Prof. Uri Sivan Tapped for Second Presidency Term
The Technion’s Board of Governors ratified the extension of Prof. Sivan’s tenure as Technion President by four more years
Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan
The Board of Governors, which convened last week at the Technion, officially confirmed the Technion Council’s selection of the incumbent Technion President, Prof. Uri Sivan, for an additional four-year term. Prof. Sivan’s second term is scheduled to commence on October 1, 2023 and will conclude on September 30, 2027. The decision was taken following the recommendation of the Presidential Appointment Committee and the Academic Assembly. The start of Prof. Sivan’s second term will coincide with the Technion’s 100th anniversary celebration and will be dedicated to further establishing the Technion as a leading international research university at the forefront of global research.
“I would like to thank the members of the Board of Governors, the Senate, the Presidential Appointment Committee and the Academic Assembly for placing their faith in me,” said Prof. Sivan. “I view the role of Technion President as a great privilege, a calling and a responsibility to carry forward the legacy of my predecessors in developing the Technion for the sake of the State of Israel and all of humankind. One hundred years after the first classroom was inaugurated, we look back on the past with pride in the achievements of this grand institution since its establishment and up to the present – and we look forward with a deep commitment and belief in the Technion’s ability to continue enabling society and the State of Israel to flourish and prosper.”
Prof. Sivan joined the faculty of the Technion’s Department of Physics in 1991 after three years at the IBM research center in Yorktown Heights, New York. He holds the Bertoldo Badler Chair within the Technion’s Department of Physics. He is one of Israel’s pioneering researchers in the field of nanotechnology, and his research throughout the years covered a broad range of subjects – from quantum mechanics in miniature electronic systems to harnessing biology to build nanometric electronic devices. In recent years, he has been researching the structure of water near surfaces and molecules. Prof. Sivan’s scientific achievements have been recognized by numerous prizes, and the results of several of his research projects have been implemented in industry.
Since assuming the role of President in 2019, Prof. Sivan has advanced the Technion in many areas, including expanding inter-disciplinary research, repositioning the Technion and strengthening the ties between academia and industry, promoting teaching methodologies, empowering diversity and inclusion, and continuing to develop the campus.