The award committee, chaired by Prof. Yehuda Eyal and accompanied by Prof. Liza Heller-Kalai and Prof. Uri Shamir, found that Prof. Kolodani deserves the Israel Award due to his research dealing with a wide variety of geochemistry fields and thanks to his many achievements at the international level
The members of the award committee stated that Prof. Kolodani is appreciated for his contribution to research due to the methods he developed and their application around the world. In addition, he is noteworthy for his activity in educating and training a generation of students in leading academic and research institutions in Israel. "Prof. Kolodani is recognized as an innovator and leader in Israel and the world in the field of earth sciences and contributes assistance and advice to the Israeli professional community in his field," the award committee wrote.
Prof. Yigal Aral, head of the Freddy and Nadine Herman Institute for Earth Sciences, says that Prof. Kolodani is a key figure in the Israeli community of earth science researchers: "Over the course of more than 40 years, his research has broken a path in one of the key fields of science The Earth - isotopic geochemistry. Thus, research he conducted with his students and colleagues brought Israeli isotopic research to the forefront of global research. Without a doubt, Prof. Kolodani is the main person responsible for the image of the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University.''
Prof. Arel further testifies that Prof. Kolodani is a profound scientist and involved in the scientific community from a professional and human perspective: "Throughout his scientific career, Prof. Kolodani volunteered to serve in public positions of great importance to the State of Israel. In addition, he held many positions at the Hebrew University, including head of department, head of department, head of the Institute of Earth Sciences and dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. These roles were performed with admirable dedication and devotion.''
Prof. Yehoshua Kolodani was born in the town of Pinsk in Poland (now Belarus), in 1936. In 1948, his family decided to immigrate to Israel and settle in the city of Haifa. He did his high school studies at the Reali School and then served in the Paratroopers during Operation Kadesh. He did his first and second degrees at the Hebrew University in the field of geology. In 1969 he received a doctorate from UCLA University in California in the United States. Upon his return to Israel, Prof. Kolodani shortly held key positions in the Department of Geology and later in the Institute of Earth Sciences.
During his tenure as Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, he established the Center for Nanotechnology and Science, which is now considered particularly prestigious and includes forty research groups. Even after his retirement, Prof. Kolodani continues to guide students as part of their master's and doctoral theses and conduct courses at the Hebrew University. Prof. Kolodani is married to Amira and they have three children and eight grandchildren.
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