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updated: 30.05.2023

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Name	Institution	Period of Visit	Host
Sackler Lecturers 2023/2024:
Prof. Edward Melanson	Medicine-Endocrinology/Metabolism/Diabetes University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) Aurora, Colorado, USA Phone: +1 (303) 724-0935 Email: edward.melanson@ucdenver.edu	One week October 30-November 11, 2023	Host: Dr. Yftach Gepner School of Public Health Phone: +972-3-6404726 Email: gepner@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 Academic Year 2023/2024	Host: Prof. Israel Gannot Department of Bio-Medical Engineering Phone: +972-3-6406711 Email: gannoti@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. John Bally	Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, USA Phone: +1 (303) 492-5786 Email: john.bally@colorado.edu	Two weeks Fall 2023	Host: Sara Beck School of Physics and Astronomy Phone: +972-3-640 6432 Email: sara@wise.tau.ac.il
Prof. Nicolas Purcell	Camden Professor of Ancient History Fellow, Brasenose College Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies Faculty of Classics University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Email: nicholas.purcell@classics.ox.ac.uk	Four weeks Academic Year 2023/2024	Host: Prof. Uri Yiftach Department of Classics Phone: +972-3-6409779 Email: uiftach@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 Academic year 2023/2024	Host: Prof. Erez Etzion School of Physics and Astronomy Phone: +972-3-6408636 Email: ereze@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 Academic year 2023/2024	Host: Prof. Nir Sochen Department of Applied Mathematics Phone: +972-3-6409622 Email: sochen@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 Academic year 2023/2024	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 2023/2024	Host: Prof. Yael Roichman School of Chemistry Phone: +972-3-6405848 Email: roichman@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	Three weeks Academic year 2023/2024	Host: Prof. Ronen Zaidel-Bar Cell and Developmental Biology Phone: +972-3-6406781 Email: zaidelbar@tauex.tau.ac.il
Mr. Nick Vallelonga	American actor, screenwriter, producer, and film director Hollywood, USA	Academic year 2023/2024	Host: Prof. Raz Yosef The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television Email: razyosef@tauex.tau.ac.il