Aharon Katchalsky-Katzir
Aharon Katchalsky-Katzir · Science & Medicine
Biophysicist who pioneered the study of polyelectrolytes and non-equilibrium thermodynamics in biology.
1914, Łódź, Poland (Russian Empire) — 1972, Lod, Israel
Poland · Israel
Aharon Katchalsky-Katzir is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Biophysicist who pioneered the study of polyelectrolytes and non-equilibrium thermodynamics in biology.
Aharon Katzir (Katchalsky) was a pioneering Israeli biophysicist who founded the study of the physical chemistry of polyelectrolytes and applied non-equilibrium thermodynamics to biological systems, becoming a leading figure of Israeli science and president of the Israel Academy of Sciences. A Jewish immigrant from Poland to Mandatory Palestine, he was killed in the 1972 Lod Airport massacre; his brother Ephraim Katzir became President of Israel.
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Biophysicist who pioneered the study of polyelectrolytes and non-equilibrium thermodynamics in biology.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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