Dr. Avner Rothschild
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After receiving his doctorate in 2003, Dr. Rothschild spent the following three years as a postdoc at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of MIT. In September 2006 he joined the Department of Materials Engineering of the Technion, establishing the Electroceramic Materials & Devices (EMD) group. Dr. Rothschild is also affiliated with the Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP) and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI).
Teaching:
- Introduction to materials engineering
- Properties of electronic materials
- Properties of ionic crystals
- Advanced laboratory in materials engineering I & II
- Clean energy technologies
- Solar cells: Physics, materials & devices
Public Professional Activities:
- Member of the steering committee of the Israel Solar Fuels Consortium (2011 - present)
- Member of the Technion Energy Team (2011 - present)
- Academic supervisor of the Technion Photovoltaics laboratory (2010 - present)
- Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Electroceramics (2006 - present)
- Treasurer of the Israel Vacuum Society (2008-9)
Honors & Awards:
- Hershel Rich Innovation Award (Technion, 2011)
- Yemini Environmental Sciences Fellowship (Wolf Foundation, 2008)
- Alon Fellowship (The Council for Higher Education, 2007-9)
- Horev fellow: "Leaders in Science and Technology" (Technion, 2006-8)
- Fulbright postdoctoral fellowship (2003-4)
Research: Electroceramic Materials & Devices
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