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Moti Heiblum

Moti Heiblum is an Israeli physicist and electrical engineer at the Weizmann Institute, known for research on the fractional quantum Hall effect and winner of the 2025 Wolf Prize in Physics.

born 1947Fractional quantum Hall effect researchFounding the Weizmann Submicron CenterThe 2025 Wolf Prize in Physics

Occupation: physicist, researcher
Education: University of California, Berkeley

Moti Heiblum was born in 1947 in Israel

Moti Heiblum was born on May 25, 1947, and grew up in Holon. His parents' families were largely killed in the Holocaust.

He served in the IDF from 1967 to 1971. He then earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at the Technion in 1973 and a master's degree at Carnegie Mellon University in 1974. In 1978 he completed his PhD under John Whinnery.

After his PhD he worked for 12 years at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. In 1990 he returned to Israel, founded the Braun Center for Submicron Research at the Weizmann Institute and became a full professor there. He also founded the institute's Department of Condensed Matter Physics and directed it in 1993 to 1996 and again from 2007.

His research deals with the quantum behavior of electrons in mesoscopic devices, especially in the quantum Hall regime. His group detected fractional charges and measured quantized heat flow. He has chaired the board of Braude College since 2001.

He is married to Rachel, who holds a PhD in biology, and they have four children.