The Reception for International Postdoctoral Researchers in the Academy’s Science Garden, June 2022
The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities established a prestigious program in 2018 to bring outstanding post-docs from around the world to Israel's research universities. The Israel Young Academy led by Prof. Yonina Eldar, suggested this as a solution to the need to strengthen research in Israel.
The program's purpose is to attract young outstanding scholars from around the world to come to Israel and integrate into and strengthen research and make personal and professional contacts with Israeli researchers, ultimately leading to future research collaboration.
The awarding committee, headed by Academy Member Prof. Moti Segev, was appointed to accomplish this objective. The committee is comprised of Academy Members and faculty from a wide range of disciplines of the sciences and humanities from a variety of Israeli universities, and includes a prominent scientist from abroad. The awardees are chosen solely based on their excellence in research.
This year the program was expanded due to a new partnership between the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the Council for Higher Education (CHE). It was decided to grant fellowships in all fields of knowledge including the humanities and social sciences.
The fellowships are for a period of two years for the amount of 160,000 NIS (~$50,000) a year.
This fellowship program is no longer open for applications.
Following are the winners of the sixth cycle of the IASH CHE Excellence Fellowship Program for International Postdoctoral Researchers, for the 2023-2024 academic year:
- Dr. Sourav Biswas, Chemistry | Advisor – Prof.
Raz Jelinek, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Dr. Umberto Borla, Physics & Engineering |
Advisors – Dr. Snir Gazit and Dr. Erez Zohar, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Salvatore Bottaro, Physics &
Engineering | Advisors – Dr.
Michael Geller and Prof. Tomer Volansky, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Laurent Davin, Humanities &
Social Sciences | Advisor – Prof. Leore Grosman,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Jonathan Eintracht, Life Sciences |
Advisor – Dr. Abed Mansour, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Esteban Garzón, Physics & Engineering |
Advisor – Prof. Adam Teman, Bar-Ilan University
- Dr. Tao Liang, Life Sciences | Advisor – Prof.
Shai Meiri, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Abhishek Maiti, Chemistry | Advisor – Prof.
Efrat Lifshitz, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
- Dr. Asiye
Tuba Özdoğar, Life Sciences | Advisor – Dr. Alon Kalron, Tel
Aviv University
- Dr. Alice Raw, Humanities & Social Sciences | Advisor – Dr. Neta Bodner, The Open University of Israel
- Dr. Shweta Sharma, Chemistry | Advisor – Prof.
Prof. Lilac Amirav, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
- Dr. Saurabh Srivastav, Physics &
Engineering | Advisor – Prof. Eli Zeldov, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Agustin Vitali, Life Sciences | Advisor – Dr.
Shai Pilosof, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Dr. Chenni Xu, Physics & Engineering |
Advisor – Prof. Patrick Sebbah, Bar-Ilan University
- Dr. Penghua Ying, Physics
& Engineering | Advisor – Prof. Oded Hod and Prof. Michael Urbakh, Tel Aviv University
Following are the names of the winners of the fifth cycle of IASH Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers, for the 2022-2023 academic year:
- Dr. Varre Swamy, Chemistry | Advisor – Prof. Roman Dobrovetsky, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Arieh Schwartz, Humanities & Social Sciences | Advisor – Dr. Nir Fresco, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Dr. Christian Czymara, Humanities & Social Sciences | Advisor – Prof. Anastasia Gorodzeisky, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Jorke Grotenhuis, Humanities & Social Sciences | Advisor – Prof. Orly Goldwasser, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Arturo Rodriguez Fanlo, Information Sciences | Advisor – Prof. Itay Kaplan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Aleksandra Iwona Krawczyk, Life Sciences | Advisor – Dr. Hadas Hawlena, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Dr. Satheeswaran Thangaraj, Life Sciences | Advisor – Prof. Yeala Shaked, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Silvia Piccirillo, Life Sciences | Advisor – Prof. Israel Sekler, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Dr. Rajesh Mondal, Physics & Engineering | Advisor – Prof. Rennan Barkana, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Dhruba Dutta Chowdhury, Physics & Engineering | Advisor – Prof. Avishai Dekel, Dr. Nir Mandelker, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Guo Xiang, Physics & Engineering | Advisor – Prof. Izhak Etsion, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
- Dr. Douglas Goodwin Lee, Information Sciences | Advisor – Prof. Marius Usher, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Anuwedita Singh, Physics & Engineering | Advisor – Prof. Leslie Banks-Sills, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Yafei Zhang, Physics & Engineering | Advisor – Prof. Eran Sharon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem\
- Dr. Edgar John Sintema, Information Sciences | Advisor – Prof. Boris Koichu, Weizmann Institute of Science

The Excellence Postdoctoral Program Tour of the City of David, June 2022
Following are the names of the winners of the fourth cycle of IASH Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers, for the 2021-2022 academic year:
- Dr. Caner Unal, Physics | Advisor - Dr. Ely Kovetz, Ben-Gurion University
- Dr. Rishu Kumar Sing, Physics | Advisor - Dr. Stas Burov, Bar-Ilan University
- Dr. Christian Coester, Computer Science | Advisor - Prof. Niv Buchbinder, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Johannes Knaute, Physics | Advisor - Dr. Erez Zohar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Siddarth Kulkarni, Life Sciences | Advisor - Dr. Efrat Gavish-Regev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Chandrima Banerjee, Physics | Advisor - Prof. Oren Cohen, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
- Dr. Navneet Chandra Verma, Life Sciences | Advisor - Prof. Amit Meller, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
- Dr. Jens Hoer, Life Sciences | Advisor - Prof. Rotem Sorek, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Jens Tassilo Gruen, Chemistry | Advisor - Prof. Lucio Frydman, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Ayan Maity, Chemistry | Advisor - Dr. Michal Leskes, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Prasanta Bera, Astrophysics | Advisor - Prof. Jonathan Granot, The Open University
- Dr. Juan Pablo Unfried, Microbiology & Clinical Chemistry | Advisor – Prof. Igor Ulitsky, Weizmann Institute of Science
Following are the names of the winners of the third cycle of IASH Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers, for the 2020-2021 academic year:
- Dr. Andrea Caputo, Particle Physics| Host – Prof. Michael Geller, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Lin Dai, Physics | Host – Prof. Michael Lublinsky, Ben-Gurion University
- Dr. Florian Schweiger, Mathematics | Host – Prof. Ofer Zeituni, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Márk Poór, Mathematics | Host – Prof. Saharon Shelach, Hebrew University
- Dr. Michael O'Hagan, Systems Chemistry | Host – Prof. Itamar Willner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Srestha Basu, Chemistry | Host – Prof. Nadav Amdursky, The Technion
- Dr. Jihyun Kim, Physics | Host – Prof. Lucio Frydman, Weizmann Institute of Science
The Inaugural Meeting of the Excellence International Postdoctoral Researchers at the Academy, June 2022
Following are the names of the winners of the second cycle of IASH Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers, for the 2019-2020 academic year:
- Dr. Masataka Watanabe, Physics | Host – Prof. Micha Berkooz, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Sarah Hassdenteufel, Molecular Genetics | Host – Prof. Maya Schuldiner, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Wei Cao, Chemistry | Host – Prof. Michael Urbakh, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Chen Sun, Physics | Host – Prof. Tomer Volansky, Tel Aviv University
- Dr. Jing Zhang, Mathematics | Host – Prof. Assaf Rinot, Bar-Ilan University
- Dr. Ying Wang, Material Sciences, Electrochemistry | Host – Prof. Menny Shalom, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Dr. Karamveer Kaur, Astrophysics | Host – Dr. Nicholas Stone, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Following are the names of the winners of the first cycle of IASH Postdoctoral Fellowships for Foreign Researchers, for the 2018-2019 academic year:
- Dr. Giacomo Fragione, Astrophysics | Host - Prof. Re'em Sari, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Oleksii Matsedonsky, Theoretical Physics | Host -Prof. Gilad Perez, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Maria Iljina, Biophysics | Host - Prof. Gilad Haran, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Harry McClelland, Paleoclimate Science & Geobiology | Host - Dr. Itay Halevy, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Flora Vincent, Plant & Environmental Science | Host – Prof. Assaf Vardi, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Niklas von Wolff, Chemistry | Host - Prof. David Milstein, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Dr. Liang Yue, Systems Chemistry | Host – Prof. Itamar Willner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Dr. Afu Fu, Biomedical Engineering | Host - Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology