The ceremony will take place at the Davidson Institute for Science Education at the Weizmann Institute
The 2014 Krill Award winners were announced:
The Wolf Foundation announced today (Tuesday) the winners of the Krill Prize for 2014. The prize, worth $10,000 each, will be distributed to ten scientists: three from the Weizmann Institute of Science, two from the Technion and one from each of the following universities - Ben Gurion University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel University Aviv, Bar Ilan University and Haifa University. This year, the prize will be awarded to the winners on Thursday, April 24, at a ceremony held by the Wolf Foundation at the Davidson Institute at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
List of winners:
- Dr. Niv Papo, from the Department of Biotechnological Engineering at Ben Gurion University, for his contribution to the development of an alternative to chemotherapy through the introduction of engineered proteins to treat cancer;
- Dr. Irit Gat-Weeks from the Department of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University for her contribution to research into the genetic basis of complex diseases;
- Dr. Or Donkelman, from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Haifa for developing groundbreaking techniques for breaking ciphers and codes at the theoretical and practical level
- Dr. Natan Keller from the Department of Mathematics at Bar-Ilan University was awarded for research in the field of the influence of variables on logical functions;
- Prof. Mishna Amir Yehudioff from the Faculty of Mathematics at the Technion for groundbreaking achievements in the field of mathematical problems that originate from thoughts on computational complexity, efficiency of calculation and the use of randomness in it;
- Associate Prof. Daniel Podolsky Levy from the Technion Physics Faculty for research in the field of theoretical solid state;
- Dr. Roi Yerushalmi, from the Department of Chemistry at the Hebrew University for his research dealing with the molecular design of nanoscale materials and building blocks and the utilization of light energy with their help.";
- Dr. Lilach Gilboa, from the Department of Biological Control at the Weizmann Institute, on the development of stem cell units and a niche in the fruit fly ovary;
- Dr. Shachel Ilani, Department of Physics at the Weizmann Institute, for research in the field of nanotubes and atomic carbon surfaces as laboratories for studying the physics of electrons and spins in low dimensions;
- Dr. Eran Buchbinder, from the Department of Chemical Physics, from the Weizmann Institute of Science won the prize for his theoretical contributions to the understanding of the physics of complex systems out of equilibrium.;
- Dr. Or Dunkelman, from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Haifa for developing groundbreaking techniques for breaking ciphers and codes at the theoretical and practical level.
The Wolf Foundation stated: "The selected winners have proven and impressive excellence in the field of scientific research, which includes innovation and a creative and groundbreaking approach. With their joining the Krill winners from previous years, they constitute the future scientific infrastructure of the State of Israel."
The Krill Prize is a prize awarded in Israel, since 2005, by the Wolf Foundation for excellence in scientific research. The award, in the amount of $10,000, is intended for leading researchers who are outstanding academic faculty members, at the rank of lecturer or senior lecturer who have not yet received tenure, who are employed at one of the universities in Israel. Every year, the foundation awards ten Krill prizes in the following fields: exact sciences, life sciences, medicine, agriculture and engineering. The Krill Awards for excellence in scientific research on behalf of the Wolf Foundation are given in memory and in honor of the late Benjamin and Gitla Krill Mansbach Schlanger.
