Ronny Neumann#
Membership Number: | 3482 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
Elected: | 2013 |
Main Country of Residence: | ISRAEL |
Homepage(s): | http://www.weizmann.ac.il/Organic_Chemistry/neumann |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 – present, Chair of the Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
- 2002 – present, Rebecca and Israel Sieff Professorial Chair of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
- 2002 – present Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
- 1999 – 2002 Associate Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
- 1996 – 1999 Associate Professor, The Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
- 1992 – 1996 Senior Lecturer with tenure, The Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
- 1988 – 1992 Lecturer, The Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
- 1985 – 1987 Research Associate (post-doc) in Professor John Groves's group, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, USA.
- 1982 – 1985 Assistant and Instructor, The Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Fields of Scholarship
- Catalysis and catalytic processes
- Catalytic oxidation
- Activation of molecular oxygen and other oxygen donors
- Photoreduction of carbon dioxide
- Polyoxometalates and their catalytic chemistry
- Inorganic-organic hybrid materials
- Organic chemistry in water
Honours and Awards
- 2002 – Rebecca and Israel Sieff Professorial Chair of Organic Chemistry
- 1990 – Israel Chemical Society Prize for Outstanding Young Scientist
- 1983 – Zarchin Prize in Physical and Applied Chemistry (Awarded for excellence in M.Sc. and Ph.D. research)