Israel Dostrovsky
Israel Dostrovsky (born November 29, 1918 in Odessa , † September 28, 2010 in Israel ) was an Israeli chemist (physical chemistry).
Dostrovsky came to Israel in 1919 and attended school in Jerusalem . He studied chemistry at University College London with a bachelor's degree in 1940 and a doctorate in physical chemistry in 1943. Then he was a lecturer there before going to the Weizmann Institute in 1948 , where he headed the isotope research department until 1965. He was also President of the Weizmann Institute (1972 to 1975), which began to deal with renewable energies under his leadership, and was appointed Institute Professor there in 1975 (a special distinction). From 1980 to 1990 he headed the Center for Energy Research there.
In 1949 he was the first to set up a startup at the Weizmann Institute.
He had been a member of the Atomic Energy Commission of Israel since its establishment in 1952 and was its research director from 1953 to 1957 and its director general from 1965 to 1971. He was one of the initiators of the nuclear energy and nuclear weapons program in Israel. From 1959 to 1961 he chaired the National Research Council of Israel. From 1966 to 1981 he was the head of the Israeli Committee for Desalination of Seawater.
From 1973 to 1981 he was on the scientific advisory committee of the IAEA in Vienna. From 1991 to 1993 he was on the executive committee of the international SolarPaces project for the use of solar energy. He was a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences (1982).
In 1943 he received the Ramsey Medal, in 1952 the Weizmann Prize from Tel Aviv and in 1995 the Israel Prize . He was an honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University and the Technion .
Web links
- Biography at the Weizmann Institute
- Judy Siegel-Izkovich, obituary in the Jerusalem Post , September 29, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Excellence at the Sandpit , Helmholtz Association
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dostrovsky, Israel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Odessa |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 2010 |
| Place of death | Israel |