The following is a list of presidents, rectors, and noted alumni and professors of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Be'er Sheva, Israel.
Presidents Prof. Moshe Prywes 1973–1975 Ambassador Yosef Tekoah 1975–1981 Maj–Gen (Res.) Shlomo Gazit 1982–1985 Prof. Chaim Elata 1985–1990 MK Prof. Avishay Braverman 1990–2006 Prof. Rivka Carmi 2006–2018 Prof. Daniel Chamovitz 2019-
Rectors Prof. Haim Hanani 1970–1973 Prof. Zvi Pelah 1973–1974 Prof. Moshe Rozen 1974–1979 Prof. David Wolf 1979–1984 Prof. Chaim Elata 1984–1986 Prof. Avraham Tamir 1986–1990 Prof. Dov Bahat 1990–1994 Prof. Nahum Finger 1994–2002 Prof. Jimmy Winblatt 2002–2010 Prof. Zvi HaCohen 2010–2018 Prof. Chaim Hames 2018-
Notable faculty
Aaron Antonovsky, sociologist Aharon Appelfeld, author Haim Be'er, author Jacob Bekenstein, theoretical physicist Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos, historian Gerald Blidstein, Jewish Philosophy – Israel Prize Recipient Dan Blumberg, geographer Rivka Carmi, pediatrician Daniel Chamovitz, plant biologist Miriam Cohen, mathematician Ute Deichmann, Science historian Shlomi Dolev, computer scientist David Faiman, solar engineer Yisrael Friedman, historian Tikva Frymer-Kensky, biblical scholar Neve Gordon, political scientist Chaim Hames, Historian Yitzhak Hen, historian Samuel Hollander, economist Klara Kedem, computer scientist Etgar Keret, author Howard Kreisel, philosopher Shaul Ladany, industrial engineering Michael Lin, mathematician Leslie Lobel, virologist Dan Meyerstein, chemist and president of Ariel University Benny Morris, historian David Newman, political geographer Amos Oz, author Renee Poznanski, political scientist and historian of the Holocaust in France Joshua Prawer, historian Addy Pross, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Elisha Qimron, Hebrew scholar Eliahu Stern, geographer Aviad Raz, sociologist Danny Rubinstein, journalist Michael Segal, algorithmic networking Alice Shalvi, educator Richard Shusterman, philosopher Daniel Sivan, Hebrew literature professor Carsten Peter Thiede, biblical scholar Jacob Turkel, Israeli supreme court justice Oren Yiftachel, geographer Avishai Henik, psychologist Moti Herskowitz, chemical engineering Golan Shahar, clinical psychologist Ohad Birk, physician scientist Steven A Rosen, archaeologist Vered Slonim-Nevo, social work Yuval Golan, materials scientist Jiwchar Ganor, environmental scientist Joseph Kost, biomedical scientist Zvi HaCohen, organic chemistry Oded Lowengart, marketing Limor Aharonson-Daniel, injury epidemiology Yuval Elovici, computer and network security Amit Schejter, communication studies Ozer Schild (1930-2006), Danish-born Israeli academic, President of the University of Haifa and President of the College of Judea and Samaria ("Ariel College"). Yuval Shahar, artificial intelligence and medical informatics Noam Weisbrod, hydrology Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby, art history Abraham Zangen, neuroscience Yigal Meir, Physicist Harold J. Vinegar, geology
Notable alumni
Amal Elsana Alh'jooj (born 1972), Bedouin feminist and peace activist Muhammad Al-Nabari, mayor of Hura Orna Barbivai (born 1962) former Minister of Economy, and the former head of IDF Manpower Directorate Adam Berdichevsky (born 1983), Paralympic wheelchair tennis player Isaac Berzin (born 1967), chemical engineer Gilad Bracha Alon Chen (born 1970), neuroscientist; 11th President of the Weizmann Institute of Science Amira Dotan (born 1947), member of Knesset Shai Efrati (born 1971), physician and director of research center Varda Shalev, researcher and family physician Gila Gamliel (born 1974), member of Knesset Anastasia Gloushkov (born 1985), Olympic synchronized swimmer Arieh Iserles (born 1947), mathematician Ofer Lahav (born 1959), academic Hadas Malada-Matzri, M.D. (born 1984), first Ethiopian Israeli female doctor in the Israel Defense Forces Silvan Shalom (born 1958), Israeli minister Eliezer Shkedi (born 1957), CEO of El Al Yaakov Turner, mayor of Beersheba Mordechai Vanunu (born 1954), former nuclear technician and peace activist Shelly Yachimovich (born 1960), member of the Knesset, former leader of the Israeli Labor Party Michael W. Sonnenfeldt (born 1955) Tamar Zandberg (born 1976) member of Knesset Ofer Zwikael, management scientist, academic, and author
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