Congratulations, Prof. ‘Ishi’ Talmon

Professor Emeritus Yeshayahu (Ishi) Talmon of the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering has been inducted into the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

Professor Emeritus Yeshayahu (Ishi) Talmon

Prof. Talmon completed his B.Sc. (summa cum laude) and M.Sc. in the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Technion, attained his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, and in 1979 returned to his home faculty at the Technion, this time as a faculty member. Between the years 2013-2019, he served as a member of the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education. He has won prestigious awards and titles, including the Overbeek Gold Medal, an Honorary Doctorate from Lund University in Sweden, and an honorary membership at the Israeli Society for Microscopy and the Israeli Society of Chemical Engineering.

Prof. Talmon studies nanometric structures of synthetic and biological complex fluids, developing cryogenic electron microscopy methods (Cryo-EM), the interaction between polymers and surface-active materials, and more.

Upon his appointment, Prof. Talmon became one of nine Technion faculty members who are members of the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The acceptance of the seven new members of the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities was approved at the general assembly of the Academy on June 15, and the official appointment ceremony will be held at the end of 2021.

The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities was chartered by law in 1961 to bring together the best scientists and researchers, in order to foster and promote science in Israel. In order to fulfill its purpose, it advises the government on activities relating to research and scientific planning of national significance, publishes articles that advance science and scholarship, and maintains active contact with the international scientific community.

Congratulations, Prof. Talmon!