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Visitors for the Academic Year 2021/2022

Name	Institution	Period of Visit	Host
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. Peter John Loewen	Department of Political Science Munk School of Global Affairs and Public The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Email: peter.loewen@utoronto.ca	November 7-14, 2021 and Spring 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. 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 18, 2021- January 13, 2022 and May 20 - June 20, 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 month February 1 - April 30, 2002	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. 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 February 11 - May 9, 2022	Prof. Yair Shokef School of Mechanical Engineering Phone: 03-6408393 Email: shokef@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	One month March 17-28, 2022 and Spring 2022	Dr. Pablo Blinder Department of Neurobiology Phone: +972-3- 03-6409640 Email: pb@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 March 28 -. April 10, 2022	Prof. Amir Boag Department of Physical Electronics School of Electrical Engineering Phone: +972-3- 6408246 Email: boag@eng.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 March 28 - April 30, 2022	Prof. Ori Cheshnovsky Emeritus in School of Chemistry Phone: 03-6408325 Email: orich@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Nancy Lane, M.D.	Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology University of California, Davis Medical Center California, USA Phone: +1 (650) 703-4662 Email: nelane@ucdavis.edu	April 11 - April 13, 2022	Prof. Yankel Gabet Head of the Anatomy and Anthropology Department Faculty of Medicine Phone: 03-6407684 Another phone: 03-6407628 Email: yankel@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 19, 2022	Prof. Hava Dreifuss Department of Jewish History Phone: 03-6409079 Email: havi@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 April 29 - July 2, 2022	Dr. Ofra Rechter Department of Philosophy Phone: 03-6405034 Email: rechter@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. Michael Snyder	Stanford W. Ascherman, Professor in Genetics Chair, Department of Genetics Director, Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Stanford University, CA, USA Phone: +1 (650) 723-4668 Email: mpsnyder@stanford.edu	May 2022	Prof. Karen Avraham Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine Drs. Sarah and Felix Dumont Chair for Research of Hearing Disorders Phone: 03-6407030 Email: karena@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 23 - July 6, 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 - July 6, 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 June 2-28, 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. Jotun Hein	Professor of Bioinformatics Department of Statistics The University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Phone: +44 (0)1865 285387 Email: hein@stats.ox.ac.uk	Six weeks Academic year 2021/2022	Prof. Tal Pupko Dep. of Cell Research and Immunology Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology Phone: 03-6407693 Email: talp@tauex.tau.ac.il
Prof. 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. 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. 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