Biography

ProfessorArieh Ben-Naim Born: July11, 1934 in Jerusalem, Israel School: Elementaryand high school in Jerusalem Studies: 1957 Studiesin Chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1961 M.Sc.degree in Physical Chemistry 1961-64 Researchtoward the degree of Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof.G. Stein and Prof. S. Baer at the Dept. of Physical Chemistry,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1964 Ph.D. subject of thesis: “Thermodynamics ofAqueous Solutions of Noble Gases.” Oct.1964 Instructor in the Dept. of Physical Chemistry, TheHebrew University of Jerusalem; participated in teaching and research. Nov.1965 - Jan. 1967 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stateof the University of New York atStony Brook, New York; worked with Prof. H.L. Friedman on theoretical aspects ofaqueous solutions of electrolytes and transportphenomena. Jan.1967 - Sept. 1968 Research Fellow at the ChemicalPhysics Dept., BellTelephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey; Collaboratedwith Dr. F.H. Stillinger, Jr., on statistical aspectsof the theory of liquid water. Oct.1968 Senior lecturer at the Dept. of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry,The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Summer1971 Visiting Scientist, Institute of Electrochemistry, TheUniversity ofKarlsruhe, West Germany. April1972 Associate Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Aug.1973 - Aug. 1975 Visiting Scientist at theTheoretical Molecular Biology Section,LMB, NIAMDD, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Oct.1974 Professor of Physical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Sept.- Oct. 1977 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Ørsted Institute,University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 1977- Sept. 1978 Head of the Dept. of Physical Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Aug.- Sept. 1978 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, Instituteof Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra,Australia. March- Sept. 1979 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Physical Chemistry, DenmarkTechnical University, Lyngby, Denmark. Sept.1979 - Sept. 1980 Visiting Scientist, BellTelephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA. Sept.1980 - July 1994 Professor of Chemistry, Dept. ofPhysical Chemistry, TheHebrew University of Jerusalem July1984 - March 1985 Visiting Professor, Universityof La Plata and Institute ofPhysics of Liquids and Biological Systems, La Plata, Argentina April1985 - Nov. 1985 Visiting Professor, Dept. ofChemistry, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City,Philippines. Nov.1985 - Nov. 1986 Visiting Scientist, Laboratoryof Mathematical Biology, NationalInstitutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. July1987 - Nov. 1987 Visiting Scientist, Laboratoryof Mathematical Biology, NationalInstitutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA July1990 - Nov. 1990 Visiting Scientist, Laboratoryof Mathematical Biology, NationalInstitutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA March1991 - July 1991 Visiting Professor, Institute ofTheoretical Science, Universityof Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA July1991 - Oct. 1991 Visiting Scientist, Laboratoryof Mathematical Biology, NationalInstitutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Oct.1995 - Feb. 1996 Visiting Professor, Dept. ofChemistry, University ofthe Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines July- Sept. 1998 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Physical Chemistry, WestfalischeUniversitaet, Munster, Germany. Feb- Sept. 1999 Visiting Professor, Center for Polymer Studies BostonUniversity, Boston, MA. USA Mar.-July 2002 Visiting Professor, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy ofSciences of Czech Republic, Prague 6, Czech Republic. July- Sept 2002 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Physics andAstronomy, University College, London, England. March-July 2003 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan,Kansas, 66506, USA July-Nov 2003 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, USA December2003 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Australian Defense Forces Academy, Canberra, Australia. Jan-Mar2004 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of the Philippines, Quezon City,Philippines. Sept2004 – July 2006 Visiting Professor, Dept. of PhysicalChemistry Universidadde Burgos, Burgos, Spain Summer2006 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Computational Molecular Biophysics,University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Oct2006 to Oct 2007 Visiting scholar, Center of Theoretical BiologicalPhysics, University of California SanDiego (UCSD), La Jolla CA Oct2007 to June 2008 Visiting researcher, National Institute ofStandards and Technology (NIST),Maryland, USA July2008-June 2009 Visiting professor, Division of Physical Chemistry,Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden Sept2013- March 2014 Visiting professor, the department of Chemistryand biological chemistry, Indiana University IUPUI, Indianapolis,Indiana. May2013 Visiting professor, Computational Physical Chemistry, Centerof Smart Interfaces, Technical University of Darmstadt,64287, Darmstadt, Germany March-June 2014: Visiting professor, Department ofChemistry and Department of pharmacology, The University ofMinnesota, Minneapolis. Sept-December2014: Visiting professor, the Institute of computational physics, theUniversity of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. April 2017: Visiting professor,JacobsUniversity Bremen gGmbH, 28759 Bremen, Germany. Jan-2018:Visiting professor, Department of chemistry, Indian Institute ofTechnology, Delhi, India. Feb-April 2018: Visiting professor, Department of chemistry, University of thePhilippines, Diliman, Manila, The Philippines. Present: Professor emeritus. The Hebrew University ofJerusalem, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel

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Research Interest

Theoreticaland experimental aspects of the structure of water, aqueous solutionsand hydrophobic hydrophilic interactions. Generaltheory of liquids and solutions. Theoreticalproblems in biochemistry and biophysics. TheoreticalBiology and theory of evolution. Entropyand Information Theory. Newformulation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics