DISTINCTIONS
Dr. Fatina Abreek-Zubiedat, Arts, Graham Foundation Prize
Prof. Lihi Adler-Abramovich, Medical & Health Sciences, 2026 Rappaport Prize for Excellence in Biomedical Research
Prof. Karen Avraham, Medical & Health Sciences, Ephraim Katzir PrizeProf. Moshe Ben Shalom, Exact Sciences, 2026 Kadar Family Award for Outstanding Research
Prof. Uri Ben-David, Medical & Health Sciences, 2025 Schmidt Science Polymaths Award
Prof. Daniel Cohen, Medical & Health Sciences, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israeli Association of Public Health
Prof. Tal Dvir, Life Sciences, Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors
Prof. Ilit Ferber, Humanities, 2025 Innovative Teaching Award from Goethe University Frankfurt
Prof. Emilia Fridman, Engineering, Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control
Prof. Ehud Gazit, Life Sciences, Ephraim Katzir Prize
Dr. Barak Hirshberg, Exact Sciences, 2025 Israel Chemistry Society Outstanding Young Scientist
Prof. Michal Itzhaki, Medical & Health Sciences, President of the State of Israel Award for Outstanding Nurses
Dr. Muhammad Jbara, Exact Sciences, 2025 Swiss Chemical Society JSP Award
Dr. Ella Karev, Humanities, 2026 Kadar Family Award for Outstanding Research
Prof. Joseph Klafter, Exact Sciences, 2025 Israel Chemistry Society Gold Medal
Prof. Carmit Levy, Medical & Health Sciences, 2026 Kadar Family Award for Outstanding Research
Prof. Billie Melman, Humanities, 2026 Israel Prize
Prof. Dan Peer, Life Sciences, 2026 Rappaport Prize for Excellence in Biomedical Research
Dr. Or Perlman, Engineering, Krill Prize
Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, Medical & Health Sciences, 2025 Niels Clauson-Kaas Prize for Outstanding Medicinal Chemist; 2025 Samyang Award of the Controlled Release Society
Dr. Ronen Segev, Medical & Health Sciences, 2025 Mary Adelaide Nutting Award
Prof. Yosef Shiloh, Medical & Health Sciences, Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy
Prof. Tamy Shohat, Medical & Health Sciences, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israeli Association of Public Health
Prof. Avraham Tabbach, Law, 2026 Kadar Family Award for Outstanding Research
Prof. Oren Tal, Humanities, 2025 Humboldt Research Award
Dr. Inbal Wortzel, Medical & Health Sciences, Zuckerman Faculty Scholar
Prof. Lior Zalmanson, Management, Member of the Young Israel Academy
Ten researchers from Tel Aviv University have been named Senior Members of the United States National Academy of Inventors for 2026, a prestigious recognition of their contributions to innovation with real-world impact.
Prof. Adi Barzel, Life Sciences
Prof. Nadav Cohen, Exact Sciences
Prof. Nahum Kiryati, Engineering
Prof. Daniel Offen, Medical & Health Sciences
Prof. Vered Padler-Karavani, Life Sciences
Dr. Yehezkel Resheff, Engineering
Prof. Noam Shomron, Medical & Health Sciences
Prof. Tamir Tuller, Engineering
Dr. Edward Vitkin, Engineering
Prof. Zohar Yosibash, Engineering