Professor Yitzhak Apeloig
former President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Distinguished Professor and Joseph Israel Freund Chair in Chemistry, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Professor Yitzhak Apeloig is a Distinguished University Professor and holds the Joesph Freund Chair in Chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT) in Haifa, Israel. He received his B.A. (summa cum laude) in Chemistry and Physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1967), where he also completed his M.Sc. (summa cum laude, 1969) and Ph.D. (1974). After two years as a postdoctoral fellow with P.v.R. Schleyer (Princeton University) and J. A. Pople (Nobel Prize Laureate 1998) he joined the Department of Chemistry at the Technion-IIT in 1976, becoming a full professor in 1988 and a Chair incumbent in 1993. In 1996 he established (together with S. Shaik) the Lise Meitner Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry and since then he is its co-director. He served as President of the Technion-IIT from 2001-2009.

Professor Apeloig is renowned for his pioneering research, typified by a synergistic use of theory and experiment as an effective way to discover and explore chemistry. He is a role model for modern chemists who are equally comfortable with theory and experiment, using them in synergy, setting an example for others. In particular, he played a pivotal role in developing fundamental understanding in organosilicon chemistry, which lead to the synthesis of molecules previously believed not to exist, such as compounds with multiple bonds to silicon, which have revolutionized silicon chemistry.

He has published over 190 scientific papers and reviews, and edited seven authorative books. He serves on the editorial boards of leading scientific journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, on important national and international scientific committees, and was the chairman of several international scientific conferences which he organized in Israel. Professor Apeloig is also the recipient of several honors and awards, including the American Chemical Society Frederic Stanely Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry (2010), The Wacker Silicone Award (2007), an Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin (2006), and the Israel Chemical Society Prize (2002). He is an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010) and received the Order of Merit (First Degree) of the President of Germany (2011).

Professor Yitzhak Apeloig is a Distinguished University Professor and holds the Joesph Freund Chair in Chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (IIT) in Haifa, Israel. He received his B.A. (summa cum laude) in Chemistry and Physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (1967), where he also completed his M.Sc. (summa cum laude, 1969) and Ph.D. (1974). After two years as a postdoctoral fellow with P.v.R. Schleyer (Princeton University) and J. A. Pople (Nobel Prize Laureate 1998) he joined the Department of Chemistry at the Technion-IIT in 1976, becoming a full professor in 1988 and a Chair incumbent in 1993. In 1996 he established (together with S. Shaik) the Lise Meitner Minerva Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry and since then he is its co-director. He served as President of the Technion-IIT from 2001-2009.

Professor Apeloig is renowned for his pioneering research, typified by a synergistic use of theory and experiment as an effective way to discover and explore chemistry. He is a role model for modern chemists who are equally comfortable with theory and experiment, using them in synergy, setting an example for others. In particular, he played a pivotal role in developing fundamental understanding in organosilicon chemistry, which lead to the synthesis of molecules previously believed not to exist, such as compounds with multiple bonds to silicon, which have revolutionized silicon chemistry.

He has published over 190 scientific papers and reviews, and edited seven authorative books. He serves on the editorial boards of leading scientific journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society, on important national and international scientific committees, and was the chairman of several international scientific conferences which he organized in Israel. Professor Apeloig is also the recipient of several honors and awards, including the American Chemical Society Frederic Stanely Kipping Award in Silicon Chemistry (2010), The Wacker Silicone Award (2007), an Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin (2006), and the Israel Chemical Society Prize (2002). He is an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010) and received the Order of Merit (First Degree) of the President of Germany (2011).