Prof. Eliezer Gileadi

Early subjects of interest

• Adsorption pseudo-capacitance and adsorption isotherms

• The combined adsorption Isotherm

• Electrosorption of neutral molecules

• Testing for suitable small organic molecules to act as anodes in fuel cells

• Hydrogen permeation in metals and hydrogen embrittlement

• Testing of different metallic and non-metallic surfaces to prevent clotting of blood in prosthetic implants

• Plating of Al from non-aqueous electrolytes at room temperature

• The mechanism of high electrolytic conductivity in non-aqueous and mixed solvents

• The dependence of the transfer coefficient  on temperature

• The use of carbon-fiber–epoxy electrodes

• Electro-organic chemistry-mechanism and synthesis

• The use of the quartz-crystal microbalance (QCMB) in the study of adsorption in electrochemistry

• Study of the properties of liquid-like layers, using the QCMB

• Anomalous co-deposition of W with the iron-group metals

• Underpotential deposition of metals

• Ensembles of Micro-electrodes

Current studies

• Simultaneous 2-electron transfer

• The unique features of charge transfer in metal deposition and dissolution

• Anomalous co-deposition of Re with the iron-group metals

• The structure of water in narrow crevices-the existence of “Monowater”

• Studying the conductivity of mixtures of water with polar solvents, to evaluate the cluster structure of water

• Questioning the validity of the Tafel slope as a tool to study the mechanism of electrode kinetics

• MSc, Chemistry and Physics, Hebrew University, 1951-1956

• PhD, Electrochemistry, University of Ottawa, 1960-1963

• Senior Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania, 1963-1966         

• Associate Professor, Tel-Aviv University, 1966-1971

• Full Professor, Tel-Aviv University, 1971-2000

• Chair, School of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University, 1973-1976

• Dean, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, 1980-1984

• Emeritus Professor, Tel-Aviv University, 2000-Present

• Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), 1997

• Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1998

• The Olin Palladium Award of the Electrochemical Society (ECS), 2003

• The Herzberg Memorial Prize and Fellowship of the National Research Council of Canada, 2004

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) and member of the Academy of Sciences, 2005

• Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), 2007

• The Henry B. Linford Award of the Electrochemical Society, for distinguished teaching, 2008

• Honorary Fellow of the University Center in Ariel, Israel, 2011

• Fellow of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), 2014

• Gold medal of the Israel Chemical Society (ICS), 2014