Joseph Klafter, the Glossary
Joseph (Yossi) Klafter (יוסף קלפטר; born May 7, 1945) is an Israeli chemical physics professor who is the Heineman Chair of Physical Chemistry at Tel Aviv University, and was the eighth President of Tel Aviv University from 2009 to 2019.[1]
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28 relations: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Aliyah Bet, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society, Ariel Porat, Bachelor of Science, Bar-Ilan University, Chemical physics, Doctor of Philosophy, ExxonMobil, Israel Prize, Israel Science Foundation, Mandatory Palestine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Science, Order of the Star of Italy, Physical chemistry, Rishon LeZion, Six-Day War, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovaks, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv University, Tsinghua University, Weizmann Prize for Research in the Exact Sciences, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Yad Hanadiv, Zvi Galil.
- Academics from Tel Aviv
- Israel Prize in chemistry recipients
- Israeli people of Slovak-Jewish descent
- Israeli physical chemists
- Scientists from Tel Aviv
- Weizmann Prize recipients
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung) is a foundation that promotes international academic cooperation between excellent scientists and scholars from Germany and from abroad.
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Aliyah Bet
Aliyah Bet (עלייה ב', "Aliyah 'B'" – bet being the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet) was the code name given to illegal immigration by Jews, many of whom were refugees escaping from Nazi Germany or other Nazi-controlled countries, and later Holocaust survivors, to Mandatory Palestine between 1920 and 1948, in violation of the restrictions laid out in the British White Paper of 1939, which dramatically increased between 1939 and 1948.
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.
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American Physical Society
The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units.
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Ariel Porat
Ariel Porat (אריאל פורת; born November 1, 1956, in Tel Aviv, Israel) is the president of Tel Aviv University (TAU), a full professor and former dean at TAU's Buchmann Faculty of Law. Joseph Klafter and Ariel Porat are academic staff of Tel Aviv University and presidents of universities in Israel.
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Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
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Bar-Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, Universitat Bar-Ilan) is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel.
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Chemical physics
Chemical physics is a branch of physics that studies chemical processes from a physical point of view.
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Doctor of Philosophy
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.
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ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation and the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil.
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Israel Prize
The Israel Prize (פרס ישראל; pras israél) is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor.
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Israel Science Foundation
The Israel Science Foundation (ISF) is a nonprofit organization that provides monetary grants for scientific research in Israel.
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Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine was a geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Master of Science
A Master of Science (Magister Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree.
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Order of the Star of Italy
The Order of the Star of Italy (Ordine della Stella d'Italia) is an Italian order of chivalry that was founded in 2011.
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Physical chemistry
Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics, analytical dynamics and chemical equilibria.
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Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion (רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן, "First to Zion") is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv.
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Six-Day War
The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 June 1967.
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Slovak Academy of Sciences
The Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovenská akadémia vied, or SAV) is the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia fostering basic and strategic basic research.
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Slovaks
The Slovaks (Slováci, singular: Slovák, feminine: Slovenka, plural: Slovenky) are a West Slavic ethnic group and nation native to Slovakia who share a common ancestry, culture, history and speak the Slovak language.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo (translit,; translit), usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
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Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University (TAU; אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, Universitat Tel Aviv, جامعة تل أبيب, Jami’at Tel Abib) is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University is a public university in Haidian, Beijing.
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Weizmann Prize for Research in the Exact Sciences
The Weizmann Prize for Research in the Exact Sciences named after Dr.
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Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Politechnika Wrocławska) is a technological university in Wrocław, Poland.
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Yad Hanadiv
Yad Hanadiv (The Rothschild Foundation) is a Rothschild family philanthropic foundation in Israel.
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Zvi Galil
Zvi Galil (צבי גליל; born June 26, 1947) is an Israeli-American computer scientist and mathematician. Joseph Klafter and Zvi Galil are academics from Tel Aviv, presidents of universities in Israel and tel Aviv University alumni.
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See also
Academics from Tel Aviv
- Ada Rapoport-Albert
- Amir Hetsroni
- Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
- Bezalel Bar-Kochva
- Edi Karni
- Esther Fuchs
- Eviatar Nevo
- Ghil'ad Zuckermann
- Gideon Toury
- Haggai Erlich
- Israel Knohl
- Itamar Even-Zohar
- Itzhak Gilboa
- Joseph Klafter
- Liran Einav
- Mark Shtaif
- Mayana Zatz
- Micha Ullman
- Michael Lin (mathematician)
- Michal Schwartz
- Moshe Kam
- Moshe Shokeid
- Moshe Zviran
- Ron Robin
- Ruth Calderon
- Shifra Shvarts
- Shimon Slavin
- Shy Arkin
- Uri Gneezy
- Uriel Rappaport
- Yairah Amit
- Zeev Rudnick
- Zvi Galil
Israel Prize in chemistry recipients
- Abraham Nitzan
- Ada Yonath
- David Ginsburg (chemist)
- David Milstein
- Itamar Willner
- Joseph Klafter
- Joshua Jortner
- Raphael Mechoulam
Israeli people of Slovak-Jewish descent
- Elsa Pollak
- Frank Lowy
- Joseph Klafter
- Mark Sofer
- Miri Fabian
- Miriam Roth
- Omri Kende
- Róbert Cvi Bornstein
- Shahar Pe'er
- Yehuda Zvi Blum
Israeli physical chemists
- Amit Keren
- Arieh Ben-Naim
- Avner Treinin
- David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel
- David Tannor
- Gilad Haran
- Harry Friedmann
- Israel Dostrovsky
- Joseph Klafter
- Joshua Jortner
- Micha Tomkiewicz
- Oded Hod
- Shneior Lifson
- Sulamith Goldhaber
- Uzi Even
Scientists from Tel Aviv
- Ada Yonath
- Alexander Lubotzky
- Alexander Pines
- Amiram Barkai
- Anna Levinson
- Avishai Henik
- Benjamin Brown (scholar)
- Benny Chor
- Dan Shechtman
- Eli Keshet
- Eli Putievsky
- Isaac Ben-Israel
- Jacob Israelachvili
- Joram Lindenstrauss
- Joseph Klafter
- Lenore Zuck
- Mayana Zatz
- Michael Eisenbach
- Michael Karin
- Moshe Abeles
- Nathan Seiberg
- Orna Berry
- Shimrit Perkol-Finkel
- Shneior Lifson
- Shomron Ben-Horin
- Tsvi Piran
- Uzi Landman
- Yadin Dudai
- Yair Sprinzak
- Yehudith Birk
- Yoseph Imry
- Yuval Ne'eman
Weizmann Prize recipients
- Adi Shamir
- Aharon Katzir
- Amnon Aharony
- Aryeh Dvoretzky
- Asya Rolls
- Avram Hershko
- Chaim L. Pekeris
- Dan Shechtman
- Dan Tawfik
- Daniella Goldfarb
- David Ginsburg (chemist)
- Ephraim Katzir
- Ernst David Bergmann
- Franz Ollendorff
- Fritz Feigl
- Gilad Haran
- Giulio Racah
- Haim Harari
- Harry J. Lipkin
- Harry Zvi Tabor
- Igal Talmi
- Ilan Marek
- Isaac Berenblum
- Israel Dostrovsky
- Itamar Procaccia
- Joseph Gillis
- Joseph Klafter
- Joshua Jortner
- Kurt Mendel
- Markus Reiner
- Michael Elad
- Michael O. Rabin
- Michael Zohary
- Moshe Rudolf Bloch
- Nathan Rosen
- Nathan Sharon
- Raphael David Levine
- Saul Adler
- Shmuel Agmon
- Shneior Lifson
- Tova Milo
- Yakir Aharonov
- Yaron Silberberg
- Yoseph Imry
- Yuval Ne'eman