Yaron Paz

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Contact details

Yaron Paz, Professor

Room 224, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
Tel: + 972-4-8292486
Fax: + 972-4-8295672
E-mail: paz@technion.ac.il
More details on the Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion: http://ceweb.technion.ac.il/en/

Studies

  • B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Technion, Haifa, Israel
  • MSc, Physical Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
  • Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (Adam Heller’s group), UT Austin, TX, USA

Teaching Experience

  • Introduction to Chemical and Biochemical Reactors’ Design
  • Principles of Reactors’ Design
  • Surface Phenomena (Grad level)
  • ULSI Processes for Chemical Engineers
  • ULSI Processes for Chemical Engineers (lab course)
  • Chemical Engineering Laboratory I
  • Senior Research Project I
  • Senior Research Project II

 Administrative activities at the Technion

  • Deputy for safety to the Executive Vice President of the Technion (December 2021-December 2025, March 2026-present)
  • Member of the library committee of the Technion (2016-2020)
  • Representative for the Professors at the Technion’s Board of Governors (2017)
  • Vice head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, 2018-2022
  • Member of senate of the Technion (2011-2012, 2017, 2018)

Public professional activities

  • President of the Israel Vacuum Society (IVS) (2012-2014) . URL:  http://www.ivs.org.il
  • Member of the board of the Israel Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) http://www.iiche.org.il
  • The Israeli Representative for the Surface Engineering Division of the International Union for Vacuum Science, Techniques, and Applications (IUVSTA),

Conferences

  •  Oral presentations in international meetings: >130 (out of which app. 60 plenary / keynote / invited )
  • Participation in organizing more than 30 Scientific Conferences

Other activities

  • Writing (In Hebrew):   סיפורונים  (Microstories, 2013), עקרונות תורת א-מוסר (The Principles of Amorality, 2015), ששת הימים של יונתן יבוק (The Six Days of Yonathan Yabbok, 2023)
  • Sports: yoga, jogging, hiking, mountain biking, swimming

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Honors

  • Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Chair in Science, Engineering and Management of Water Resources
  • Honorary membership of the Israel Vacuum Society
  • Henry Gutwirth Research Prize
  • Abe and Emily Bolotin Career Development Chair.
  • The Wolfson Foundation award.
  • Milton and Lillian Edwards Academic Lecturer
  • Giora Yashinski Memorial Prize.