lecturer at the Hebrew University, was drawn to the computer keyboard at a young age and already knew how to program at the age of seven. At the end of the 15th grade, when he was 4 years old, on the recommendation of his school, he began his undergraduate studies in mathematics and computer science at the Hebrew University. Jonathan represented Israel as part of the Israeli delegation in four international computer science competitions and won XNUMX silver medals. Today, Jonathan serves as a coach and part of the team that manages the competitions in Israel.
The other fellows are Rebecca Bekenstein who is doing a doctorate in physics at the Technion, Sharon Fleischer, a doctoral student in molecular microbiology and biotechnology at Tel Aviv University, Uri Karni who is doing a doctorate in electrical engineering at the Technion, Omri Ram, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering from Ben-Gurion University, and Eliran Sovag, a doctoral student in mathematics at the Weizmann Institute.

Marcel Adams will come to Israel to distribute the scholarships and celebrate his 94th birthday/