Yitzhak Apeloig Ph.D | |
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יצחק אפלויג | |
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| Born | 1 September 1944 |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Education | Ph.D. The Hebrew University, 1974 Postdoctoral Princeton University, 1974–1976[1] |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Occupation | Distinguished Professor at the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry |
| Years active | 1976–present[2] |
| Employer | Technion |
| Organization | Schulich Faculty of Chemistry |
| Known for | President of the Technion 2001–2009 Distinguished Professor at the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry |
| Title | President of the Technion |
| Term | 9 |
| Predecessor | Amos Lapidot |
| Successor | Peretz Lavie |
| Awards | Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry, 2010 |
| Website | www |
Yitzhak Apeloig (יצחק אפלויג; born 1 September 1944 in Uzbekistan[2]) is a pioneer in the computational chemistry field of the Ab initio quantum chemistry methods for predicting and preparing the physical and chemical properties of materials.[3] He was the president of the Technion from 2001 until 2009 where the position was handed off to Peretz Lavie. Distinguished Prof. Apeloig currently holds the Joseph Israel Freund Chair in Chemistry and is the co-director of the Lise Meitner Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry at the Technion. He served as dean of the Faculty of Chemistry from 1995 to 1999, where he was named Teacher of the Year at three occasions.
During his Technion presidency, Apeloig recruited more than 150 elite scholars and scientists worldwide to the Technion.[4] He also established a number of interdisciplinary research centers such as the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute. He also established the Lorry I. Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences and Engineering. In 2010 was inducted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[4] The same year he also became a recipient of the Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry.[5]
- ^ "Yitzhak Apeloig". Technion. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Apeloig Yitzhak Web Site – Technion". Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ "Technion President Yitzhak Apeloig to Receive Chemical Society Prize – American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Nobel Laureate Delivers First Apeloig Lectureship – American Society for Technion-Israel Institute of Technology". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ "Frederic Stanley Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry". ACS. Retrieved 27 November 2013.