About Sackler Scholars

updated: 16.08.2021

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Name	Institution	Period of Visit	Host
Sackler Fellows 2021/2022:
Prof. Susan B. Davidson	Weiss Professor Department of Computer and Information Science University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Email: susan@cis.upenn.edu	September 30, 2021 - December 22, 2021	Host: Prof. Tova Milo Chair, Information Management School of Computer Science Phone: +972-3-640-6075 Phone: milo@cs.tau.ac.il
Prof. Martin Yarmush	Professor in the department of biomedical of engineering Rutgers University NJ, USA Senior Lectureship Surgery and bioengineering Harvard Medical School Email: yarmush@soe.rutgers.edu	April 3 - June 26, 2022	Host: Dr. Alexander Golberg Senior Lecturer Porter School of Environmental and Earth Sciences Faculty of Exact Sciences Phone +972-3-6407182 Email: agolberg@gmail.com
Prof. Glenn W. Most	Faculty of Humanities Scuola Normale Superiore Committee on Social Thought The University of Chicago Email: glenn.most@sns.it	November 1 - December 15 2021	Host: Prof. Orna Harari The Head of the Department of Classics Phone: +972-3-6409779 Email:oharari@tauex.tau.ac.il Prof. Shaul Katzir Director of the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas Phone: +972-073-3804526 Email: skatzir@post.tau.ac.il
Prof. Yaacob Dweck	Department of History and Judaic Studies Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey, USA Email: jdweck@princeton.edu	A month May 15 June 15 2022	Host: Prof. Ishay Rosen-Zvi Department of Jewish Philosophy and Talmud School of Jewish Studies and Archaeology Phone: +972-3-6409954 Email: rosenzvi@post.tau.ac.il

Sackler Lecturers 2021/2022:
Prof. Antonio Panaino	Department of Cultural Heritage University of Bologna Ravenna, Italy Email: antonio.panaino@unibo.it	December 2021	Host: Dr. Domenico Agostini Department of History Phone: +972-3-6406806 Email: agostini@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. James Conant	Alexander von Humboldt-Professor Institute of Philosophy Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany Phone: +49 341 97-35773 Email: james_ferguson.conant@uni-leipzig.de Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities Professor of Philosophy Professor in the College University of Chicago, Chicago, USA Phone: +1 (773) 702-6146 Email: jconant@uchicago.edu	December 12-26, 2021	Host: Prof. Eli Friedlander Department of Philosophy Phone: +972-3-6408296 Email: frieli@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Andrew Ewald	Professor and Director of Cell Biology School of Medicine Center for Cell Dynamics Baltimore, MD, John Hopkins University, USA Email: andrew.ewald@jhmi.edu	13 days March 2022	Host: Prof. Ronen Zaidel-Bar Cell and Developmental Biology Phone: +972-3-6406781 Email: zaidelbar@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Mario Feldman	Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology School of Medicine Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA Phone: +1 (314) 747-4473 Email: mfeldman@wusm.wustl.edu	One/Two weeks March 2022	Host: Dr. Dor Salomon Clinical Microbiology and Immunology Phone: +972-3-6408583 Email: dorsalomon@mail.tau.ac.il
Prof. Francesco Bullo	Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Affiliate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Affiliate, Department of Computer Science Affiliate, Center for Control, Dynamical Systems, and Computation College of Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA Phone: +1 (805) 893-5169 Email: bullo@engineering.ucsb.edu	Ten days June 1-9, 2022	Host: Prof. Michael Margaliot School of Electrical Engineering Phone: +972-3-6407768 Email: michaelm@tauex.tau.ac.il
Dr. Javier Tiffenberg	KICP Associate fellow Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Particle Physics Division / Astro-Experiment Chicago University, Chicago, Illinois, USA Phone: +1 (630) 840-8630 Email: javiert@fnal.gov	Two weeks	Host: Prof. Erez Etzion School of Physics and Astronomy Phone: +972-3-6408636 Email: ereze@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Ralph Etienne-Cummings	Professor and Chairman Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA Phone: +1 (410) 516-3494 Email: retienne@jhu.edu	Two weeks	Host: Prof. Israel Gannot Department of Bio-Medical Engineering Phone: +972-3-6406711 Email: gannoti@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Peter Basser	Senior Investigator Section on Quantitative Imaging and Tissue Sciences NICHD/DIR Bethesda, Maryland, USA Phone: +1 (301) 435-1949 Email: peter.basser@nih.gov	Two weeks	Host: Prof. Nir Sochen Department of Applied Mathematics Phone: +972-3-6409622 Email: sochen@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Edward Melanson	Professor Medicine-Endocrinology/Metabolism/Diabetes University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) Aurora, Colorado, USA Phone: +1 (303) 724-0935 Email: edward.melanson@ucdenver.edu	One week	Host: Dr. Yftach Gepner School of Public Health Phone: +972-3-6404726 Email: gepner@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. David Dean	Professor Statistical Physics Laboratoire Ondes et Matière d’aquitaine (LOMA) University of Bordeaux, Talence, France Phone: + 33 (0)5 40 00 26 03 Email: david.dean@u-bordeaux.fr	Academic year 2021/2022	Host: Prof. Haim Diamant School of Chemistry Phone: +972-3-6406967 Email: hdiamant@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Efraim Benmelech	Harold L. Stuart Professor of Finance Director of the Guthrie Center for Real Estate Research Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA Phone: +1 (847) 491-4462 Email: e-benmelech@kellogg.northwestern.edu	One week	Host: Prof. Nittai Bergman School of Economics Email: nbergman@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Steve Granick	Director IBS Center for Soft and Living Matter Ulsan, Republic of Korea Phone: 052-217-5508 Email: sgranick@ibs.re.kr	Academic year 2021/2022	Host: Prof. Yael Prof. Yael Roichman School of Chemistry Phone: +972-3-6405848 Email: roichman@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Nathalie Sims	Head Bone Cell Biology and Disease Unit Deputy Director St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research Fitzroy, Australia Professorial Fellow The University of Melbourne, Australia Phone: +61392312555 Emai: nsims@unimelb.edu.au	Academic year 2021/2022	Hosts: Prof. Drorit Neumann Cell and Developmental Biology Medicine Dean & Assoc. Deans Phone: +972-3-6407256 Email: histo6@tauex.tau.ac.il Prof. Yankel Gabet Anatomy and Anthropology Phone: +972-3-6407684 Email: yankel@tauex.tau.ac.il
Mr. Nick Vallelonga	American actor, screenwriter, producer, and film director Hollywood, USA	Academic year 2021/2022	Host: Prof. Raz Yosef The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television Email: razyosef@tauex.tau.ac.il