Congratulations to UofH faculty recognized for their outstanding achievements

Prof. Meir Hemmo (Vice Rector) was recently inducted into The European Academy of Sciences. A professor of philosophy at the University of Haifa, Hemmo has published extensively on the conceptual foundations and interpretation of quantum mechanics; classical and quantum statistical mechanics; relativity theory; the concept of probability in physics and the hypothesis of physicalism in the special sciences and in philosophy of mind.
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Prof. Israel Finkelstein (Head of the School of Archaeology and Maritime Cultures) was recently inducted into The American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the fields of archaeology and the exact sciences. Prof. Finkelstein joined the University of Haifa in 2021 to establish the first-of-its-kind school of archaeology in Israel, integrating all of the University’s archaeological activities and endeavors on land and at sea – under one roof.
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Prof. Assaf Distelfeld (Head, Institute of Evolution) was awarded the prestigious 2022 Rita Levi-Montalcini Award for Scientific Cooperation, for outstanding achievement in the development of genomic technologies for sustainable agriculture.
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Prof. Dorit Pud (Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing) is the recipient of the 2022 Landau Science and Arts Award in the field of nursing. The prestigious prize, supported by the The Mifal Hapayis National Lottery Association, recognizes Pud’s groundbreaking research in pain management and treatment.
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The European Research Executive Agency awarded Prof. Roee Diamant (Hatter Department of Marine Technologies) an ERA Chair. In this capacity he will lead  a branch of his Marine Acoustics Lab within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Zagreb in Croatia.