Prof. Benzion Fuchs
(+972-3) 6408623, 6410032 (6431790 - home)
+972-3-6409293, 6410032 (6431790 - home)
Email:
bfuchs@post.tau.ac.il
School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
Biographical Notes:
Date and Place of Birth: 1930, Suceava/Romania; Arrival in Israel: 1950; Military (IDF) Service:
1952-1954; Marital Status: Married (1952, Tamar Rapaport) + 2 children (Neora, Eden)
Education:
Faculty of Chemistry, Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa
B. Sc. (1958), M.Sc.(honors, 1960), D.Sc. (1963)
Academic and Professional Appointments:
Tel-Aviv Univ., School of Chemistry, 1998 - present: Professor Emeritus
(prev. app. 1968-1998: Sen. Lect., Assoc. Prof., Full Prof.)
Tel-Aviv Univ., School of Chemistry 1987-89 Head of School
Faculty of Chemistry, Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa, 1963-66 Lecturer
(prev. app. 1958-1963: Assistant & Instructor)
Visiting Appointments:
- 1966-68 Brandeis Univ., Waltham, Mass., USA (Res. Assoc.)
- 1974 Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA (Visit. Prof.)
- 1975-7 Chemistry Matriculation Committee (Chairman)
- 1978-79 MPI Strahlenchemie, Muelheim, DE (MINERVA - Visit. Prof.)
- 1976-82 Israel Journal of Chemistry, Editorial Board (Member/Editor)
- 1982 Univ. of Gent, Belgium (Francqui Visit. Chair & Medal)
- 1982-83 Nat'l Research Council-US Nat'l Acad. (Sen. Visit. Assoc.)
- 1990 University of Konstanz, University of Zurich (Visit. Prof.)
- 1994 University of Bonn (spring semester) (Visit. Prof.)
- 1999 (fall) University of British Columbia,Vancouver, CA (Visit. Prof.)
Topics of Research:
- Organic Stereochemistry and Conformational Analysis. Stereoelectronics.
- Supramolecular Chemistry: New Hosts,Ion-, Molecular- and Chiral Recognition.
- Computational Chemistry: Theory vs. Experiment. QM and MM Methodologies.
- Selective Synthesis. Bromo-organic Systems. Organic Photochemistry.
Membership in Scientific Societies and Fora
- The Israel Chemical Society
- The American Chemical Society
- The Royal Society of Chemistry (London)
- European Science Foundation, COST Working Group D31, 2005-2010
Graduate Students:
A. Warshawsky (M.Sc., 1966), S. Yankelevich (M.Sc., 1967), M. Pasternak (M.Sc., 1971),
B. Pazhenchevsky (M.Sc., 1972), Y. Auerbach (Ph.D., 1972), P.S. Wechsler (Ph.D., 1974),
G. Scharf (Ph.D., 1975), M. Pasternak (Ph.D., 1976), A. Ellencweig (Ph.D., 1977), R. Lidor
(M.Sc., 1978), J. Zizuashvili (M.Sc., 1978), T. Baasov (M.Sc., 1979), P. Aped (M.Sc., 1982),
S. Abramson (Ph.D., 1983), S. Magen (M.Sc., 1984), R. Viskin (M.Sc., 1984), J. Oren (Ph.D.,
1984), M. Vardi (M.Sc., 1987), P. Aped (Ph.D., 1988), E. Tartakovsky (Ph.D., 1988), L. Schleifer
(Ph.D., 1989), M. Gruenwald (M.Sc., 1993), O. Reani (M.Sc., 1993), M. Vardi (Ph.D., 1993),
H. Senderowitz (Ph.D., 1994), M. Bar-Tov (M.Sc., 1995), E. Alkalay (M.Sc., 1996), R. Madar
(M.Sc., 1999), E. Ashkenasi (Ph.D., 1999), O. Reani (Ph.D., 1999), A. Star (Ph.D., 2000),
N.G. Lemcoff (Ph.D., 2002)
Postdoctoral and Research Associates:
S. Weinman (1970-1999), Dr. C. Drucker (1979-80), Dr. W.J.W. Mayer (1982-84), Dr. S.
Abramson (1983-86), Dr. M. Rejto (1984-85), Dr. J. Oren (1985-86), Dr. S. Abramson (1989-2001),
Dr. H. Jatzke (1990-91), Dr. K. Frische (1992-94), Dr. F. Lellouche (1994-96), Dr. L. Golender
(1993-97), Dr. M. Grabarnik (1995-97), Dr. B. Ganguly (1995-97)
Invited Lectures at Conferences (last decade):
- 1998 Applications of Supramolecular Systems, Tel-Aviv, Chair
- 1998 Israel Chem. Soc. Meeting, Tel-Aviv
- 1998 Italy-Israel Binational Conference, Jerusalem
- 1999 Binational Israel-Japan Symposium, Jerusalem
- 2001 9th Stereochemistry Conference, Prague
- 2001 EURESCO Conference, Helsinki
- 2001 CombiTech Symposium, Rechovot
- 2002 Israel Chem. Soc. Meeting, Jerusalem
- 2004 CHIRALITY Symposium, New York City
- 2005 COST D31 Meeting, Bonn
- 2006 Israel Chem. Soc. Meeting (Org. Chem. Chair)
- 2008 COST D31 Meeting, Twente
Cooperative Work:
- With Prof. I. Goldberg, Tel Aviv University
- With Prof. J. F. Stoddart, UCLA
- With Prof. F. Voegtle, University of Bonn
- With Prof. N. G. Lemcoff, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva
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