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Prof. Mordechai Segev to Receive Israel Prize Distinguished Professor Mordechai Segev of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has been selected as the winner of the Israel Prize in Physics. Considered to be the State of Israel's most prestigious honor, the Israel Prize is awarded to those who have displayed excellence in their field or contributed strongly to Israeli culture. It is presented annually on Israel Independence Day in a state ceremony in Jerusalem in the presence of the president, the prime minister, the Knesset speaker and the Supreme Court president. According to the Israel Prize Committee, Professor Segev was chosen for his pioneering work as a physicist in the field of optics and lasers, adding that his innovative contributions are a source of inspiration and his scientific work is quoted in thousands of scientific articles.
Past winners of the Israel Prize include Technion Distinguished Professor and Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover, Technion Distinguished Professor and Nobel Laureate Avram Hershko, Technion Distinguished Professor and Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman, Technion Distinguished Professor Emeritus Jacob Ziv, former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and Nobel Laureate in Economics Robert J. Aumann of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is a major source of the innovation and brainpower that drives the Israeli economy, and a key to Israel’s renown as the world's Start-Up Nation. Its three Nobel Prize winners exemplify academic excellence. Technion people, ideas and inventions make immeasurable contributions to the world including life-saving medicine, sustainable energy, computer science, water conservation and nanotechnology. The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute is a vital component of Cornell NYC Tech, and a model for graduate applied science education that is expected to transform New York City's economy. American Technion Society (ATS) donors provide critical support for the Technion—more than $1.9 billion since its inception in 1940. Based in New York City, the ATS and its network of chapters across the U.S. provide funds for scholarships, fellowships, faculty recruitment and chairs, research, buildings, laboratories, classrooms and dormitories, and more. |
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