Faculty Members

Together for a Greener Future

Discover Our Dedicated Faculty Members Driving Innovation

HUGE is comprised of a unique breadth of HUJI’s faculty members ranging from chemistry, materials, nanotechnology, engineering, and physics to bio and agricultural disciplines, joining forces and focusing their efforts towards green energy challenges.

Prof. Lioz Etgar

Design and production of new excitonic solar cells, combining radically new materials with novel architectures

Dr. Ronen Gottesman

Novel synthesis methods for multinary materials and semiconductors for green H2 production

Prof. Uriel Levy

Nanophotonics and integrated chip-scale optical devices.

Prof. Uri Banin

colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals for energy harvesting applications

Dr. Ido Hadar

Studying the properties of novel soft-lattice semiconductor compounds such as lead-halide perovskites with simple, low-cost, and versatile synthesis

Dr. Igal Levine

Investigation of defects and charge transfer in novel semiconductors using unique spectroscopic techniques

Prof. Shlomo Magdassi

Development of coatings and inks for solar energy applications

Prof. Oded Millo

Nanoscale electronic properties of thin-films and nanocrystals.

Prof. Daniel Mandler

Electrochemistry, nanotechnology, and electrocatalyst materials research for energy storage applications

Dr. Daniel Sharon

Fabrication of aqueous-based battery systems with novel metal anodes.

Prof. Yossi Paltiel

Quantum nano-structures, nano-sensors, and spin-based electronics for solar harvesting applications

Prof. Elad Gross

Heterogeneous catalysis, advanced spectroscopy of catalysts at the nanoscale.

Prof. Tamar Stein

Theoretical chemistry and computational modeling of catalytic processes.

Prof. Dmitri Gelman

Catalytic hydrogenation of CO2​ and sustainable hydrogen storage.