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Arie Zaban
Arie Zaban is an Israeli professor of chemistry and a former fighter pilot who has served as President of Bar-Ilan University since 2017.
born 1961President of Bar-Ilan UniversitySustainable energy and electrochemistry researchFounding Bar-Ilan's nanotechnology institutePhantom fighter pilot
- Occupation
- chemist, university teacher, fighter pilot, military officer
- Education
- Bar-Ilan University
Arie Zaban was born in 1961 in Israel
Arie Zaban was born in Israel in 1961. He lives in Shoham, is married to Racheli and has 4 children.
He completed IDF flight course number 97 with honors. He then flew the Phantom as a fighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force.
He studied chemistry at Bar-Ilan University and earned a doctorate in electrochemistry there in 1995. He did postdoctoral research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado.
Back at Bar-Ilan, he founded the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials and directed it for 7 years. His research covers chemistry and sustainable energy, including photovoltaic cells and an aluminum-air battery for electric cars. He has published over 140 academic papers and registered 13 patents.
He was elected Vice President of Research in 2014. In 2017 he became the university's eighth president, succeeding Daniel Hershkowitz.
Arie Zaban's life in 7 milestones
- 1961
Born in Israel.
- 1995
Earned a doctorate in electrochemistry at Bar-Ilan University.
- 2001
Named young scientist of the year by the Israel Chemical Society.
- 2008
Received the Landau Prize for research in renewable energy.
- 2014
Elected Vice President of Research at Bar-Ilan University.
- 2016
Received the Kolthoff Prize from the Technion.
- 2017
Became the eighth president of Bar-Ilan University.
Arie Zaban served in IDF Pilot Course
He completed IDF flight course number 97 with honors and served in the Israeli Air Force as a Phantom fighter pilot.
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Gonen Ussishkinborn 1967CEO of El AlMilitary
Based on English Wikipedia, Arie Zaban and Hebrew Wikipedia, אריה צבן, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.
Photograph: Bar-Ilan University, CC BY-SA 2.0