Moshe Ron

Moshe Ron was an Israeli materials scientist who specialized in metal hydrides.

1925 to 2001Research on metal hydridesTechnion Laboratory of Hydrogen EnergyMetal hydride heat pumps

Born: 3 March 1925, Warsaw
Died: 16 November 2001, Haifa
Occupation: engineer
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Moshe Ron was born in 1925 in Warsaw

Moshe Ron, born Zilberman, was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1925. Before World War II his family fled to the USSR. During the war he began his academic studies in Soviet Central Asia.

After the war he tried to reach Mandatory Palestine but was held in Cyprus for 2 years. He later earned his degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

His research included the Mössbauer effect in metals. At the Technion he organized the Laboratory of Hydrogen Energy and served as its scientific supervisor. He worked on heat pumps based on metal hydrides, with support from Daimler-Benz and Stuttgart University.

He died in Haifa in 2001.