User:David Avnir/sandbox

Metals can be doped with foreign molecules – organic, inorganic, biological and polymers. This doping entails the metal with new properties that are induced by the guest molecules. Applications in catalysis, medicine, electrochemical cells, corrosion and more have been developed.

Personal: Born 12.6.47 (St. Ottilien, Germany), married to Yehudit, two children, three grandchildren.

Education: 1969-1977 B.Sc. and M.Sc. (I. Agranat), and Ph.D. (J. Blum) in Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1978-1979 Post-Doctoral studies with Prof. de-Mayo The University of Western Ontario, and Prof. H. Morrison, Purdue University.

Academic Positions: 1979-1980 Senior Chemist, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. 1980-1983 Lecturer, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1983-1985 Senior Lecturer 1985-1988 Associate Professor 1988-2016 Full Professor 2016- Professor Emeritus 1991-1994 Chairman, School of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2007-2010 Head of the Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2011-2015 Head of the Graduate Authority in the Experimental Sciences, The Hebrew University. Graduate students: More than 65 graduate students – Masters and PhDs – all in industry, in start-ups, in universities, and in colleges. Publications and Lectures: 400 scientific papers (2020). 160 plenary, invited, keynote, and conference opening lectures (2020). Numerous seminar lectures world-wide.

Founding activities: 1992 – 1997: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Heterogeneous Chemistry Reviews. 1997: Co-founder of Sol-Gel, Inc. 2003 – 2008: Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, The International Sol-Gel Society

Citations statistics: ISI data (2020): Google Scholar data (2020):
 * H-index of 66
 * Cited 20,000 times (without self-citations) in more than 14,000 articles
 * Ten papers are cited between 490 and 2100 times each. The next 10 papers are cited at least 200 times.
 * H-index of 79.
 * 34,000 citations. Ten papers are cited between 730 and 3100 times.

Main recognitions: 1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1998 - Kaye Award for Applied Research 1998 - The First Mehrotra Foundation Lecture 1998 - Award Lecture of the Div. of Colloid and Surface Chem. of the Chemical Society of Japan 2004 - The Kolthoff Award of the Technion 2007 - The Benjamin H. Birstein Chair in Chemistry 2009 - Special issue of J. Sol-Gel Sci. Tech., honoring Prof. Avnir (J Sol Gel Sci Tech (2009) 50:127) 2009 - Member of the Academia Europaea 2011 – The Israel Chemical Society Prize 2012 – Placement on the wall of Innovators Way of the Hebrew University 2013 – Life-time Achievement Award of the International Sol-Gel Society 2014 - A collection of articles themed on “Hybrid Materials” dedicated to D. Avnir: Nanoscale, 6, 6219 (2014) 2018 – Elected “Fellow” of the International Sol-Gel Society 2018 – Distinguished Scientist, The Chinese Academy of Sciences