The Wolf Prize laureates

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Charles S. Zuker

Wolf Prize Laureate in Medicine 2026

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

Max Planck Institute, lMU Munich, Germany

 

Award citation:

“For transformative, widely applicable advances in the control of ultracold atomic systems”.

 

Prize share:

Jun Ye

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Immanuel Bloch and Jun Ye have achieved major breakthroughs in our ability to control atoms and explore the quantum world with unprecedented precision. Bloch transformed ultracold atoms into a powerful platform for simulating and investigating complex quantum systems, helping to establish quantum simulation as a major field of modern physics. Ye has led the development of the world’s most accurate and stable optical atomic clocks, enabling measurements of time and frequency at extraordinary levels of precision and opening new possibilities for testing fundamental physics. Together, their achievements exemplify a defining transition in modern physics: from observing the quantum world to controlling, measuring, and harnessing it for scientific discovery and emerging technologies.

Immanuel Bloch was born in Fulda in 1972 and grew up in a small village near Schlüchtern, Germany – a place he remembers as having “more cows than people.” The son of a chemist and a teacher, he developed an early fascination with computers, electronics and science, but was determined to forge a path distinct from his father’s. A student job at a measurement-technology company helped crystallize what he was looking for: a field combining hands-on experimentation, technical ingenuity and fundamental questions. Physics offered precisely that combination. As a student in 1995, Bloch witnessed the excitement surrounding the first Bose–Einstein condensates and, as he later recalled, simply “followed my enthusiasm.” That instinct eventually led him to Munich, where a pivotal meeting with physicist Theodor Hänsch helped shape his scientific journey.

Bloch has established ultracold atoms trapped in optical lattices as a powerful and highly controllable platform for exploring the quantum phases of strongly interacting many-particle systems. With new experimental probes, unavailable for electronic quantum matter, his work has led to new insights on the structure of many-body quantum states. He observed the quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator of bosons, pioneered quantum gas microscopy, studied many-body localization, and observed the evolution of a fermionic Mott insulator from the pseudogap metal to a Fermi liquid. More generally, his work defined the paradigm of quantum simulation and has had a lasting impact across modern physics and emerging quantum technologies.

David Kazhdan

Wolf Prize Laureate in Mathematics 2026

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

Max Planck Institute, lMU Munich, Germany

 

Award citation:

“For transformative, widely applicable advances in the control of ultracold atomic systems”.

 

Prize share:

Jun Ye

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Immanuel Bloch and Jun Ye have achieved major breakthroughs in our ability to control atoms and explore the quantum world with unprecedented precision. Bloch transformed ultracold atoms into a powerful platform for simulating and investigating complex quantum systems, helping to establish quantum simulation as a major field of modern physics. Ye has led the development of the world’s most accurate and stable optical atomic clocks, enabling measurements of time and frequency at extraordinary levels of precision and opening new possibilities for testing fundamental physics. Together, their achievements exemplify a defining transition in modern physics: from observing the quantum world to controlling, measuring, and harnessing it for scientific discovery and emerging technologies.

Immanuel Bloch was born in Fulda in 1972 and grew up in a small village near Schlüchtern, Germany – a place he remembers as having “more cows than people.” The son of a chemist and a teacher, he developed an early fascination with computers, electronics and science, but was determined to forge a path distinct from his father’s. A student job at a measurement-technology company helped crystallize what he was looking for: a field combining hands-on experimentation, technical ingenuity and fundamental questions. Physics offered precisely that combination. As a student in 1995, Bloch witnessed the excitement surrounding the first Bose–Einstein condensates and, as he later recalled, simply “followed my enthusiasm.” That instinct eventually led him to Munich, where a pivotal meeting with physicist Theodor Hänsch helped shape his scientific journey.

Bloch has established ultracold atoms trapped in optical lattices as a powerful and highly controllable platform for exploring the quantum phases of strongly interacting many-particle systems. With new experimental probes, unavailable for electronic quantum matter, his work has led to new insights on the structure of many-body quantum states. He observed the quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator of bosons, pioneered quantum gas microscopy, studied many-body localization, and observed the evolution of a fermionic Mott insulator from the pseudogap metal to a Fermi liquid. More generally, his work defined the paradigm of quantum simulation and has had a lasting impact across modern physics and emerging quantum technologies.

Joseph Bernstein

Wolf Prize Laureate in Mathematics 2026

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

Max Planck Institute, lMU Munich, Germany

 

Award citation:

“For transformative, widely applicable advances in the control of ultracold atomic systems”.

 

Prize share:

Jun Ye

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Immanuel Bloch and Jun Ye have achieved major breakthroughs in our ability to control atoms and explore the quantum world with unprecedented precision. Bloch transformed ultracold atoms into a powerful platform for simulating and investigating complex quantum systems, helping to establish quantum simulation as a major field of modern physics. Ye has led the development of the world’s most accurate and stable optical atomic clocks, enabling measurements of time and frequency at extraordinary levels of precision and opening new possibilities for testing fundamental physics. Together, their achievements exemplify a defining transition in modern physics: from observing the quantum world to controlling, measuring, and harnessing it for scientific discovery and emerging technologies.

Immanuel Bloch was born in Fulda in 1972 and grew up in a small village near Schlüchtern, Germany – a place he remembers as having “more cows than people.” The son of a chemist and a teacher, he developed an early fascination with computers, electronics and science, but was determined to forge a path distinct from his father’s. A student job at a measurement-technology company helped crystallize what he was looking for: a field combining hands-on experimentation, technical ingenuity and fundamental questions. Physics offered precisely that combination. As a student in 1995, Bloch witnessed the excitement surrounding the first Bose–Einstein condensates and, as he later recalled, simply “followed my enthusiasm.” That instinct eventually led him to Munich, where a pivotal meeting with physicist Theodor Hänsch helped shape his scientific journey.

Bloch has established ultracold atoms trapped in optical lattices as a powerful and highly controllable platform for exploring the quantum phases of strongly interacting many-particle systems. With new experimental probes, unavailable for electronic quantum matter, his work has led to new insights on the structure of many-body quantum states. He observed the quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator of bosons, pioneered quantum gas microscopy, studied many-body localization, and observed the evolution of a fermionic Mott insulator from the pseudogap metal to a Fermi liquid. More generally, his work defined the paradigm of quantum simulation and has had a lasting impact across modern physics and emerging quantum technologies.

David Klenerman

Wolf Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2026

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

Max Planck Institute, lMU Munich, Germany

 

Award citation:

“For transformative, widely applicable advances in the control of ultracold atomic systems”.

 

Prize share:

Jun Ye

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Immanuel Bloch and Jun Ye have achieved major breakthroughs in our ability to control atoms and explore the quantum world with unprecedented precision. Bloch transformed ultracold atoms into a powerful platform for simulating and investigating complex quantum systems, helping to establish quantum simulation as a major field of modern physics. Ye has led the development of the world’s most accurate and stable optical atomic clocks, enabling measurements of time and frequency at extraordinary levels of precision and opening new possibilities for testing fundamental physics. Together, their achievements exemplify a defining transition in modern physics: from observing the quantum world to controlling, measuring, and harnessing it for scientific discovery and emerging technologies.

Immanuel Bloch was born in Fulda in 1972 and grew up in a small village near Schlüchtern, Germany – a place he remembers as having “more cows than people.” The son of a chemist and a teacher, he developed an early fascination with computers, electronics and science, but was determined to forge a path distinct from his father’s. A student job at a measurement-technology company helped crystallize what he was looking for: a field combining hands-on experimentation, technical ingenuity and fundamental questions. Physics offered precisely that combination. As a student in 1995, Bloch witnessed the excitement surrounding the first Bose–Einstein condensates and, as he later recalled, simply “followed my enthusiasm.” That instinct eventually led him to Munich, where a pivotal meeting with physicist Theodor Hänsch helped shape his scientific journey.

Bloch has established ultracold atoms trapped in optical lattices as a powerful and highly controllable platform for exploring the quantum phases of strongly interacting many-particle systems. With new experimental probes, unavailable for electronic quantum matter, his work has led to new insights on the structure of many-body quantum states. He observed the quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator of bosons, pioneered quantum gas microscopy, studied many-body localization, and observed the evolution of a fermionic Mott insulator from the pseudogap metal to a Fermi liquid. More generally, his work defined the paradigm of quantum simulation and has had a lasting impact across modern physics and emerging quantum technologies.

Pascal Mayer

Wolf Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2026

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

Max Planck Institute, lMU Munich, Germany

 

Award citation:

“For transformative, widely applicable advances in the control of ultracold atomic systems”.

 

Prize share:

Jun Ye

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Immanuel Bloch and Jun Ye have achieved major breakthroughs in our ability to control atoms and explore the quantum world with unprecedented precision. Bloch transformed ultracold atoms into a powerful platform for simulating and investigating complex quantum systems, helping to establish quantum simulation as a major field of modern physics. Ye has led the development of the world’s most accurate and stable optical atomic clocks, enabling measurements of time and frequency at extraordinary levels of precision and opening new possibilities for testing fundamental physics. Together, their achievements exemplify a defining transition in modern physics: from observing the quantum world to controlling, measuring, and harnessing it for scientific discovery and emerging technologies.

Immanuel Bloch was born in Fulda in 1972 and grew up in a small village near Schlüchtern, Germany – a place he remembers as having “more cows than people.” The son of a chemist and a teacher, he developed an early fascination with computers, electronics and science, but was determined to forge a path distinct from his father’s. A student job at a measurement-technology company helped crystallize what he was looking for: a field combining hands-on experimentation, technical ingenuity and fundamental questions. Physics offered precisely that combination. As a student in 1995, Bloch witnessed the excitement surrounding the first Bose–Einstein condensates and, as he later recalled, simply “followed my enthusiasm.” That instinct eventually led him to Munich, where a pivotal meeting with physicist Theodor Hänsch helped shape his scientific journey.

Bloch has established ultracold atoms trapped in optical lattices as a powerful and highly controllable platform for exploring the quantum phases of strongly interacting many-particle systems. With new experimental probes, unavailable for electronic quantum matter, his work has led to new insights on the structure of many-body quantum states. He observed the quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator of bosons, pioneered quantum gas microscopy, studied many-body localization, and observed the evolution of a fermionic Mott insulator from the pseudogap metal to a Fermi liquid. More generally, his work defined the paradigm of quantum simulation and has had a lasting impact across modern physics and emerging quantum technologies.

Shankar Balasubramanian

Wolf Prize Laureate in Chemistry 2026

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

Max Planck Institute, lMU Munich, Germany

 

Award citation:

“For transformative, widely applicable advances in the control of ultracold atomic systems”.

 

Prize share:

Jun Ye

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Immanuel Bloch and Jun Ye have achieved major breakthroughs in our ability to control atoms and explore the quantum world with unprecedented precision. Bloch transformed ultracold atoms into a powerful platform for simulating and investigating complex quantum systems, helping to establish quantum simulation as a major field of modern physics. Ye has led the development of the world’s most accurate and stable optical atomic clocks, enabling measurements of time and frequency at extraordinary levels of precision and opening new possibilities for testing fundamental physics. Together, their achievements exemplify a defining transition in modern physics: from observing the quantum world to controlling, measuring, and harnessing it for scientific discovery and emerging technologies.

Immanuel Bloch was born in Fulda in 1972 and grew up in a small village near Schlüchtern, Germany – a place he remembers as having “more cows than people.” The son of a chemist and a teacher, he developed an early fascination with computers, electronics and science, but was determined to forge a path distinct from his father’s. A student job at a measurement-technology company helped crystallize what he was looking for: a field combining hands-on experimentation, technical ingenuity and fundamental questions. Physics offered precisely that combination. As a student in 1995, Bloch witnessed the excitement surrounding the first Bose–Einstein condensates and, as he later recalled, simply “followed my enthusiasm.” That instinct eventually led him to Munich, where a pivotal meeting with physicist Theodor Hänsch helped shape his scientific journey.

Bloch has established ultracold atoms trapped in optical lattices as a powerful and highly controllable platform for exploring the quantum phases of strongly interacting many-particle systems. With new experimental probes, unavailable for electronic quantum matter, his work has led to new insights on the structure of many-body quantum states. He observed the quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator of bosons, pioneered quantum gas microscopy, studied many-body localization, and observed the evolution of a fermionic Mott insulator from the pseudogap metal to a Fermi liquid. More generally, his work defined the paradigm of quantum simulation and has had a lasting impact across modern physics and emerging quantum technologies.

Jun Ye

Wolf Prize Laureate in Physics 2026

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

Max Planck Institute, lMU Munich, Germany

 

Award citation:

“For transformative, widely applicable advances in the control of ultracold atomic systems”.

 

Prize share:

Jun Ye

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Immanuel Bloch and Jun Ye have achieved major breakthroughs in our ability to control atoms and explore the quantum world with unprecedented precision. Bloch transformed ultracold atoms into a powerful platform for simulating and investigating complex quantum systems, helping to establish quantum simulation as a major field of modern physics. Ye has led the development of the world’s most accurate and stable optical atomic clocks, enabling measurements of time and frequency at extraordinary levels of precision and opening new possibilities for testing fundamental physics. Together, their achievements exemplify a defining transition in modern physics: from observing the quantum world to controlling, measuring, and harnessing it for scientific discovery and emerging technologies.

Immanuel Bloch was born in Fulda in 1972 and grew up in a small village near Schlüchtern, Germany – a place he remembers as having “more cows than people.” The son of a chemist and a teacher, he developed an early fascination with computers, electronics and science, but was determined to forge a path distinct from his father’s. A student job at a measurement-technology company helped crystallize what he was looking for: a field combining hands-on experimentation, technical ingenuity and fundamental questions. Physics offered precisely that combination. As a student in 1995, Bloch witnessed the excitement surrounding the first Bose–Einstein condensates and, as he later recalled, simply “followed my enthusiasm.” That instinct eventually led him to Munich, where a pivotal meeting with physicist Theodor Hänsch helped shape his scientific journey.

Bloch has established ultracold atoms trapped in optical lattices as a powerful and highly controllable platform for exploring the quantum phases of strongly interacting many-particle systems. With new experimental probes, unavailable for electronic quantum matter, his work has led to new insights on the structure of many-body quantum states. He observed the quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator of bosons, pioneered quantum gas microscopy, studied many-body localization, and observed the evolution of a fermionic Mott insulator from the pseudogap metal to a Fermi liquid. More generally, his work defined the paradigm of quantum simulation and has had a lasting impact across modern physics and emerging quantum technologies.

Immanuel F. Bloch

Wolf Prize Laureate in Physics 2026

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

Max Planck Institute, lMU Munich, Germany

 

Award citation:

“For transformative, widely applicable advances in the control of ultracold atomic systems”.

 

Prize share:

Jun Ye

Immanuel F. Bloch

 

Immanuel Bloch and Jun Ye have achieved major breakthroughs in our ability to control atoms and explore the quantum world with unprecedented precision. Bloch transformed ultracold atoms into a powerful platform for simulating and investigating complex quantum systems, helping to establish quantum simulation as a major field of modern physics. Ye has led the development of the world’s most accurate and stable optical atomic clocks, enabling measurements of time and frequency at extraordinary levels of precision and opening new possibilities for testing fundamental physics. Together, their achievements exemplify a defining transition in modern physics: from observing the quantum world to controlling, measuring, and harnessing it for scientific discovery and emerging technologies.

Immanuel Bloch was born in Fulda in 1972 and grew up in a small village near Schlüchtern, Germany – a place he remembers as having “more cows than people.” The son of a chemist and a teacher, he developed an early fascination with computers, electronics and science, but was determined to forge a path distinct from his father’s. A student job at a measurement-technology company helped crystallize what he was looking for: a field combining hands-on experimentation, technical ingenuity and fundamental questions. Physics offered precisely that combination. As a student in 1995, Bloch witnessed the excitement surrounding the first Bose–Einstein condensates and, as he later recalled, simply “followed my enthusiasm.” That instinct eventually led him to Munich, where a pivotal meeting with physicist Theodor Hänsch helped shape his scientific journey.

Bloch has established ultracold atoms trapped in optical lattices as a powerful and highly controllable platform for exploring the quantum phases of strongly interacting many-particle systems. With new experimental probes, unavailable for electronic quantum matter, his work has led to new insights on the structure of many-body quantum states. He observed the quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator of bosons, pioneered quantum gas microscopy, studied many-body localization, and observed the evolution of a fermionic Mott insulator from the pseudogap metal to a Fermi liquid. More generally, his work defined the paradigm of quantum simulation and has had a lasting impact across modern physics and emerging quantum technologies.

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Prizes and scholarships laureates

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Chana Kranzler

Krill Prize 2025
Bar-Ilan University

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Menachem (“Hemi”) Rotenberg

Krill Prize 2025
Technion

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Yiska Weisblum

Krill Prize 2025
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Yonatan Belinkov

Krill Prize 2025
Technion

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Or Perlman

Krill Prize 2025
Tel Aviv University

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Yiska Weisblum

Krill prize 2025
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Yiska Weisblum

Krill prize 2025
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Nir Shlezinger

Krill Prize 2024
Ben-Gurion University

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Shai-Lee Horodi

Winner of Kiefer Scholarship in – 2024

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Chaya Keller

Krill Prize 2024
Ariel University

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Raya Sorkin

Krill Prize 2024
Tel-Aviv University

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Hila Peleg

Krill Prize 2024
Technion

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Itamar Harel

Krill Prize 2024
The Hebrew University

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Yaniv Romano

Krill Prize 2024
Technion

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Renana Gershoni-Poranne

Krill Prize 2024
Technion

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Neta Shlezinger

Krill Prize 2024
The Hebrew University

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Mor Nitzan

Krill Prize 2024
The Hebrew University

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

Karam Natour

Winner of Kiefer Scholarship in – 2020

Mor Nitzan 

 

Affiliation at the time of the award:

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering

 

Award Citation:

“for her research, which promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and uncovers different aspects of cellular activity in health and disease”

 

Dr. Nitzan’s research focuses on deciphering complex collective behavior in biological systems by combining tools and ideas from computer science and physics. She develops theoretical and computational tools based on machine learning and dynamic systems to decode layers of hidden information encoded by cells and related to the structure of body tissues and dynamic biological processes. The goal of her research is to better define the basic principles that shape multicellular biological systems, thereby enhancing our understanding and ability to control collective biological behavior.

Dr. Nitzan studies, among other things, how cells encode information and communicate with each other, and how such processes can be deciphered with the help of multidimensional biological data. Her research focuses on turning complex, exponentially growing data into insights and principles of multicellular biological systems. Her work promotes the understanding and control of the collective behavior of tissues and reveals various aspects of cellular identity in health and disease. This research is of great value for both basic and applied sciences and can be used to improve overall health.

Dr. Mor Nitzan has a bachelor’s degree in physics, mathematics, and cognitive sciences, as well as a master’s degree and a doctorate in physics, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a combined post-doctorate at the Hebrew University, Harvard University, and the Broad Institute of MIT. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Engineering and collaborates with the Racah Institute of Physics and the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

 

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