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Visitors for the Academic Year 2021/2022

Name	Institution	Period of Visit	Host
Prof. Ivan Smalyukh	Professor of Physics Department of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado, USA Phone: +1 (303) 492-7277 Email: Ivan.Smalyukh@colorado.edu	Two months October 1 - November 30, 2021	Prof. Yair Shokef School of Mechanical Engineering Phone: 03-6408393 Email: shokef@tau.ac.il
Prof. Sandu Popescu	The Bristol Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information Professor of Physics, School of Physics University of Bristol Bristol, UK Email: S.Popescu@bristol.ac.uk	Three months October - December, 2021	Prof. Lev Vaidman School of Physics and Astronomy Phone: 03-6406014 Email: vaidman@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Peter John Loewen	Department of Political Science Munk School of Global Affairs and Public University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Email: peter.loewen@utoronto.ca	November 4-14, 2021 and January 2022	Dr. Lior Sheffer School of Political Science, Government, and International Affairs Phone: +972-3-647-707-1185 Email: liorsheffer@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Shai Secunda	Jacob Neusner Professor in the History and Theology of Judaism Director of the Interdisciplinary Study of Religions Program Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA Phone: +1 (845) 758-7389 Email: ssecunda@bard.edu	Three months 1 November 2021- 30 January 2022	Prof. Ishay Rosen Zvi Department of Jewish Philosophy Phone: 03-6409954 Email: rosenzvi@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Abigail Gillman	Professor of Hebrew, German and Comparative Litterature Department of World Languages and Literatures Boston University, Boston, USA Phone: +1 (617) 358-6374 Email: agillman@bu.edu	Three months November 1, 2021- February 1, 2022	Prof. Galili Shahar Head, School of Cultural Science Phone: +972-3-6409325 Email: gshahar@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Jotun Hein	Professor of Bioinformatics Department of Statistics University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Phone: +44 (0)1865 285387 Email: hein@stats.ox.ac.uk	Six weeks December 1, 2021 - January 14, 2022	Prof. Tal Pupko Dep. of Cell Research and Immunology Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology Phone: 03-6407693 Email: talp@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Yuval Grossman	Professor of Physics Department of physics Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA Phone: +1 (607) 255-4916 Email: yg7373@gmail.com	Three months December 2021 - February 2022	Prof. Tomer Volansky School of Physics and Astronomy Phone: 03-6407026 Email: tomerv@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Oheim Martin	Director of the Saints-Pères Paris Institute for the Neurosciences (SPPIN), CNRS UMR8003 at CNRS Paris, France Email: martin.oheim@parisdescartes.fr	December 2021 and May 2022	Dr. Pablo Blinder Department of Neurobiology Phone: +972-3- 03-6409640 Email: pb@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Tom Gunning	Professor Emeritus Departments of Art History, Cinema and Media Studies, and the College The University of Chicago Chicago, USA Email: tgunning@uchicago.edu	Three months Fall Semester	Dr. Ohad Landesman Steve Tisch School of Film and Television Email: lander@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Jan Grabowski	Professor of History Department of History University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Phone: +1 (613) 562-5800 Email: jgrabows@uOttawa.ca	One month April 24 - May 24, 2022	Prof. Hava Dreifuss Department of Jewish History Phone: 03-6409079 Email: havi@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Jonathan Selinger	Ohio Eminent Scholar Professor of Physics Physics Department Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA Phone: +1 (330) 672-4875 Email: jselinge@kent.edu	May 15 - June 30, 2022	Prof. Yair Shokef School of Mechanical Engineering Phone: 03-6408393 Email: shokef@tau.ac.il
Prof. Robin Blumberg Selinger	Professor of Physics Physics Department Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA Phone: +1 (330) 672-1582 Email: rselinge@kent.edu	May 23 - June 30, 2022	Prof. Yair Shokef School of Mechanical Engineering Phone: 03-6408393 Email: shokef@tau.ac.il
Prof. Michael Renov	Vice Dean of Academic Affairs Haskell Wexler Endowed Chair in Documentary Division of Cinema and Media Studies University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, CA, USA Phone: +1 (213) 740-2804 Email: renov@usc.edu	Four weeks May-April, 2022	Prof. Raz Yosef The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television Email: razyosef@tauex.tau.ac.il Dr. Ohad Landesman The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television Email: lander@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Michael Glanzberg	Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy Rutgers University, NJ, USA Email: michael.glanzberg@philosophy.rutgers.edu	Three weeks Spring Semester, 2022	Dr. Ofra Rechter Department of Philosophy Phone: 03-6405034 Email: rechter@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Dr. Joerg Enderlein	Professor of Biophysics and Complex Systems Third Institute of Physics Georg August University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany Phone: +49 551 39 26908 Email: joerg.enderlein@phys.uni-goettingen.de	Three weeks Spring Semester, 2022	Prof. Yuval Ebenstein School of Chemistry Phone: 03-6408901 Email: uv@tauex.tau.ac.il
Ms. Olga Tokarczuk	Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature for 2018 Wrocław, Poland	Two-Three months Spring Semester, 2022	Prof. Avner Holtzman Department of Literature Phone: +972-3- 6409882 Email: avnerhol@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Pedro Vieira	The Clay Riddell Paul Dirac Chair in Theoretical Physics Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Perimeter Research Chair, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Email: pvieira@perimeterinstitute.ca	Four-Six weeks Spring Semester, 2022	Dr. Amit Sever School of Physics and Astronomy Phone: +972-3- 6408579 Email: asever@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Francesco Andriulli	Department of Electronics and Telecommunications Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy Email: francesco.andriulli@imt-atlantique.fr	Two weeks Spring Semester, 2022	Prof. Amir Boag Department of Physical Electronics School of Electrical Engineering Phone: +972-3- 6408246 Email: boag@eng.tau.ac.il
Prof. Paul North	Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures Yale University New Haven, Connecticut, USA Email: paul.a.north@yale.edu	Three weeks Spring Semester, 2022	Prof. Galili Shahar Head, School of Cultural Science Phone: +972-3-6409325 Email: gshahar@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Rafael Pass	Professor Department of Computer Science Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Cornell Tech, New York, NY, USA Email: rafael@cs.cornell.edu	Three months	Dr. Nir Bitansky School of Computer Sciences Email: nirbitan@tauex.tau.ac.il Dr. Omer Paneth School of Computer Sciences Phone: 03-6406488 Email: omerpa@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Alex Zunger	Research Professor Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA Phone: +1 (303) 492-7084 Email: alex.zunger@colorado.edu	Three months	Prof. Ori Cheshnovsky Emeritus in School of Chemistry Phone: 03-6408325 Email: orich@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Herman Aguinis	Vice President & Program Chair - Academy of Management Avram Tucker Distinguished Scholar Chairperson, Department of Management The George Washington University School of Business Washington DC, USA Washington, D.C., USA Email: haguinis@gwu.edu	One week	Dr. Uriel Stettner Academic Director, Coller School of Management Phone: +972-3- 640-6330 Email: urielste@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Michele Gelfand	Distinguished University Professor Department of Psychology The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA Email: mgelfand@umd.edu	Two weeks	Prof. Peter Bamberger Department of Organizational Behavior Phone +972-3 -6408511 Email: peterb@post.tau.ac.il