Amnon Aharony

Amnon Aharony
Born (1943-01-07) 7 January 1943 (age 81)
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materTel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Children3
AwardsRothschild Prize, Randers prize
American Physical Society fellow, Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
Member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Scientific career
Fieldsstatistical physics
condensed matter theory
InstitutionsTel Aviv University, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, University of Oslo
Thesis Aspects of time reversal symmetry violation  (1972)
Doctoral advisorYuval Ne'eman

Amnon Aharony (Hebrew: אמנון אהרוני; born: 7 January 1943) is an Israeli Professor (Emeritus) of Physics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University, Israel and in the Physics Department of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. After years of research on statistical physics (critical phenomena, random systems, fractals, percolation), his current research focuses on condensed matter theory, especially in mesoscopic physics and spintronics.[1] He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities,[2] a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[3] and of several other academies. He also received several prizes, including the Rothschild Prize in Physical Sciences,[4][5] and the Gunnar Randers Research Prize, awarded every other year by the King of Norway.[6][7]

  1. ^ Prof. Amnon Aharony, Tel Aviv University
  2. ^ Prof. Amnon Aharony, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  3. ^ Professor Amnon Aharony, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  4. ^ The Rothschild Prize in the Physical Sciences, Tel Aviv University
  5. ^ "Rothschild Prizes 2010 - 50 Years". ISSUU. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  6. ^ The Gunnar Rander's Research Prize is awarded to professor Amnon Aharony for outstanding scientific achievements, Institute for Energy Technology
  7. ^ "Randerspris for supraledning". Forskning (in Danish). 6 March 2005. Retrieved 3 May 2022.