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Shmaryahu Hoz

Shmaryahu Hoz is an Israeli chemist and Professor Emeritus at Bar Ilan University, known for research in physical organic chemistry and computational nanotechnology.

born 1945Physical organic chemistry researchMolecule with negative Poisson's ratioHeading the Responsa ProjectFounding Bar Ilan's brain research center

Occupation: chemist, university teacher
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Shmaryahu Hoz was born in 1945 in Jerusalem

Shmaryahu Hoz was born in Jerusalem in 1945 to Pnina and Yaakov. He is a grandson of Shneur Zalman Hoz, the first mayor of Afula. He attended the religious high school Ma'ale in Jerusalem.

He earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He completed a Ph.D. in chemistry at Bar Ilan University under Zvi Rappoport. He then did postdoctoral work at the University of California, Santa Cruz, with Joseph F. Bunnett.

He joined the Chemistry Department at Bar Ilan University in 1975. His research covers physical organic chemistry, the chemistry of SmI2, computational nanotechnology and the effects of electric fields on structure and reactivity. His work includes the discovery of a molecule with a negative Poisson's ratio.

He headed the Chemistry Department and later served as Vice President for Research. In that role he set up the brain research center and laid the foundations for the School of Engineering. He headed the Responsa Project from 2004 to 2017 and later became senior advisor to the university president.

He is married to Tova, a chemist at Bar Ilan University, and is a father of 3. He sits on the board of ORT Israel.