GIF Grants

Regular Program

Submission year 2009

 

Gr.no. 1024

 

Solitons in dipolar quantum gases

Prof. Dr. Luis Santos                             - Universitaet Hannover, Hannover

Prof. Boris Malomed                             - Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

Prof. Dr. Tilman Pfau                             - Univ. Stuttgart, Stuttgart

 

Gr.no. 1025

 

M ixed conducting perovskites: solid solution thermodynamics 

and oxygen surface reaction

Prof. David Fuks                                    - Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva

Prof. Dr. Joachim Maier                        - MPI f. Festkoerperforschung, Stuttgart

 

Gr.no. 1026

 

Nanoengineered diamond for quantum information and communication

Prof. Rafi Kalish                                     - Technion, Haifa

Prof. Joseph Salzman                            - Technion, Haifa

Dr. Fedor Jelezko                                   - Universitaet Stuttgart, Stuttgart

 

Gr.no. 1027

 

State of the art quantum dynamics for systems with many degrees of freedom

Professor Joachim Ankerhold             - Universitaet Ulm, Ulm

Dr. Mathias Nest                                   - Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Garching

Prof. Eli Pollak                                        - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

 

Gr.no. 1028

 

Molecular complexity and defined stereochemistry through directed (metal)organic synthesis

Prof. Ilan Marek                                     - Technion, Haifa

Prof. Dr. Carsten Bolm                          - RWTH Aachen, Aachen

 

Gr.no. 1029

 

Cooperative effects in the interaction of low energy electrons with DNA

Prof. Ron Naaman                                  - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

Prof. Dr. Manfred Kappes                    - Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe

 

Gr.no. 1030

 

Vortex matter in superconductors in confining potentials

Prof. Eli Zeldov                                      - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

Dr. Yuri Myasoedov                             - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

Prof. Dr. Thomas Nattermann              - Universitaet zu Koeln, Koeln

 

Gr.no. 1031

 

High Harmonic Spectroscopy of attosecond electron dynamics in molecules

Dr. Nirit Dudovich                                 - Weizmann Institute of Science-II, Rehovot

Dr. Olga Smirnova                                 - Max-Born-Institut f. Nichtlineare Optik, Berlin Mitte

 

 

 

Gr.no. 1032

 

Nanometer-scale Defect Spin Mapping in Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cells with advanced ESR

Methodologies (nano Desperado)

Dr. Aharon Blank                                   - Technion, Haifa

Dr. Klaus Lips                                        - BESSY-Berliner Elektronenspeicherring-GmbH, Berlin

 

Gr.no. 1033

 

Ring Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters by Metal Complexes of New Chelating Ligands

Prof. Moshe Kol                                    - Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

Prof. Dr. Jun Okuda                               - RWTH Aachen, Aachen

 

Gr.no. 1034

 

Standard Model challenges with early LHC data

Prof. Halina Abramowicz                      - Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

Prof. Dr. Siegfried Bethke                     - MPI f. Physik, Muenchen

 

Gr.no. 1035

 

D

ynamics of Quantum-Impurity Systems in and out

of Equilibrium

Prof. Dr. Frithjof Anders                       - Technische Universitaet (TU) Dortmund, Dortmund

Prof. Avraham Schiller                          - Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Prof. Dr. Matthias Vojta                        - Universitaet zu Koeln, Koeln

 

Gr.no. 1036

 

Dynamics of soft objects with membranes of different elastic properties in various flows: vesicles and

capsules

Prof. Dr. Udo Seifert                              - Univ. Stuttgart, Stuttgart

Prof. Victor Steinberg                            - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

 

Gr.no. 1037

 

Non-equilibrium defects and atomic transport in nanostructured nickel

Dr. Leonid Klinger                                 - Technion, Haifa

Dr. Sergiy Divinski                                - Universitaet Muenster, Muenster

 

Gr.no. 1038

 

Anti-de Sitter backgrounds and low dimensional quantum systems

Prof. Volker Schomerus                        - DESY Hamburg, Hamburg

Prof. Micha Berkooz                              - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

 

Gr.no. 1039

 

Controlling self-interaction errors: key to understanding material properties with density functional theory

Dr. Leeor Kronik                                    - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

Prof. Dr. Stephan Kuemmel                  - Universitaet Bayreuth, Bayreuth

 

Gr.no. 1040

 

Exponential Amplification of Diagnostic Signals

Prof. Doron Shabat                                - Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

Prof. Peter Seeberger                             - MPI f. Kolloid- & Grenzflaechenforschung, Potsdam

 

Gr.no. 1041

 

in-situ EPR spectroscopy of silicon-air batteries

Dr. Ruediger-A. Eichel                          - Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Darmstadt

Prof. Yair Ein-Eli                                     - Technion, Haifa

 

Gr.no. 1042

 

Bioorganic-Inorganic Functionalized Interfaces studied at the molecular Level by Solid State NMR

Prof. Asher Schmidt                              - Technion, Haifa

Prof. Shimon Vega                                 - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

Prof. Dr. Gerd Buntkowsky                  - Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Darmstadt

 

Gr.no. 1043

 

The Statistical Physics of Metallic Glasses

Prof. Dr. Konrad Samwer                      - Universitaet Goettingen, Goettingen

Prof. Itamar Procaccia                           - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

 

Gr.no. 1044

 

Non-linear dynamics in ultra-cold trapped ion crystals

Dr. Roee Ozeri                                        - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

Dr. Alexander Retzker                           - Universitaet Ulm, Ulm

Prof. Dr. Benni Reznik                           - Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv

 

Gr.no. 1045

 

Ion specific interactions between functionalized surfaces

Prof. Dr. Roland Netz                            - Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Garching

Prof. Uri Sivan                                        - Technion, Haifa

 

Gr.no. 1046

 

The deaths of the most massive stars: a comprehensive investigation.

Prof. Eli Waxman                                    - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

Prof. Norbert Langer                             - Universitaet Bonn, Bonn

 

Gr.no. 1047

 

B

roken symmetries: Clues for beyond the standard models of particle physics

and cosmology

Prof.Dr. Gudrun Hiller                           - Universitaet Dortmund, Dortmund

Dr. Laura Covi                                        - DESY Hamburg, Hamburg

Dr. Yosef Nir                                           - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot

 

Gr.no. 1048

 

R

EDESIGN OF AMINOGLYCOSIDES TO FIX DEFAULT GENES: POTENTIAL TREATMENT OF

HUMAN GENETIC DISEASES

Prof. Peter Huppke                                - Universitaetsklinikum Goettingen, Goettingen

Prof. Timor Baasov                                - Technion, Haifa

 

Gr.no. 1049

 

Magneto-optical investigation of multiple excitons in blinking-free colloidal quantum dots

Prof. Efrat Lifshitz                                  - Technion, Haifa

Prof. Dr. Alexander Hoegele                - Universitaet Muenchen, Muenchen

 

Gr.no. 1050

 

T

uning the properties of rare-earth oxides for advanced nano-electronic applications 

Prof. Moshe Eizenberg                         - Technion, Haifa

Prof. Dr. H.-Joerg Osten                       - Universitaet Hannover, Hannover

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gr.no. 1051

 

H igh-power lithium targets for production of

stellar-energy neutrons

Prof. Michael Paul                                 - Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Dr. Rene Reifarth                                   - Universitaet Frankfurt, Frankfurt

 

Gr.no. 1052

 

HIGH-REDSHIFT GALAXY FORMATION IN THE STANDARD COSMOLOGY

Prof. Avishai Dekel                               - Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Prof. Adi Nusser                                    - Technion, Haifa

Prof. Dr. Andreas Burkert                     - Universitaet Muenchen, Muenchen

 

Gr.no. 1053

 

The Galenic Tradition in Arabic and Hebrew

Prof. Y. Tzvi Langermann                     - Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan

Prof. Dr. Gerrit Bos                                - Universitaet zu Koeln, Koeln

 

Gr.no. 1054

 

Probability in classical and quantum mechanics

Dr. Itamar Pitowsky                               - Hebrew University-II, Jerusalem

Prof. Dr. Juergen Renn                          - MPI f. Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin

Dr. Meir Hemmo                                     - University of Haifa, Haifa

 

Gr.no. 1055

 

R

egular Canons within Crusader Society: Clerical Power, Spatial Influence and Transmediterranean

Connectivity

Prof. Ronnie Ellenblum                         - Hebrew University, Faculty of Humanities, Jerusalem

Prof. Dr. Nikolas Jaspert                       - Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bochum

 

Gr.no. 1056

 

The Mikveh (Jewish Ritual Bath) in Germany

Prof. Dr. Harmen Thies                         - Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Braunschweig

Prof. Ronny Reich                                 - University of Haifa, Haifa