Abraham Nitzan

Abraham Nitzan, professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, was awarded the 2017-18 Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry from the Wisconsin-Madison Theoretical Chemistry Institute (TCI).

“[Dr. Nitzan] is an exceptional scientist,” said Edwin Sibert, professor at University of the Wisconsin-Madison and director of the TCI. “His theoretical work has laid the foundation for several important areas of physical chemistry.”

Dr. Nitzan is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Foreign Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences and a member of the Israel Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The Joseph O. Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry was established in 1991. The award commemorates the role of Joseph O. Hirschfelder (1911-90) as a pioneering member of the theoretical chemistry field.