List of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev people explained
The following is a list of presidents, rectors, and noted alumni and professors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Sheva, Israel.
Presidents
Rectors
- Prof. Haim Hanani 1970–1973
- Prof. Zvi Pelah 1973–1974
- Prof. Moshe Rozen 1974–1979
- Prof. David Wolf 1979–1984
- Prof. Chaim Elata 1984–1986
- Prof. Avraham Tamir 1986–1990
- Prof. Dov Bahat 1990–1994
- Prof. Nahum Finger 1994–2002
- Prof. Jimmy Winblatt 2002–2010
- Prof. Zvi HaCohen 2010–2018
- Prof. Chaim Hames 2018-
Notable faculty
- Aaron Antonovsky, sociologist
- Aharon Appelfeld, author
- Haim Be'er, author
- Jacob Bekenstein, theoretical physicist
- Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos, historian
- Gerald Blidstein, Jewish Philosophy – Israel Prize Recipient [1]
- Dan Blumberg, geographer
- Rivka Carmi, pediatrician
- Daniel Chamovitz, plant biologist
- Miriam Cohen, mathematician
- Shlomi Dolev, computer scientist
- David Faiman, solar engineer
- Yisrael Friedman, historian
- Tikva Frymer-Kensky, biblical scholar
- Neve Gordon, political scientist
- Chaim Hames, Historian
- Yitzhak Hen, historian
- Samuel Hollander, economist
- Klara Kedem, computer scientist
- Etgar Keret, author
- Howard Kreisel, philosopher
- Shaul Ladany, industrial engineering
- Michael Lin, mathematician
- Dan Meyerstein, chemist and president of Ariel University
- Benny Morris, historian
- David Newman, political geographer
- Amos Oz, author
- Renee Poznanski, political scientist and historian of the Holocaust in France[2]
- Joshua Prawer, historian
- Elisha Qimron, Hebrew scholar
- Eliahu Stern, geographer
- Aviad Raz, sociologist
- Danny Rubinstein, journalist
- Michael Segal, algorithmic networking
- Alice Shalvi, educator
- Richard Shusterman, philosopher
- Daniel Sivan, Hebrew literature professor
- Carsten Peter Thiede, biblical scholar
- Jacob Turkel, Israeli supreme court justice
- Oren Yiftachel, geographer
- Avishai Henik, psychologist
- Moti Herskowitz, chemical engineering
- Golan Shahar, clinical psychologist
- Ohad Birk, physician scientist
- Steven A Rosen, archaeologist
- Vered Slonim-Nevo, social work
- Yuval Golan, materials scientist
- Jiwchar Ganor, environmental scientist
- Joseph Kost, biomedical scientist
- Zvi HaCohen, organic chemistry
- Oded Lowengart, marketing
- Limor Aharonson-Daniel, injury epidemiology
- Yuval Elovici, computer and network security
- Amit Schejter, communication studies
- Ozer Schild (1930-2006), Danish-born Israeli academic, President of the University of Haifa and President of the College of Judea and Samaria ("Ariel College").
- Yuval Shahar, artificial intelligence and medical informatics
- Noam Weisbrod, hydrology
- Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby, art history
- Abraham Zangen, neuroscience
- Yigal Meir, Physicist
- Harold J. Vinegar, geology
Notable alumni
- Amal Elsana Alh'jooj (born 1972), Bedouin feminist and peace activist
- Muhammad Al-Nabari
- Orna Barbivai (born 1962) former Minister of Economy, and the former head of IDF Manpower Directorate.
- Isaac Berzin (born 1967), chemical engineer
- Amira Dotan (born 1947), member of Knesset
- Shai Efrati (born 1971), physician and director of research center
- Varda Shalev, researcher and family physician
- Gila Gamliel (born 1974), member of Knesset
- Anastasia Gloushkov (born 1985), Olympic synchronized swimmer
- Arieh Iserles (born 1947), mathematician
- Ofer Lahav (born 1959)
- Hadas Malada-Matzri, M.D. (born 1984), first Ethiopian Israeli female doctor in the Israel Defense Forces
- Silvan Shalom (born 1958), Israeli minister
- Eliezer Shkedi (born 1957), CEO of El Al
- Yaakov Turner
- Mordechai Vanunu (born 1954), an Israeli former nuclear technician and peace activist
- Shelly Yachimovich (born 1960), member of the Knesset, former leader of the Israeli Labor Party
- Michael W. Sonnenfeldt (born 1955)
- Tamar Zandberg (born 1976) member of Knesset
Notes and References
- News: Scholars in the Spotlight, Ya'akov Blidstein . 11 October 2020 . Jpost . May 2, 2006.
- Web site: News in brief. https://archive.today/20130411155957/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/65199161.html?dids=65199161:65199161&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+12,+2000&author=Arieh+O'Sullivan,+Itim,+Nina+Gilbert,+Etgar+Lefkovits,+Judy+Siegel,+Jerusalem+Post+Staff&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=News+in+brief&pqatl=google. dead. April 11, 2013. 7 July 2015.
