Jacob Klein#
| Membership Number: | 3502 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ISRAEL |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.weizmann.ac.il/materials/JKlein/index.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1986 - present Herman Mark Professor of Polymer Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
- 2010-15 Visiting Scholar, Tsinghua University, Beijing
- 2000 - 2007 Dr. Lee’s Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford
- 2000 – 2005 Head of Department, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Department, University of Oxford
- 1999 – 2000 Chairman of Scientific Council, Weizmann Institute
- 1990 Visiting Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara
- 1991 Visiting Professor, Princeton University
- 1989 -1991 Head, Polymer Research Department, Weizmann Institute of Science
- 1980 - 1987 Assistant/Associate Professor Weizmann Institute of Science (Full Professor since 7/1987)
- 1980 – 1984: University Demonstrator, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge
Fields of Scholarship
- Soft matter
- Surface and interfacial forces
- Physical chemistry of polymers
- Biological lubrication
- Nanotribology
- Tissue Engineering
Honours and Awards
- 1983: Somach Sachs Prize, Weizmann Institute of Science.
- 1984: Charles Vernon Boys Prize, British Institute of Physics,
- 1987: Dudley Wright Award in Membrane Research
- 1994: International Kao Fellow, Japan
- 1995: High Polymer Physics Prize, American Physical Society
- 1998: Ford Annual Science Lecture (Ford Motor Company, Michigan)
- 2000: Whitby Lectures (Akron Univ., Ohio)
- 2001: Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
- 2002: Inaugural John D. Ferry Lectures (Univ. of Wisconsin)
- 2003: Fellow, American Physical Society
- 2004: Paris Sciences Medal, City of Paris
- 2004: Annual Award Lecture of the Japanese Chemical Society
- 2004: Fellow, Institute of Physics, UK
- 2004: Paris Sciènce Lectures, Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielle, Paris
- 2007: Kolthof Prize, Technion Israel Institute of Science
- 2008: The Laughlin Lectures, Cornell University
- 2010: ERC Advanced Grant Award (2010-2015
- 2010: Israel Chemical Society Prize
- 2011: Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) Soft Matter and Biophysics Prize and Medal
- 2012: Tribology Gold Medal
