Dan Meyerstein

Dan Meyerstein was born in 1938 in Jerusalem

Dan Meyerstein was born in Jerusalem on October 7, 1938, during the British Mandate. He studied chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem through the IDF academic reserve program. He earned an M.Sc. in physical chemistry in 1961 and a Ph.D. in 1965, then did postdoctoral work at a national laboratory in the United States.

At Ben-Gurion University of the Negev he became associate professor in 1973, full professor in 1978 and professor emeritus in 2004. He headed the chemistry department at the Negev Nuclear Research Center, directed the university library and served as deputy rector. He was also a visiting scientist in the United States, Japan and Germany, and served as president of the Israel Chemical Society.

From 1995 to 2012 he was president of the academic institution in Ariel, which became Ariel University. He published about 300 papers and supervised 45 doctoral students. His awards include the Meitner-Humboldt Research Prize in 1997, the Kolthoff Prize in 1998 and an Israel Chemical Society prize for 2017.

He was elected to the Academia Europaea in 2011. He chaired the public board of the Beersheba Theater for 10 years. He is married to Professor Naomi Meyerstein, and they have 4 children.