About Lowy Distinguished Guest Professors

Prof. Joseph Y.  Halpern

Joseph C. Ford Chair of Engineering
Computer Science Department
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, USA

Phone: +1 (607) 255-9562
Email: JYH13@cornell.edu

October 8, 2023 -
January 8, 2024

Host: Prof. Rafael Pass
Blavatnik School of Computer Science

Email: rafaelp@tauex.tau.ac.il

Prof. Sacha Stern

Professor of Rabbinic Judaism
Head, Department of Hebrew and
Jewish Studies
University College London, London, UK

Phone: +44 020 7679 0483
Email: sacha.stern@ucl.ac.uk

Host: Prof. Gideon Bohak
Department of Jewish Philosophy
School of Philosophy
The Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies

Phone: +972-3-6409790
Email: gbohak@tauex.tau.ac.il

Prof. Alex Evilevitch

Department of Experimental Medical Science
Faculty of Medicine
Lund University
Lund, Sweden

Phone: +46 462220947
Email: alex.evilevitch@med.lu.se

Host: Dr. Ayelet Lesman
School of Mechanical Engineering

Phone: +972-3-6408233
Email: ayeletlesman@tauex.tau.ac.il

Prof. Yan Fyodorov

Chair in Disordered Systems
Mathematics Department
King's College London
London, UK

Phone: +44 020 7848 5894
Email:  yan.fyodorov@kcl.ac.uk
 

Host: Prof. Ron Peled
Department of Theoretical Mathematics

Phone: +972-3-6408034
Email: peledron@tauex.tau.ac.il

Prof. Eitan Tamor

Distinguished University Professor
Department of Mathematics
Institute for Physical Science and Technology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD, USA

Phone: +1 (301) 405 0648
Email: tadmor@umd.edu
 

Host: Prof. Yaron Ostrover
Department of Theoretical Mathematics
School of Mathematical Sciences

Phone: +972-3-6408033
Email: ostrover@tauex.tau.ac.il

Prof. Olga Sorkine-Hornung

Full Professor of Computer Science
Head, the Interactive Geometry Lab
Institute for Visual Computing
Department of Computer Science
ETH Zurich, Switzerland 

Phone: +41 44 632 83 57
Email: sorkine@inf.ethz.ch

Host: Prof. Raja Giryes
School of Electrical Engineering

Email: raja@tauex.tau.ac.il
Phone: +972-3-6405630

Prof. Gordon N. Hutner

Department of English
University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois, USA

Phone: +1 (217) 244-3398
Email: hutner@illinois.edu

Host: Prof. Spencer Morrison
English and American Studies

Email: spencer@tauex.tau.ac.il

Prof. John J. Wiens

Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona, Tuscon, Arizona, USA

Office Phone: +1 520 621-0337
Lab Phone: +1 520 621-9765
Email: wiensj@email.arizona.edu

Host: Prof. Shai Meiri
School of Zoology

Email: uncshai@tauex.tau.ac.il
Phone: +972-3-6409811

Prof. Janet Walker

Professor of Film and Media Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Email:  jwalker@filmandmedia.ucsb.edu

Host: Prof. Yaron Bloch
The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television

Phone: 972-3-6406848
Email: yaronb@tauex.tau.ac.il

Prof. Amita Dhanda

Head, the Centre for Disability Studies
Head, the Centre for Legal Philosophy
and Justice Education
NALSAR University of Law
Justice City, Shameerpet, Medchal District
Hyderabad, Telangana, India 

Phone: +91 40 23498222 
Email: amitadhanda@nalsar.ac.in

Six weeks
Academic Year 2024/2025

Host: Prof. Neta Ziv
Equity and Diversity Commission
Faculty of Law

Phone: +972-3-6405561
Email: zneta@tauex.tau.ac.il